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Pakistan is often depicted in the west as a country of hard-line Islamic fundamentalists, terror training camps, subjugated women and cricket cheaters. In such circumstances, it can seem a hard sell to the potential tourist. Only a few people speak about the country’s fascinating diversity, its well-kept Hindu, Sikh and Buddhist shrines, the dazzlingly high […]
BB Qureshi, the first Pakistani women to earn a PhD, silently made her final journey on Wednesday, causing a bet of stir as she spent her last years in the Edhi Old Home. After holding a PhD Trinity College in Dublin in Agriculture and Economics, she had worked in leading institutions of the world and […]
Asad Rauf, the Pakistani cricket-turned-umpire, has categorically denied having any relationship with Indian model Leena Kapoor, saying that pictures appeared on media are real. Earlier, an Indian model had accused the Pakistani umpire of exploiting her after promising to marry her. The umpire, however, rejected the charges saying that the model forced him into recommending […]
Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has given approval to a new transfer policy for the posting of officers of the government departments in Balochistan, the war-torn province. This development is in compliance with the directives PM Ashraf had issued during his recent visit to Balochistan to devise a policy relating to the deployment of government […]
Quetta: (Saturday, August 11, 2012) Protesting against abduction of Dr Ghulam Rasool, doctors’ strike in Balochistan has entered into 11th consecutive day. The government and law enforcement agencies seem oblivious of the presence of the issue that has started to affect the local patients seriously and are yet to take serious measures that may assure […]
Lahore, August 10: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed alarm and a strong sense of outrage at the continued exodus of religious minority communities from Sindh and Balochistan and said that the state has consistently failed to allay the concerns of these communities despite repeated reminders by the civil society. In a statement […]
President Asif Ali Zardari has said the government will not allow the misuse of any law against vulnerable groups, saying there were aware of the misuse of blasphemy law against the religious minorities for vested interests. The presidency hosted a ceremony to mark National Minorities Day in which the president urged all stakeholders together to […]
Aseefa Bhutto Zardari, the daughter of President Asif Ali Zardari and Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto vowed to carry on the mission of her mother by standing up against forces that have politicized the anti-polio campaigns. While interviewing to Express Tribune, Pakistan’s goodwill ambassador Aseefa Bhutto said, “We would not allow them (Taliban) to disrupt the anti-polio […]
Following emergence of reports that Hindus start migrating to India, Sindh Minister for Exercise and Taxation came forward to clear the picture and dismissed the notion that the minorities were feeling lack of protection in the country. Speaking to various delegations, the provincial minister, Mukesh Kumar Chawla said that minorities in the country enjoy full […]
The self-confessed inventor, who has claimed to have found a way to use water as a fuel, accepted the challenge posed by a Physics professor to run his car on water. While speaking to the media, Agaha Waqar Ahmed not only accepted Professor Ranomal Malani’s challenge but also promised to run all the cars of […]
The existence of brightly colored peacocks, which are a common sight in the Thar Desert, is now under severe threat from a high infectious and deadly viral disease. The blue peacocks, considered to be one of the most beautiful birds in the world stray freely in the deserts of Tharparkar. These can usually be seen […]
In what appeared to be severe violation of human rights, police reported forced a man and woman to parade naked in Gambat, area of interior Sindh. BBC Urdu reported on Saturday the police committed this act charging them with intentions of adultery. Interestingly, the law police registered the case by itself and also decided to […]
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