The treatment meted out this past week to journalists Amir Mir and Imran Shafqat has drawn condemnation from voices in the media and rights communities. But for the most part, the ordeal of the two journalists has been treated with gloomy acceptance. A media space which was vibrant and abuzz with debate just five years […]
Trade unions, farmers’ organizations, Sindhi nationalist parties and local affectees staged a protest this week against the alleged demolition of local settlements (‘goths’) by Bahria Town Karachi. In the course of these protests, some cars have been set on fire. Karachi police have reportedly arrested more than 80 people on charges of protesting and rioting […]
The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has decided to attend the dinner being hosted by opposition leader in the National Assembly and PML-N president Shehbaz Sharif on Monday 24 May. A decision was taken in this regard after PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari returned to Karachi from his trip abroad today (Sunday 23 May). This development […]