Punjab

‘Matter being investigated, officials will be punished’.

76th convocation at Kinnaird College for Women

“Two batches will go to Ireland every year, first one in July and the other in January,” says CPSP President.

Judge says FIA uncooperative, FIA says complainants often stop pursuing cases.

Dalrymple speaks about researching his last novel, his writing rituals, his ‘favourite’ book.

LHC earlier disqualified Sargana after he failed to establish the authenticity of his university degree.

Chaudhry Zaheer was elected as the secretary general of the party.

Lawyers will continue their protest until the bench was set up, says FDA president.

EDO warns principals they might lose their jobs if matric results not satisfactory.

Residents said the windowpanes of classrooms were broken and there was no security guard.

Previously, locals had to lease land for 3-5 years.

Gujrat University hosts Int’l Mother Language Day seminar.

British prof delivers lecture on ‘changing face of medicine’.

New rules and transfers ordered after clerks accused of misappropriation.

Two-volume book launched to commemorate 100 years of KC.

Photographers, painters, students, teachers and doctors discuss ideas and produce work.

Official posted at DCO’s PR office found in possession of 22 stamps.

Presidential candidates allowed in the polling compound.

Agenda of opposition-requisitioned session not addressed.

Authors and publishers agree that there is a market for children’s literature, the question is how to capture it.

Talat Dabir exhibits her drawings for the first time in over 40 years.

The judge accepted the bail pleas of three doctors and a pharmacist.

MNA inaugurates several development projects.

Seminar, theatre performance organised at govt high school.

Hearing adjourned till March 1 as deputy attorney general absent.

Each candidate claims support of majority of voters.

Policy guidance notes to address malnutrition in province formed.

While Chaudhry Nisar defends the strategy, Ishaq Dar opposes it.

Says the truth behind the ex-coalition partners’ quarrel will be exposed once Sindh’s interim CM is named.

The Environment Protection Department arranged a walk from the Liberty Roundabout to Main Boulevard.

Children’s Hospital Multan MS accused of running various illegal schemes.

Most schools focus on teaching English language, but do not teach it through literature, Samina Rahman.

Nina Marie Fite, Musharraf Farooqi and Baela Jamil discuss education through story-telling.

Dr Jalal said Manto embellished a historian’s craft into fictional narrative.

‘Women [writers] have a different take on several issues’.

Tehmina Durrani talks to a jam-packed hall, her first public appearance in over 12 years.

Bapsi Sidhwa talks about what drew her to writing and what followed.

Mohammed Hanif talks about missing Baloch and the Pakistan Army.

Ahmed Rashid and William Dalrymple speak about Afghanistan, Taliban and whether David Cameron should apologise.

Police say no substance to blasphemy allegations, but telling pastor to flee was only way to avoid violence.

Poets old and new read their verse at mushaira.

Zehra Nigah and Intezar Hussain recall ‘those early days’

Mueenuddin, Thayil, Koch and Naqvi speak about locations, the discomfort of writing and doubt.

The blind man is Jinnah, envisioning a country on the basis of amazing ideas: Author

Mahmood Jamal shares his views on Faiz and translating Urdu poetry.

Pran Nevile, Bapsi Sidhwa and Intezar Hussain remember their Lahore.

Shehan Karunatilaka talks about Sri Lanka’s literary scene, war and cricket.

Ayesha Jalal, Tariq Ali and Francis Robinson explore Pakistan’s path to becoming a modern state.

The session The Courtesan in Literature: Umrao Jan to Gohar Jan focused on South Asia’s romance with courtesans.

Satire is always read like a story about someone else, not you, says Moni Mohsin.