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Legal battle: The woman behind Sindh’s domestic violence bill
KARACHI: The night before the domestic violence bill was to be presented in the Sindh Assembly, lawyer and human rights activist Maliha Zia Lari sat in the law department rigorously going through the...
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Let talent flourish: Karachi at its creative best
The city is home to illustrious entrepreneurs and creators who are masters of their respective crafts. What it lacks, however, is a platform where they can display their talent. This void is being...
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Pakistan's cricketing glory: Leading the pack
Even by the substantially chequered years of yore that have witnessed player revolts, match and spot fixing scandals, brawls between team members and ball tampering accusations, the last five years...
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‘Pet’ peeves: Collector of snakes boasts of a $9,000 addition
KARACHI: Hassan Hussain stands in a small room on the roof of his PECHS house, a 20-feet long python hanging around his neck and arms. The snake is often a symbol of evil in folklore, dreaded by most...
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A symbiotic relationship: A school by day, a drug den by night
KARACHI: Schools are a place where young minds are nurtured into becoming thinkers, scientists and professionals. The Government Boys Primary School in Mawach Goth does not fit this description....
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IDEAS 2014: Pak defence exports have doubled in a year, says minister
KARACHI: Pakistan’s military exports have doubled in a year, Minister for Defence Production Rana Tanveer said on Wednesday as he visited the eighth International Defence Exhibition and Seminar...
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Motorcycle diaries: Riding this way around the world, Moin Khan finds his...
KARACHI: It took thousands of kilometres on a motorcycle for Moin Khan to realise his passion is not the two-wheeler but, in fact, it is Pakistan. “My passion is my country. I work for Pakistan,” he...
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Going public: The people of the city should hold all the [sp]aces
KARACHI: How small are we. Our egos, our lives, our very existence; confined to a small, almost negligible, speck within this vast universe. Peasant and king, hero and coward, creator and destroyer,...
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A failure of the state?: Revisiting the role of the mosque
KARACHI: If states could not manage the clergy, there would be no concept of government in Islam. If women were forbidden from praying at mosques, they would not have been allowed to perform the...
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A storm brewing?: MQM workers protest Sialkot killing
SUKKUR / HYDERABAD / KARACHI: Screams of ‘qatil qatil Punjab hukoomat qatil’ echoed through the crowd outside Karachi Press Club (KPC) as workers of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement vented their anger...
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Chop, chop: KMC’s advertising department hacks down trees to line its own...
KARACHI: Whether you’re a shopkeeper, a transporter or involved in any business, as long as you have some money, you can run an advertising company. Just line the pockets of the Karachi Metropolitan...
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In support: Barefooted they came to show solidarity with Peshawar victims
KARACHI: The youth of Karachi is not ready to let it go. Militants killed as many as 141 people, at least 132 of them children, at the Army Public School, Peshawar, and the government has merely...
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Perween Rahman: Urban planner? Rights activist? Enemy to the mafia
KARACHI: Maybe someone was scared of Perween Rahman; or of her struggle for community development; or of the vision she derived from her mentor, Dr Akhtar Hameed Khan. For there was no other reason...
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Weather blues: Haze diverts flights, cancels exam at KU
KARACHI: The strong winds and haze in the city on Thursday morning affected the flight schedules and led to exams being cancelled at the University of Karachi (KU). Three international carriers —...
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A good bait: Wary residents feed birds, ease burdens
KARACHI: Sana, a resident of Korangi, has been visiting the DIG office at Civic Centre for her missing brother’s case for a few months. However, before venturing inside the DIG’s office, she makes a...
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United in celebration: Mirpurkhas sends first couple to get married at mass...
KARACHI: The Pakistan Hindu Council is known for arranging mass weddings but Friday was the first time that they had a couple from Mirpurkhas. “It is the first time someone from our village is getting...
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Fortify them: District South schools given special security instructions
KARACHI: District South police have identified academic institutions being run by defence forces as well as missionary and other high-profile schools as the most vulnerable and ‘soft targets’ for...
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#Neverforget: PPP slogans at remembrance vigil irk activists
KARACHI: The civil society’s planned demonstration in Karachi to remember the victims of the devastating Peshawar school carnage was hijacked by the Pakistan Peoples Party’s (PPP) workers and leaders...
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An impossible task?: Encroachers stay firm in Saddar despite govt efforts
KARACHI: Turning Saddar into a pedestrian zone appears to be an unachievable target for the government as a year and a half on, its drive against encroachments in the area has yet to bear any fruit....
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Defacing public institutions: SHC tells police to take action against...
KARACHI: Political parties are usually accused of doing little for public welfare — something that should be their prime objective, considering they are the representatives of the people. Instead of...
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