Kite string claims life of youth
LAHORE: A 25-year-old youth died here on Tuesday after a stray kite string slit his throat in Ferozepur Road, factory area. The victim, identified as Danish, was commuting on a bike when…
Shujaat calls Senate chief Sanjrani, assures support
LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League (PML-Q) President and former prime minister Chaudhary Shujaat Hussain on Sunday telephoned Chairman Senate Sadiq Sanjrani and expressed his party’s support to the besieged the Senate chief. Shujaat…
China’s largest ever Picasso exhibition opens
BEIJING: The largest Picasso exhibition ever held in China opens on Saturday, featuring more than 100 works — many of them from the artist’s early years. The “Birth of a Genius” exhibition…
Pious pretence
Ah the joys of religious puritanism Given man’s status as the superior species on earth, one shouldn’t suppose that it took us long to figure out that religion provides the most concealing…
Do me a favour, let me have a ‘meltdown’
Anger is gender neutral, after all We live in the 21st century yet ideals of femininity that suppress women to the point of living a pantomime continue to be practiced with the…
Inheritance Rights: high time women claim share in the pie
LAHORE: In a country where women themselves are treated as property, not an iota of shock is experienced when a female is denied her rightful share in inheritance. We live in a…
Road Romeos and women behind the wheel
LAHORE: Although street harassment happens to be a norm all over the world, men in countries like Pakistan are apparently the most uncivil and uncomfortable with female drivers on the road. Along with…
Independence only for men?
While hundreds of people from all walks of life came out of their houses to celebrate the 71st Independence Day of Pakistan, women seemed to be persona non grata in every nook…
Pakistan’s code of silence a nurturing ground for child abuse cycle
Child psychologist says effects of abuse can be permanent Brain samples from adults who died by suicide and had a history of child abuse show abnormalities in brain cells LAHORE: On January 4,…
Speaking minds through art
Speaking at the inauguration ceremony of ‘Safar-The Journey’, former Pakistan’s ambassador to the US Syeda Abida Hussain praised the struggle of the country’s young artists, saying it was heartening to see works…