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A Historic Moment: Live Coverage of Supreme Court Hearings in Pakistan

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By Shujauddin Qureshi In a groundbreaking move, the Supreme Court of Pakistan recently made history by allowing live coverage of its full court hearing via the official state broadcaster, PTV. This decision, which caught both the media and legal communities by surprise, marked a significant departure from the traditional norms surrounding court proceedings in the […]

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کراچی چڑیا گھراور بے چارے جانور

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از: فاریحہ سلیم، مہوش اقبال، مدحت زہرہ گندے پانی میں تیرتی یہ بطخیں، چلو بھر گندے پانی میں بیٹھے یہ کچھوے، پنجرے میں قید مایوس بندر، جھلسانے والی دھوپ میں لوہے کے پنجرے میں سائے کی تلاش کرتا کالا بھالو آخر کیوں پریشان ہیں؟ 17 سالہ ہتھنی نور جہاں کی ناساز طبعیت کا سن کر

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COVID-19 awareness, service delivery project initiated in Karachi’s 2 affected district

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A leading civil society organization, Strengthening Participatory Organization (SPO) has initiated a short-term project in two districts of Karachi (East and Malir) covering 08 UCs to create awareness about Coronavirus prevention among the masses, a statement said. The project named  “Provision of Hand washing Facilities and Community Awareness on COVID-19” is initiated in the selected

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Begging hands

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By Shujauddin Qureshi It is very disheartening to see women, children and elderly men begging along the under-construction road leading towards the famous picnic point Haleji Lake near Gujjo town in Thatta district. Mostly fishermen these people live in thatched huts near the lake in very bad conditions and many fish in the lake in

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Speakers call for reforms in Sindh Tenancy Act, establishment of Hari Courts

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From 2013 to 2019 period estimated 5,639 bonded peasants and their family members were released from the captivity of landlords in Sindh. Of these, 1,769 (31 per cent) were women. In bonded labour practice, women suffer more as they are targeted for sexual abuse and harassment by landlords and employers, a report reveals. Hari Welfare

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Bedil: Multi-lingual poet was remembered

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Press Release Writers, intellectuals and poets from all over the world paid rich tributes to the classical multi-lingual poet Faqir Qadir Bakhsh Bedel at a two-day online global conference held to mark his annual anniversary, which was officially postponed due to Coronavirus (COVID-19). The conference was participated by literature lovers from all over the world.

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International virtual gathering with Poet Mazhar Laghari

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By Manzoor Ujjan “Literature should not only be a reflection of the society but also a means of adapting people to new avenues of awakening. The writer should be pro-people and should write about public suffering. The progressive poet should not be with extremism but with tolerance. We can all live together in peace”, said 

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Dr. Kaiser Bengali sees stringent measures to squeeze provinces, citizens

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By Shujauddin Qureshi The federal government may further squeeze the financial resources of the provinces by reducing their share of divisible poor, said Dr. Kaiser Bengali, an eminent economist. “It may further empty pockets of individual taxpayers in the forthcoming budget to be announced on 12th June. “Federal government may go to an extreme level,”

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‘Pakistan may suffer heavy crop losses during summer’: Locust expert

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By Shujauddin Qureshi Pakistan may lose 8.71 billion dollars worth agricultural crops during the summer season in case locus destroys 75 per cent of the standing crops, said a senior agriculture scientist and an expert in locust, Dr. Chaudhry Inayatullah, here Sunday. He was speaking at an online Zoom lecture ‘Locust Attack & Issues of

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