Excerpts of an interview with Anatol Lieven, the author of Pakistan: A Hard Country, a Professor at King's College London and former journalist.
Published18 Feb, 201210:32pm
ISLAMABAD, Feb 15: For the entertainment-starved Islooites, large scale events are rare treats. This trend seems to be changing, but it’s worrisome that sufficient organisation is not going into some of the bigger
Published16 Feb, 201206:30am
ISLAMABAD, Feb 13: Bushra Zulfiqar`s autobiography, as her book launch emphasised, is about many things -- and that might precisely be the problem with it
Published14 Feb, 201207:30am
ISLAMABAD, Feb 13: Bushra Zulfiqar`s autobiography, as her book launch emphasised, is about many things -- and that might precisely be the problem with it
Published13 Feb, 201207:44pm
ISLAMABAD, Feb 10: A group of women, on Feb 12, 1983, under the aegis of Women Action Forum held a rally down the Mall Road to the Lahore High Court (LHC) to lodge a protest – Habib Jalib riling the crowd
Published10 Feb, 201210:31pm
ISLAMABAD, Feb 7: The world of youth sexual health is a secret and whimsical place. Even though issues related to sexual health among unmarried people are considered mostly taboo, it is a whole world that very much exists - along with all its
Published08 Feb, 201206:00am
ISLAMABAD, Feb 7: The world of youth sexual health is a secret and whimsical place. Even though issues related to sexual health among unmarried people are considered mostly taboo, it is a whole world that very
Published07 Feb, 201208:54pm
A woman confidently walked in through the gate, right to the man who seemed to be managing things and presented him with her receipt, a small rectangular piece of paper with block shaped slots and a hand
Published28 Jan, 201211:01pm
Islamabad, Jan 25: An art comes together when it directly strikes the chord of the viewer and invokes the emotions that the work aimed to put on canvas - Najia Omer’s work accomplished this in a tranquil series of
Published26 Jan, 201212:09am
ISLAMABAD, Jan 24: As the youth were involved, through a dialogue, in the efforts to spread awareness about family planning and sexual reproductive health, it was the policymakers who lacked resolve to proactively making population control their primary c
Published25 Jan, 201202:28am
The event was aimed at providing the youth with an opportunity to confront the policymakers about their strategies to deal with the lack of awareness about sexual health and population growth rate in the country.
Published25 Jan, 201212:03am
ISLAMABAD, Jan 21: Qayaas, an Islamabad based rock band, has rocked the music scene by winning multiple categories in South Asia’s first-ever music awards.
Published21 Jan, 201211:05pm
ISLAMABAD, Jan 20: Lower castes of the Hindu community in the country feel hurt by our leaders` claims about democratic rights as they are excluded even from whatever representation the minority has in political bodies.
Published21 Jan, 201202:14am
ISLAMABAD, Jan 20: Lower castes of the Hindu community in the country feel hurt by our leaders’ claims about democratic rights as they are excluded even from whatever representation the minority has in
Published20 Jan, 201210:26pm
ISLAMABAD, Jan 19: As bills are drafted and taken up in the assembly to grant legal rights to minorities, disagreements are emerging within the minority communities as they negotiate the line between their
Published20 Jan, 201202:55am
ISLAMABAD, Jan 18: As bills are drafted and taken up in the assembly to grant legal rights to minorities, disagreements are emerging within the minority communities as they negotiate the line between their religious beliefs and civil law.
Published19 Jan, 201212:00am
ISLAMABAD, Jan 17: The loss of Saima Ammar, a visually-impaired icon and founder of Pakistan Foundation for Fighting Blindness, is a grievous one but the legacy she leaves behind makes her immortal.
Published17 Jan, 201211:07pm
ISLAMABAD, Jan 9: The select commitee of the National Assembly has approved the Charter of Child Rights Bill 2010 aimed at protecting and promoting the fundamental rights of children in Pakistan.
Published09 Jan, 201211:05pm
ISLAMABAD, Jan 2: Affiliation of the Federal Directorate of Education colleges with the Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) will help the cash starved public sector institution to generate Rs100 million from the
Published03 Jan, 201202:39am