Centre for Social Justice urges formation of National Commission for Minorities’ Rights on April 17, 2018LAHORE: The Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) has urged the Standing Committee on Religious Affairs & Interfaith Harmony, the Federal Ministries for Human Rights and Law & Justice to expedite setting up of long awaited National Commission for Minorities’ Rights. In letters addressed to the Ministry of Religious Affairs, the CSJ on Monday has requested […]
NCJP condemns terrorist attacks on Christians on April 17, 2018LAHORE: The National Commission for Justice & Peace (NCJP) has strongly condemned two terrorist attacks on Christians in Quetta in less than two weeks. In a statement issued on Monday, NCJP Chairperson Archbishop Dr Joseph Arshad, NCJP National Director Emmanuel Yousaf and NCJP Exectuive Director Cecil Shane Chaudhry stated that it is the responsibility of […]
Azadi Theatre Festival held at Alhamra on April 13, 2018Three-day drama festival organised by Ajoka Theatre titled ‘Azadi Theatre Festival’ began in Lahore with a performance of the play ‘Chaak Chakkar’ at Alhamra Hall on Wednesday. People from different walks of life thronged to the venue to watch the inaugural play of the three-day festival. Head of the Press and Cultural Section German Embassy […]
Three-day Azadi Theatre Festival kicks off today on April 10, 2018LAHORE: The three-day Azadi Theatre Festival will kick off today (Tuesday) at the Alhamra Art Council. The festival is being oragnised by the Ajoka Theatre where teams of different universities and theatres will perform. The festival is part of the Ajoka’s celebrations of 70th Independence Day of Pakistan. Ajoka’s play ‘Chaak Chakkar’ will be performed on […]
Punjab schoolteachers go on strike today on April 9, 2018LAHORE: Punjab schoolteachers under the banner of the Punjab Teachers Union (PTU) will hold province-wide protests from today (Monday) against their longstanding demands. The PTU Sunday announced that all their district committees would hold demonstrations outside press clubs against the Punjab government for not fulfilling their longstanding demands. Talking to Daily Times, PTU President Chaudhry […]
LUMS organises Int’l Conference on Creating Inclusive Organisation & Public Spaces on April 6, 2018LAHORE: The Centre for Governance & Public Management (CGPM) at the Suleman Dawood School of Business (SDSB), Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), organised an International Conference on Creating Inclusive Organisational and Public Spaces. Renowned academics, development practitioners, post-graduate and undergraduate research students and professionals from numerous business and civil society organisations attended and participated […]
Rights activist Mushaal Mullick says Kashmiris are looking at Pakistan for help on April 6, 2018LAHORE: Renowned human rights activist and the wife of Indian-Held Kashmir leader Yasin Mullick, Mushaal Mullick has said the Indian forces are brutally killing innocent Kashmiris daily and people of IHK have high expectations from Pakistan for resolving their issues. She said that if Pakistan did not help Kashmiris, India would stop Pakistan’s water supply […]
123,000 school teachers given English language training in five years on April 3, 2018LAHORE: Launched in 2013 to overcome the shortage of good English language teaching resources, the Punjab Education English Language Initiative (PEELI) has trained at least 123,000 teachers in five years, Daily Times has learnt. Talking to Daily Times, Schools Education Department (SED) secretary Dr Allah Buksh Malik said PEELI initiative was launched under the Quaid-e-Azam […]
Artist Naiza Khan speaks about significance of Manora Island on March 31, 2018On the second last day of Lahore Biennale Festival (LBF) 01, London-based Pakistani artist Naiza Khan spoke about her work exhibited in the festival. The session was held on Friday at Alhamra Hall. Naiza Khan was trained at the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, University of Oxford, and the Wimbledon College of Art, […]
Shahzia Sikandar returns to NCA on March 29, 2018LAHORE: Renowned Pakistani-American contemporary artist, Shahzia Sikandar, spoke to her alma mater National College of Arts on Wednesday, as a large number of students, faculty members and artists were present on the occasion. Starting her speech, she expressed gratitude for being in Pakistan and addressing at NCA for the very first time. She recalled that […]