January 27, 2011

40pc girls out of schools in rural areas

Islamabad–Of total 288 children falling in 3-5 years age group, nearly 32.3 per cent children are not enrolled in any type of schools in rural areas of the capital and

Wishing her husband a painful death

By Rabia Ali Karachi: In a small house in the city’s Sachal Goth, a 25-year-old woman, with face buried in her hands, kneels down on the blood-smeared floor. “These stains

Woman strangled by husband

KARACHI: A young woman was strangled to death allegedly by her husband in Azizabad area on Wednesday, police said. They said 37-year-old Rehana was found dead in a bedroom of

The gender divide

THIS is apropos of Taha Abbasi’s and Dr Om Parkash’s letters ‘The gender divide’ (Jan 17 and 22). Men and women may be different biologically or emotionally but they are

Musical night a poetic entertainment

By Jamal Shahid ISLAMABAD: There was creation of mystic imagery and spiritual dialogue, and quite simply, Wednesday`s musical night was sheer poetic entertainment. A vocalist of mesmerizing melodies Ustad Shafqat

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