It is a grim fact that Pakistan has not been able to tackle the issue of child marriages. The cases of child marriages are also rampant due to economic or societal pressures. We ought to take steps to deal with this longstanding issue. The authorities concerned should take stern action against the practice of child marriages by launching an effective media campaign. Early marriages also act as a big deterrence towards a girl’s education. If the government...
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Rising tensions
Pervez Musharraf has asked Pakistan to recognise Israel, but he didn’t mention a word about the suffering of the Palestinians. He also wants Pakistan to drop 20 A-bombs on India lest she eliminates Pakistan with 20.Musharraf’s current, and confusing, jargon doesn’t make any sense.Khalid Mas’oodIslamabad*****Unfortunately, nowadays, clouds of war are hovering in the South Asia region. Our belligerent neighbouring country neither wants to live in peace...
Pakistan’s response
This refers to the news that our air force struck down two Indian air force planes who intruded into our air space. The entire nation supports the Pakistan Army. Our forces have, in clear words, told India that we are a peace loving country and that we have only responded to Indian aggression. Our army took a decision in the right direction to give India a responsible reply.Aamir AqilLahore*****As a response to India’s clear violation of the LoC,...
Better products
This refers to the letter ‘Made in Pakistan’ (February 26) by Dr Najeeb A Khan. Pakistan can earn at least 300 percent more revenue from its products if it ensures that all products are manufactured in an even better manner. For this, the country needs to have well-equipped vocational training centres. We need tp ensure that these centres are situated near most of the manufacturing centres. This is exactly what Germany did after the war. It spent...
Paper leak
The recent controversy regarding the CSS paper leak has shaken the confidence of aspirants in this prestigious exam. For all those aspirants who think that the incident has tarnished the institute’s credibility, I’d like to say that the FPSC is an independent institution which will thoroughly investigate the matter.Those who have no qualms about doing a wrong thing exist in every field. Aspirants shouldn’t let one incident affect their spirits.Javed...
Judicial reforms
In Pakistan, judicial reforms are necessary to ensure the timely disposal of cases. Pakistan’s courts are facing a major issue of pending cases. Compared to other countries, Pakistan has complicated, lengthy, and expensive court procedures.There is a dire need to introduce a specific time limit for the disposal of a case. This will help the country get rid of unnecessary delays in the provision of justice.Junaid YaminTharushah
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Water scarcity
Pakistan is on the verge of being a water-stressed country. Factors like water scarcity, resource depletion and water contamination have wreaked havoc across the country. The problem is further aggravated by the country’s inept administration and poor management of available natural water resources. This has made the country vulnerable to long drought spells and extreme floods. The authorities concerned must take appropriate action to tackle this...
Tech times
This refers to the letter ‘Thoughtful teaching’ (February 27) by Prof (r) Basharat Ali. What the professor has said is true but we have to keep in mind that his times were different. In the 1950s, it was probably okay to teach only three subjects at a primary level. But the present is the era of technology.While teaching Urdu, Math, Islamiat and Geography are mandatory, the other subjects carry their own importance. The government should work on...
Rain spells
I live in Kot Bunglow, a city in the Khairpur district, where, due to negligence of the authorities, a blessing has turned into an agony. The recent continuous rain spell in the city has flooded almost all parts of the city.Dirty sewerage water is seeping out of the drains which were already filled to the brim with trash. The standing water has made it difficult for pedestrians to walk on the streets. The elected representatives must pay attention...
Unhealthy soil
The excessive use of insecticides in agriculture may pose a serious threat to people’s health. We can’t say with absolute certainty that the food items that we eat are fit for human consumption. There is a strong need to adopt such irrigation practices that discourage the use of pesticides. It is said that “people’s health is in soil health”.Hafsah Binte AsifKarachi
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Spend wisely
All developing countries get financial assistance from developed countries for improving their economies. Those countries that have used such assistance wisely have improved their economies, but this has not happened in Pakistan.One reason is that we have been aiming at mega projects which eat up all the funds and take years to give profitable return. The newly elected government is in contacts with several friendly countries for loans. It is hoped...
Online submission
Recently the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) announced a call for applications for the posts of OG-2. The bank uploaded online forms for the post on its official website.My colleagues and I tried to fill the forms several times but, even after filling in all the required fields, we could not submit our forms owing to some technical issues. The SBP must troubleshoot the form submission system so that applicants can submit their forms with ease.Ayaz Gul...
Interest rates
The government’s decision to increase interest rates from 10 to 10.25 percent in order to control inflation was laudable, but it has a slightly negative impact on the workings of the Pakistan Stock Exchange. This is because local investors are moving their investment to national savings schemes and other capital-protected funds.We know that our country need this tight economic policy, but we also hope that the government will ensure the timely implementation...
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PA passes resolution praising Pak Army, PAF
Jawwad Rizvi *** Asim HussainLAHORE: Punjab Assembly on Wednesday passed a unanimous resolution praising Pakistan Army and Pakistan Air Force for striking back on Indian invading jets on Pakistani territories and shooting down two Indian fighter jets and capturing an Indian pilot.Besides, PA set a new record for maximum number of legislations in a short time as it legislated into law four bills namely the Punjab Skills Development Authority Bill...
CM orders crackdown on hoarders, profiteers
LAHORE: A meeting was held under the chair of Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar at his office Wednesday to review the price control mechanism in the province.The meeting decided to devise standard operating procedures (SOPs) for controlling prices. The CM directed that indiscriminate action should be initiated against hoarders and profiteers. The industry department should formulate new SOPs in collaboration with the line departments. He said strict...
Punjab Sanitation Policy on the cards, PA told
Punjab Minister for Housing Urban Development and Public Health Engineering Mian Mehmood-ur-Rasheed said maiden Punjab Sanitation Policy would be presented in next cabinet meeting and after getting approval it would be promulgated as the policy was ready now.Responding to questions raised by the MPAs during question hour session on Housing Urban Development and PHED, he said that the first draft of the policy was initiated in 2010 which was sent...
Man shot dead
LAHORE: A 45-year-old man was shot dead by unidentified persons in the Shalimar police jurisdiction on Wednesday.Police said some unidentified persons approached victim Imran, a resident of Chaman Park and shot at him after exchanging harsh words with. Police collected evidences from the crime scene and recorded the statements of eye witnesses. Investigation is going on to know the motive behind the killing. The family of the victim said they had...
400-bed special hospital approved
LAHORE: All possible resources are being utilised by the government for providing best health care facilities to the patients and clean and hygienic atmosphere to their attendants.These views were expressed by Punjab Minister for Health Dr Yasmeen Rashid while chairing the 11th syndicate meeting of Fatima Jinnah Medical University (FJMU) on WednesdayThe syndicate meeting gave approval to an agreement to launch PhD programmes in FJMU and King Edward...
Demo for salaries
LAHORE: The employees of Albarak company staged a protest demonstration against the company at Nishtar U-turn. The protesters chanted slogans against the company and demanded their salaries. The demonstration caused a traffic mess. The traffic police diverted the traffic to the alternative routes during the protest.
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CM’s wife attends funfair
LAHORE: Mrs Sofia Usman Buzdar, wife of Chief Minister Punjab, attended the annual funfair of the Government College of Home Economics, Gulberg, Lahore, as a guest of honour.
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Partly cloudy
LAHORE: Partly cloudy weather was observed in the City here Wednesday while Met office predicted similar weather conditions for the next 24 hours. Met officials said that continental air is prevailing over most parts of the country. A strong rain bearing system is likely to approach Balochistan today (Thursday) and likely to grip southern parts of the country tomorrow (Friday) and may persist in upper parts till Monday morning. They predicted that...
Rally
A rally was organised from Tollinton Market to Canal Bridge at Jail Road on Wednesday. Adviser to Chief Minister on Political Affairs and Convener Task Force on Price Control Muhammad Akram Chaudhry led the rally. The rally was organised under the aegis of Lahore Poultry Association.
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Painting exhibition inaugurated
LAHORE: There are very few such young artists who have such inspiring skills to capture natural beauty of the mountainous valleys as Muntehaa Azad has, and she is, certainly, a very skillful and charismatic artist of nature.These were the views of Prof Saeed Akhtar, an internationally acknowledge painter, art teacher in Pakistan, which he shared with this scribe at the inauguration of Muntehaa Azad’s watercolor paintings exhibition at Nairang Galleries,...
Retired captain seeks permission to take part in war
LAHORE: A serving additional district & sessions judge being a retired captain Amer Habib has sought permission from the Lahore High Court and army chief for participation in ongoing Indo-Pak war.In a letter written to COAS and registrar of the LHC, Amer who is currently posted in Ahmadpur Sial (Jhang) said he had served Pakistan army as captain in 833 Mujahid Medium Regiment, AJK. “At this time of necessity, I want to serve the nation on dual...
LWMC pays dues to workers
LAHORE: As the heaps of garbage continued to rise on city roads, Lahore Waste Management Company (LWMC) released Rs60million to its Turkish contractors to pay salaries of workers who were on strike.Lahore Deputy Commissioner Saleha Saeed, who is also chairman of the company, took notice of the issue and held a meeting with both Turkish contractors of LWMC here on Wednesday. LWMC Managing Director Khalid Nazir, all HOD`s and management of Turkish...
Karachi's women artists explore conscience through their art
Paintings seemed to be the best way to explain the perceptions, self-awareness by the four women artists in a group exhibition at Artscene Gallery in Karachi who also use their art to share their profound and philosophical understanding of life through their creations expressing their emotions, through figures and forms.Depicting abstract, figurative art and landscapes the artworks touched the basic theme of consciousness both social consciousness...
Need for dialogue
There are hopes that the skies over Pakistan and India will assume a calmer shade of blue as talk of de-escalation comes in from Pakistan, whose leaders have shown more awareness that war is simply not an option between the two nuclear-armed neighbours. On Wednesday, after Pakistan shot down two Indian fighter jets – and took into custody one Indian airforce pilot – while operating from its own side of the LoC, the DG ISPR and Prime Minister Imran...
Refugee accounts
Despite the failure to push forward the proposal to grant citizenship to Afghan refugees, the PTI government has taken the positive step of allowing registered Afghan refugees in Pakistan to open bank accounts in the country. Prime Minister Imran Khan announced the move via Twitter a few days back and confirmed that he had issued clear instructions to authorities to allow registered Afghan refugees to participate in the formal economy. This is part...
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Creating an anti-extremism culture
As the Financial Action Task Force has also emphasised, the world is indeed concerned about militant organisations in Pakistan. And it is to the Pakistani people that they present the biggest threat of all.Since 2002, when actions against terrorism gained greater pace, Pakistan has lost thousands of lives to terrorists. The toll we have taken is far higher than that of any other country – including India and the US. It is for this reason that Pakistan...
The rights of the Pakistani child
The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in September this year is commemorating the 30th Anniversary of the ‘Convention on the Rights of the Child’ (CRC) adopted by UN on November 20, 1989.Pakistan ratified this convention in 1990. The CRC is a human rights treaty, which sets out the civil, political, economic, health and cultural rights of children. Some important news linked with this historic commemoration is that Pakistan’s Permanent Representative...
No time for peace?
Something considered remotely possible only a few days back is already here. India acted first, by brazenly violating Pakistan’s airspace and claiming death and destruction in a fictional terror camp.India went on to boast about its aggression, thereby provoking Pakistan to retaliate. The PAF’s riposte came the very next day, resulting in the shooting of two enemy fighter planes. Alarmed by these developments, the international community has appealed...
Our true ambassadors
Overseas Pakistanis are a part of Pakistan’s future. While our predecessors have rhetorically talked about the significance of overseas Pakistanis, no concrete measures were taken in this regard.As a result, the true potential of overseas Pakistanis in facilitating the processes of development in Pakistan has not been fully tapped. The current PTI government under the leadership of Prime Minister Imran Khan is cognizant of this fact and wants to...
The Chagos Islands
There are times when one tragedy tells us how a whole system works behind its democratic facade and helps us understand how much of the world is run for the benefit of the powerful and how governments often justify their actions with lies.In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the British government of Harold Wilson expelled the population of the Chagos Islands, a British colony in the Indian Ocean, to make way for an American military base on Diego...
Kashmir and freedom
There are events that define the future course of history. Mangal Pandey, a sepoy in the 34th Regiment of the Bengal Native Infantry of the East India Company, is remembered in Indian history as a hero and the first Indian sepoy to attack his British officers. He was captured and hanged on April 8, 1857.India treats Madan Lal Dhingra as another icon and the first revolutionary of the Indian freedom movement. As a student in England, he assassinated...
Jimmy Khan releases ‘Pyar Naal’ with a music video
In between making a cameo appearance in the upcoming Asim Raza film, Parey Hut Love and playing a Salt Arts show in Karachi recently, Jimmy Khan has released his rendition of ‘Pyar Naal’ – making it the third release from his folk EP Tich Button.Writing about the song on his Facebook page, Jimmy noted, “It is one of our most well received and popular folk renditions titled ‘Pyar Naal Na Sahi’. An original folk tune by one of my heroes and one of...
Pakistani artists take anti-war stand
Plato once said, “Only the dead know the end of war.” But the world has yet to learn the meaning of those words.In recent days, in the wake of the horrifying Pulwama attack and heightened tension between Pakistan and India with reports of attacks from both sides making headlines, it is a perilous time. As tension remains high, it is disappointing to see Indian artists such as Ajay Devgn, to quote just one example, war mongering and speaking of war...
