Society

Woman up against landlords, police
MULTAN, Dec 11: A woman has been trying to find her husband allegedly missing for 11 months, seeking police and local politicians’ support without a success....
Desperation of the poor
A FACTORY worker in Lahore killed his three minor daughters recently as he was convinced he would not be able to give them an “honourable life” with his meager earnings, however hard he may try. He did not spare even his youngest daughter, aged three, who pleaded with him to spare her. A shocked police guard shot him dead in the police lockup saying the beast had no right to live.
Social sciences in dismal state
ISLAMABAD, May 26: A review ceremony of two books at the Trust for Voluntary Organisation (TVO) here on Friday invited heated debate on the dismal state of social sciences and research in the country....
Dying with your boots on
By Shafqat Mahmood
Yes, no one wants to quit. There was a time when people would look forward to retirement. After a lifetime of work, it was like a well deserved rest a ...
‘Politicians losing people’s trust’
RAWALPINDI, May 25: Politicians are losing people’s trust as they do not share truth with them, and the lack of trust led to widespread political disengagement resulting in low turn outs in the elections....
Winds of change?
By Shaukat Qadir
month or so ago, the Public Accounts Committee — for the first time to the best of my knowledge — summoned senior serving and retired military officers to give a briefing on defence expenditure; and they all turned up. Shamefully, only one member of the PAC turned up that day, but the military officers satisfactorily responded to his questions.
Feudal lords blamed for weakening local govt systemDistrict Nazim Sardar Abdul Qayyum Khan Jatoi has accused the influential feudal lords, like Abdullah Shah, father of Punjab Minister fo ...
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