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Of ends and new beginnings: Students of The City School graduate with flying...
KARACHI: A colourful graduation ceremony was held on Thursday at The City School’s PAF Chapter branch, where 104 A’ Level students who achieved high grades in Cambridge International Examination’s...
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Tales of bravery: Justice Baqar lost faithful guard in attack
KARACHI: Justice Maqbool Baqar’s guard, Khalid Mehmood, prepared himself for the worst every day when he stepped outside the house. As he escorted the judge every morning from his house to the Sindh...
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Zambeel goes from short stories to plays
KARACHI: Writer Ismat Chughtai has been named the queen of Urdu literature. Critics agree that nobody, other than Manto, comes close to her in the skill of writing tales in crisp, classic Urdu....
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Education for all: 36 young fellows start journey to teach Pakistan
Around 36 young Teach for Pakistan fellows are now getting ready to teach Pakistan and carry on the journey that Tooba Akhtar, a Lahore University of Management Sciences alumnus, chose to start around...
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Tehzeeb Festival 2013: Classical music amidst faux pas
KARACHI: Just like magic is all about the presentation of a trick, classical music is all about decorum; the collective etiquette of the listener and presenter is what makes the gathering worthwhile....
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Murder investigations’ aftermath: MQM chief steps down, takes back decision...
KARACHI: Breaking his long silence over the murder investigations of Dr Imran Farooq, Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief broke down on Sunday and said he was being dragged into the case...
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Back in town?: MQM-H graffiti springs up overnight in various areas
KARACHI: After a long absence, the Mohajir Qaumi Movement-Haqiqi seems all set to make a comeback into the political arena. The graffiti and wall-chalking of the party’s slogans, which appeared...
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Govt’s efforts to check price hike ahead of Ramazan
KARACHI: The advent of Ramazan, the highest earning season for retailers and wholesalers, brought with it a surge in the extortion slips to industrialists, businessmen and the owners of small shop....
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Struggling from age six, 24-year-old Bachal finally catches up with her dreams
KARACHI: In the densely populated cluster of houses in Baldia Town’s slum settlement of Mawach Goth, residents believe that a young woman in her early 20s has the potential to pave the way for their...
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No longer in demand: NATO oil tankers go under the knife
KARACHI: For some, the withdrawal of foreign forces from Afghanistan may be good news but, for oil tanker owners, it means an impending end to the windfall profits they have made over the years....
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Innocent gunned down: Family’s future shattered by the trigger
KARACHI: Zohaib has not called for his father since Tuesday evening when he saw him being shot in the chest four times by a member of the paramilitary Rangers in Karachi. A day later on Wednesday, as...
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Right to Play brings together youth, teachers to celebrate diversity
KARACHI: The Right to Play initiative gathered nearly 140 young boys and girls along with 60 children to celebrate diversity on Thursday. “It is a day of happiness for me as a platform has been...
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Death in custody: Police, Rangers blame each other
KARACHI: The young man, who died in the custody of Pakistan Rangers on Friday, was a suspect in the attack on the paramilitary forces’ check post earlier this week. Bilal alias Mullah, and his three...
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Terror revisits Karachi: KMC commissioner survives bomb attack
KARACHI: Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) Commissioner Matanat Ali Khan survived a bomb attack on Saturday – a day which also saw the killing of two suspected terrorists when a bomb they were...
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Dangerous games: With Eid around the corner, sales of toy guns goes up
KARACHI: Four-year-old Malak Saeed may not have learned how to put on his slippers but he can quickly load rubber-ball ammunition in his 9mm toy gun and hit the target. There are numerous other...
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Cricket with the stars: Children break fast with the bigwigs of sports
KARACHI: For 60 children of the Sirat-ul-Jannah Orphanage and Salt Lake School, playing cricket with the batsmen and bowlers who’ve been part of the Pakistani Cricket Team was nothing short of a dream...
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Artistic bond: Mothers, children choose flowers, not guns to paint life in...
KARACHI: When Lyari residents paint about their life in the city’s most volatile neighbourhood, they choose flowers and playgrounds, instead of guns and grenades. Nearly 21 works of these graduates of...
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Preserving heritage: Irate SHC imposes fine on officers for delaying report...
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court imposed a fine of Rs20,000 on the members of the Sindh culture department’s advisory committee on Thursday, for defying the court’s directions to file reports regarding...
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World Hepatitis Day 2013: Sindh takes part in attempt to set global world record
KARACHI: A long time ago, three wise monkeys told the world that turning a blind eye to a problem does not mean that it will go away. With this advice in mind, people across the world on Sunday, on...
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One-stop shop: This new supermarket is thinking big, and it’s thinking green
KARACHI: For the man behind the city’s newest superstore, Farid’s, it was important that his new venture remains Pakistani. “We are inherently Pakistan,” claimed Farid’s chief operating officer Adnan...
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