May 31, 2010

Portuguese loanwords in Urdu

By Rauf Parekh Language is a strange phenomenon. It can influence history, politics and culture. The Hindi-Urdu controversy can be cited as the proof of this assertion. Conversely, language itself

Registration facilities: Nadra’s version

THIS is apropos of the letter ‘Nadra woes’ (May 22) in which Muhammad Azam highlighted the need to open Nadra offices at the union council level in rural areas. It

Defence divisions spent Rs23bn in excess of budget

By Bhagwandas KARACHI: The defence division working under the ministry of defence and the defence production division under the ministry of defence production spent over Rs23 billion more than their

Six-month-old girl married off in Swara incident

By Shoukat Iqbal Khattak Karachi: A “kidnapping” and subsequent love marriage with a girl by a married man has resulted in a Jirga ordering the marriage of his six-month-old daughter

‘Journalists lacking basic safety facilities’

By Afnan Khan LAHORE: Reporters and photographers working in Pakistan lack basic safety facilities and their lives are put in jeopardy as they cover terror attacks, senior American journalists Frank

Attack on Press Club condemned

LAKKI MARWAT — Local journalist communities of Lakki Marwat and Naurang have strongly condemned the attack on press club and torturing of their colleagues by teachers in Dir. In a

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