LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Shehbaz Sharif is currently in Saudi Arabia and the rumour mills in the country are churning out as many theories as possible. However, the real reason behind the rumour mills going berserk is that the whole visit is shrouded in mystery. To begin with, it was Al-Jazeera that reported on […]
7 books that Indian History students must read
“I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library” – Jorge Luis Borges There are few in Pakistan who would think like the Argentine writer today. Book-reading is a hobby fast dwindling in this country, though we may hope that the rise of kindles and audio books might someday be able to […]
LHC orders SHO to present Raza Khan on next hearing
LAHORE: Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday ordered the Station Head Officer (SHO) at Naseerabad Police Station to present the missing peace activist Raza Mehmood Khan on the next hearing scheduled for December 22. In what was termed as a ‘positive development’, Justice Qazi Ameen Ahmad ordered Attorney General and the SHO to get their […]
Raza Khan case: Court order ‘very concerning’ for family, says Aaghaz-e-Dosti
LAHORE/NEW DELHI: Volunteers from Aaghaz-e-Dosti, an Indo-Pak friendship initiative, from both sides of the border expressed concern over Raza Khan’s abduction on Wednesday. They also said that allowing the respondent six days to submit the answer in a Habeas Corpus case could lead to unnecessary delays while the family of the missing person was highly concerned […]
#FindRaza protests continue in Pakistan as world celebrates Human Rights Day
LAHORE: Human rights activists have decided to hold a protest tomorrow (Monday) outside Lahore Press Club for the recovery of activist Raza Khan, who went missing on December 2 after attending an event in Lahore. Talking to Daily Times, peace activist Diep Saeeda said that the protest was being organised to highlight the issue in […]
Two-state solution out of equation now? But it always was
Asma Jahangir tweeted the other day about the shifting of the Israeli capital to Jerusalem, to which Donald Trump bestowed legitimacy with his support yesterday in total violation of the UN Partition Plan of 1947 that had been supported by the Jewish leaders of the time, ‘should be vehemently opposed’ because ‘it will destroy all […]
PML-N SM activists being arrested, ‘harassed’ by FIA, claims party
RAWALPINDI/KARACHI: A Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) social media activist has been arrested by Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) from Rawalpindi while one other has been named in an FIR along with him. Meanwhile, two female workers (sisters) from PML-N social media team’s Karachi wing were allegedly ‘harassed’ by the FIA. According to details, Anwar Adil […]