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The White Ribbon Campaign Pakistan (WRCP), a landmark project by Women Empowerment Group (WEG) designed to eradicate violence against women, organized a training workshop on ‘Conflict Sensitive Journalism, for a core group of female journalists working in different print and electronic media organizations, here at local hotel on Wednesday, December 5th. The event was arranged […]
Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has said that the first elected government was going to complete its tenure, which was a good omen, and will have far-reaching impact on the country’s politics and democracy. Speaking to a private news channel, Ashraf said that elections will be held on stipulated time and the date will […]
Motorists and commuters are facing great difficulties as gas stations across the country, except a few, are remained out of order for the third consecutive day in protest against reduced tariffs on orders of the Supreme Court. To add an insult to an injury, the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) has said: “The […]
Tragic news is not asymmetrical news in Pakistan. If any day Taliban bless on the nation and don’t kill anyone across the country, traffic mishap or target killing or other manmade incidents complete the counting. In the latest incident, at least 16 people have died after drinking a toxic cough syrup in Lahore, the […]
Pakistan is rich in natural resources and by far, natural gas has been one of the most beneficial for the people of the nation thus far. It is clean, environmentally friendly and extremely cheap, well for now. But if we continue using it like there is no tomorrow and thinking “Allah is naimat ko khatam […]
A court on Tuesday framed indictment charges against Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif’s son-in-law Ali Imran, who was implicated in a case regarding the torture of an employee at a bakery in Lahore. The magistrate, while indicting Ali Imran and others, summoned the witnesses on November 30. The case was heard in Judicial Magistrate […]
Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain has said that he had never received a single penny from any agency, saying that he had turned down illegitimate money offered by visitors to his home. In a telephonic address to religious clerics in Karachi and Lahore simultaneously, Hussain said that he had launched his movement […]
In the third and last part of the series, we will give brief touch to Family, Diets and Handicrafts of the Pakistani culture. Family The family is the centre of social life and support. Although increased modernisation has brought many women into public life, the male continues to reign as head of the home. It […]
In the second installment of the three-part series, we will l briefly discuss few characteristics of the Pakistani culture including Music, Dances, Traditions and Dressing. Music The variety of Pakistani music ranges from diverse provincial folk music and traditional styles such as Qawwali and Ghazal Gayeki to modern forms fusing traditional and western music, such […]
Having a rich history, Pakistan has a well-off cultural diversity and the society is mainly multilingual, multi-ethnic and multicultural. Pakistani culture is very diverse and this stems from the fact that what is now in the country has in the past been invaded and occupied by many different peoples, including White Huns, Persians, Arabs, Turks, […]
In what appeared to be a praiseworthy move, the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday directed the government to impose complete ban on Sheesha (Hookah) Cafes and smoking in public places. Although people have reservations, majority of them favor an end to lighting up in public places The chief justice released the order on a […]
The youth of Punjab on Saturday in its first attempt break the mass participation record of singing the national anthem here at the National Hockey Stadium. Adjudicator of Guinness World Records (GWR) Gareth Daeves while speaking to the media confirmed that some 42, 813 people had successfully managed to set a new world record people […]
