Sunday, July 19th, 2020
Monsoon mayhem in Karachi
M Omar Iftikhar Each year the monsoon season brings the same problems for the people of Karachi. While those at home enjoy the blessings of the rain, the people on the streets have to face the brunt of lack of planning and the absence of proactive thinking. Karachi that runs the business lifeline of Pakistan resembles a dystopian-era city when rainwater inundates its lanes and streets. Water becomes stagnant on roads causing bottlenecks. The traffic jams become a dreadful experience for those who are a part of it.Read More
Forty Years and Counting
A B khan Luxury cars fluttering with country flags, surrounded by body guards and a red carpet welcome; from afar, a life of an ambassador looks too good to be true. Little, one does know how many storms’ this position has weathered in past decades pregnant with personal sacrifices to reach the end of the tunnel. Istvan Szabo, the Hungarian ambassador to Pakistan is no different. Ambassador Szabo was posted to Pakistan in 2012 and now after eight fulfilled years, his time has come to hang his boots as heRead More
Controversy of Islamabad Hindu temple an opportunity to educate the nation: IPS
ISLAMABAD, JUL 19 (DNA) – Sensitive matters like building a Hindu temple in Islamabad should be dealt with very diligently on the back of careful need assessment, proper planning and adequate homework. The judgement now is in the hands of the Council of Islamic Ideology, whose verdict not only should be based on facts, figures and on-ground realities, but also needs to be articulated enough to be used to educate the masses. The thoughts were shared in a session titled ‘Minority Rights in Pakistan in the Specific Context of HinduRead More
Shehryar Afridi addresses seminar on Kashmir Accession Day
DNA ISLAMABAD: JUL 19 — Pakistan Parliament’s Special Committee on Kashmir Chairman Shehryar Khan Afridi on Sunday strongly denounced the Indian-occupation regime for enacting new laws to enable illegal military cantonments in the disputed area of Indian-occupied Jammu & Kashmir (IoJK) and urged United Nations to take action to stop this illegal process. Addressing a seminar at National Press Club to mark Kashmir Accession Day, Shehryar Afridi said the new laws were a part of Indian plan to bring demographic changes in the IoJK in a bid to artificially turnRead More
AIOU should pay tutors for the fall semester 2019
DNA ATTOCK, JUL 19 – Allama Iqbal Open University should pay tutors for the fall semester 2019. Tutors of various subjects affiliated to Allama Iqbal Open University told reporters that Allama Iqbal Open University hired them for the fall semester 2019. We have completed all the work on time but so far the university authorities have not paid the compensation even though the semester of Fall 2020 has been admitted and the advertisement for Fall Semester 2020 has also been placed. He said that the university is going to introduceRead More
PNCA pays homage to renowned TV Star Tariq Aziz
DNA ISLAMABAD, JUL 19 – PNCA paid tribute to Tariq Aziz Renowned TV star, writer, intellectual, and philanthropist Tariq Aziz was paid tribute through online session organized by Pakistan National Council of The Arts. PNCA is working on highlighting the legendary artist as a cultural heritage of the country who have contributed their whole life to the promotion of Pakistani art, culture, and heritage. Tariq Aziz is one of the icons whose contributions in the field are worth mentioning. His name was an identity for Pakistan Television. He was anRead More