Garbage on footpath on November 14, 2017KARACHI: Garbage dumping along footpaths in Karachi has made the lives of Karachiites miserable. According to media reports, the city is producing 12,000 tons of trash on a daily basis. While municipal authorities remove half of the garbage heaps, the rest is scattered in the streets and footpaths spoiling the atmosphere and spreading diseases. It […]
Social media blamed for rise in divorce cases on November 10, 2017KARACHI: Divorce cases are on the rise in the city, recent data retrieved from family courts revealed. According to the data, 15,000 ‘khula’-a procedure through which a woman can divorce her husband in Islam-cases had been registered during the current year. “Four out of five Pakistanis believe that the divorce rate in the country is […]
The road to peace goes through dialogue on November 8, 2017KARACHI: A two-day international conference titled ‘Diversity and Peace: Challenges to Social Discourse’ kicked off at the Karachi University (KU) on Tuesday. Renowned scholars, academicians and intellectuals graced the occasion on the first day of the conference, which was organised by the KU’s Faculty of Social Sciences. Addressing the gathering, Dr Hasan Askari Rizvi said, […]
Ghulam Hussain’s exhibition ‘Mind=Blown’ starts in Karachi on November 8, 2017KARACHI: Ghulam Hussain, a contemporary and visual artist from Hyderabad, exhibited his recent collection titled “Mind = Blown” at the Sanat Gallery in Karachi. Ghulam Hussain hails from a place home to one of the world’s oldest civilizations, Indus Valley Civilization. He trained in miniature painting from National College of Arts Lahore. While talking to […]
‘I AM KARACHI music festival to revive music, promote peace’ on November 3, 2017 KARACHI: With a mission to revive music, traditions and significance of Karachi as it used to be, I AM KARACHI (IAK) music festival hopes to promote talent and work towards a peaceful city. I AM KARACHI music festival kicks off with the 1st ever Lok Virsa Mela on November 11. I AM KARACHI President […]
‘Change Karachi’s troubled situation, not the name’ on November 1, 2017KARACHI: Experts have played down the suggestion of changing Karachi’s name and instead have urged authorities to work to change the image of Karachi into a cleaner and peaceful city. Sindh Culture Minister Syed Sardar Shah in the recently concluded 2nd Sindh Literature Festival had presented a proposal to change Karachi’s name to its historical […]
2nd Sindh Literature Festival enthralls audience on October 29, 2017KARACHI: The three-day 2nd Sindh Literature Festival, aiming to promote the language, art, culture and literary talent of the province, started on Friday and continued to thrall its audience. Sindh Culture Minister Syed Sardar Shah, expressing his views at the inaugural session, said such festivals were enormous in the present geopolitical scenario as culture is […]
‘Karachi not a dangerous city for women’ on October 26, 2017KARACHI: Professionals and intellectual women rejected findings of a recent survey done by an international news agency that named Karachi as 2nd most dangerous city for women in the world. According to a survey conducted by Thomson Reuters Foundation, Cairo was the world’s most dangerous city for woman and Karachi ranked second as most dangerous […]
‘MQM-Pakistan leaders in contact with MQM-London’ on October 23, 2017KARACHI: Expelled Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) Member of National Assembly (MNA) Salman Mujahid opened a Pandora’s Box, saying MQM-P chief Farooq Sattar was still in contact with Muttahida Qaumi Movement -London (MQM-L) leaders, adding that the party was deceiving the establishment. “How can one who disowned his party chief be loyal to his workers?” he […]
Drugs a bigger threat than terrorism: ANF on October 16, 2017KARACHI: The increasing trend of drug use among youngsters is creating profound mental and physical health issues among youngsters; as a shortage of funds, manpower and resources impede progress of the Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF), responsible to curb the menace, said ANF Force Commander Brigadier Noor Ul Hassan. Brigadier Noor Ul Hassan told Daily Times the […]