October 21, 2009

Baloch writer to get Kamal-i- Fan Award

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL) has announced the name of noted progressive Baloch writer Abdullah Jan Jamaldeni for Kamal-i-Fan Award, the highest literary award for the year 2008.

CD, other shops blown up in Mansehra

MANSEHRA: An explosive device planted near a CD shop blew up six shops in Barkund area of the city on Tuesday morning. Three persons, including the owner of a barbershop,

Women in the media

By Zubeida Mustafa AT the South Asian Women in Media’s (SAWM) first regional conference in Lahore (Oct 10-11) the keynote speaker Nandita Das spoke of her many-layered identities – both

Kidnapped girl recovered after 7 years

Karachi: Nineteen-year-old Hina Sagheer Rao, who was abducted on April 24, 2002, was recovered on Tuesday by the Karachi police. The people who had kidnapped her seven years ago –

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