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May 21, 2012

TV licence fee

Sir: Pakistan is the only country in the world where the government charges a TV licence fee from its consumers via electricity bills at Rs 35 on monthly basis. What

World Day for Cultural Diversity today

Islamabad: The 10th Anniversary of the World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development will be celebrated across the world today (May 21) to raise awareness worldwide about the

Facebook’s public listing

That the stock market moves in mysterious ways was shown again on May 18 as the initial public offering (IPO) by Facebook was nowhere near as successful as most people

Digging into a vanishing culture

Anil Datta Karachi: As the saying goes, “The past is a beautiful country”. Yes, the past has a charm all its own and aspects which must not have been very

The ban that became a bane

Karachi: The abrupt blocking and subsequent unblocking of the popular social media site Twitter on Sunday was a perfect reflection of the government’s handling of many other key issues: a

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