Archive for May, 2014

Seventh Consecutive PFDC Sunsilk Fashion Week 2014 The 7th PFDC Sunsilk Fashion Week was held from the 10 – 13th of April in Lahore. During PFDC Sunsilk Fashion Week Akif Mahmood, Ali Xeeshan Theater Studio, Body Focus Museum, Deepak Perwani, Élan, Fahad Hussayn, House of Arsalan Iqbal, HSY, Karma – Pink, Khaadi Khaas, Maria B., […]

By Mirza Khurram Shahzad – Hamid Mir, Geo TV or the Inter-Services Intelligence By the time this report is published, perhaps the war between the two ‘giants’ of the country would be settled but the implications of this unwanted battle may last for years to come. Six bullets hit a ‘high profile’ television anchor for […]

By Rabia Ahmed –  Caring for the aged: Are we resting on our laurels when it comes to looking after our elderly? In Pakistan people are increasingly concerned about old age and its related issues with every new candle on the cake.  Odd, isn’t it, seeing that our culture lays such stress on caring for […]

By Sidrah Roghay – None of the football team members, except one has ever attended formal school. Most of them dropped out in their first year At the moment they are basking in their new found glory. The nine teenagers who secured the bronze medal in the Street Children World Cup 2014 have met the […]

By Afia Salam –  Once again the citizenry of Pakistan is abuzz with the news of another mega project that is taking shape in their name… that of the Rawalpindi-Islamabad Bus Rapid Transit scheme. The Government has already held the ground breaking ceremony, while planners and environmentalists are now raising the decibels about its possible […]

Pope Francis on Friday personally asked forgiveness for thousands of child sex abuses carried out by priests and promised more action following accusations of cover-ups and excessive leniency by the Vatican. “I feel compelled… to personally ask for forgiveness for the damage they have done for having sexually abused children,” the pope said at a […]

In this clash of institutions, Hamid Mir must not be denied justice Over the last few days, the corridors of power in this country have echoed with the controversy surrounding the attempted assassination of Hamid Mir, one of the country’s most well-known journalists. An overzealous media, led by Mir’s employers, immediately took on this ‘holy […]

By Noorilhuda – Sitting over a pile of fifty seven billion rupees, with development projects worth hundreds more, heading an organization with eight-hundred employees, leading hundreds of educational institutions all the while juggling court cases, 18th Amendment and a media out to make a mountain of a molehill … it would be enough to make […]

Pique Report –  Supreme Court foils attempt to hand banned ASWJ’s Ludhianvi an ‘engineered’ win It can only happen in Pakistan. A person who is not allowed to sit in a tea shop, lands in parliament to legislate. A man officially declared a terrorist roams around freely, meets people, addresses public gatherings, raises funds, contests […]