July 4, 2010

Impressive collection of books launched at KPC

Karachi: An accomplished writer, well-known for his character sketches (Khaka Nigari), Mumtaz Rafique’s ‘Taseer Khana’ and ‘Karl Marx Ki Nazmein’ were launched at the Karachi Press Club (KPC). The books

Regulating media

THE recent Facebook ban fiasco demonstrated the level of state intervention in obscuring citizen’s access to information. Pakistan Telecommunications Authority has supposedly submitted a draft in LHC which calls for

Of newsprint and journalists

Tom Rachman’s debut novel is a fresh insight into the lives behind a struggling paper By Huma Imtiaz When one opens up a newspaper to peruse the headlines, one hardly

Fetters on the media!

EDITORIAL: A number of reports appearing in the national and foreign media indicate harsh measures are about to be introduced to muzzle the independent media. A law is reportedly on

Charting the women’s movement in Sindh

By Zulfiqar Shah The contemporary movement for the rights and liberation of women in Sindh is deeply connected to the emancipation movement of women during the pre-partition era. In the

Life after rape

Javeria not only had to put up with the reality of what had happened to her, but at the same time, bear the prejudice of her relatives. The many taunts

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