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“Jaja of Opobo? The stubborn king?” Obiora asked. “Defiant,” Ifeoma said. “He was a defiant king…when the British came, he refused to let them control all the trade. He did not sell his soul for a bit of gunpowder like the other kings did, so the British exiled him to the West Indies. He never …
October 20, 2017 | by RaheelNow that the federal cabinet has agreed to carry out the delimitation of constituencies on the basis of the provisional census data, the numbers game in parliament has suddenly become the new focal point of discussion. Lawmakers from the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) do not appear to favour any increase in the number of …
October 20, 2017 | by RaheelThe US administration took exactly a week to respond to the landmark agreement under which a Palestinian unity government has been proposed. The pact was designed to end the decade-long rift between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s party and Hamas. UN officials have described it as a significant deal that could lead to addressing the humanitarian …
October 20, 2017 | by RaheelA recent report in The New York Times astutely highlights core aspects of Pakistan’s education crisis that have been sidelined as a result of the hype created by private and public entities, domestic and foreign, over the lack of funding in the sector. As images of young Malala Yousafzai at Oxford University spring up on …
October 20, 2017 | by RaheelPakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan conspired against democracy by becoming an accomplice of military ruler Pervez Musharraf and will face similar fate as that of Asghar Khan. Speaking at a Diwali ceremony in Tando Mohammad Khan, a district of southern Sindh, on Thursday, he …
October 19, 2017 | by RaheelISLAMABAD: A cardiac surgeon who was accused of molesting and sexually harassing a junior doctor has been fired from the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences. The services of Dr Humayun Iqbal, an assistant professor at Pims Cardiac Centre, have been suspended after an anti-sexual harassment committee gave its decision against the surgeon. Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University …
October 19, 2017 | by RaheelKARACHI: Left-handed opener Imamul Haq silenced his critics on Wednesday after he scored a century on his debut to help Pakistan ease past the target of 209 runs with seven wickets remaining, and left-arm pacer Sohail Tanvir rates it as a dream start to international cricket. Imam, the nephew of National Selection Committee head Inzamamul Haq, …
October 19, 2017 | by RaheelISTANBUL: Turkish police have detained businessman and leading civil society activist Osman Kavala, reports and his lawyer said Thursday, raising fresh alarm over freedom of expression under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Kavala was detained at Istanbul’s Ataturk airport after flying in from the southern city of Gaziantep, the Dogan news agency said. His lawyer Ferat Cagil …
October 19, 2017 | by RaheelChief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa has lauded the role of Army Medical Corps in saving valuable lives of servicemen taking part in war against terrorism, the military’s media wing said. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), Gen Qamar has appointed Surgeon General of Pakistan Army Lt-Gen Zahid Hamid as Colonel Commandant of Army …
October 19, 2017 | by RaheelIn a surprising development, security guards of Maryam Safdar, the daughter of deposed prime minister Nawaz Sharif, denied Sindh Governor Muhammad Zubair entry when he came to meet her at the residence of her son-in-law in Islamabad on Thursday. According to Express News, the gatekeeper at Chaudhry Munir’s house in Islamabad refused to open the main gate …
October 19, 2017 | by Raheel