December 12, 2004

Documentary film on Kashmir screened

KARACHI – Renowned scholar and educationist Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy earned accolades for his well-produced documentary film, titled Crossing the lines – Kashmir, Pakistan, India, which was screened on May 11

Donors offer $270m for poverty alleviation

ISLAMABAD – Three major international donor agencies, mainly the World Bank, have offered $270 million new funding to Pakistan, on December 11, to alleviate poverty under public-private partnership programme. Informed

Dawn staffer honoured

KARACHI – Dawn’s assistant editor Zubeida Mustafa has been named as one of the winners of this year’s global Media Awards for Excellence in Population Reporting by the Washington-based World

Notices issued on APNS petition

KARACHI – A division bench of the Sindh High Court has issued notices, on December 11, to respondents in a writ petition moved by the All-Pakistan Newpapers Society to challenge

New building for special children

KARACHI – A former penalty-corner specialist in the Dutch National Hockey team, Paul Litjens, inaugurated an extension block of Darul Sukun, an institution for the handicapped children, in Karachi on

APNS challenges 7th Wage Award

KARACHI – APNS and its 15 members, representing all members, have filed a writ petition in the Sindh High Court, Karachi, challenging the constitutional vires, validity and legality of 7th

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