Ardeshir Cowasjee Bids Goodbye to the World at 86
Cowasjee, last month was quoted saying: “I am 86 now, too old to pen weekly columns. Besides what’s there to write about with the same old politics and same old politicians. Do you really believe that they will go away? Ardeshir Cowasjee’s weekly columns graced the Dawn newspaper from 1988 to 2011. He was suffering from [...]
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Asha Bhosle’s Daughter Commits Suicide
Varsha Bhosle, daughter of playback singer Asha Bhosle, committed suicide at their residence on Monday. Varsha, 56, shot herself in the head, police said. Varsha Bhosle was suffering from depression. A singer and columnist, Varsha, 56, shot herself in the temple with a pistol of Belgian make at her residence in ‘Prabhu Kunj’ apartment at Peddar [...]
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Faha Makhdoom Launches Legal Action Against Facebook
Tennis star Aisam-ul-Haq’s wife Faha Makhdoom has launched legal action against the social networking site Facebook for failing to close the fake account that has been used to spread “false news” on her behalf, creating confusion and rumours about the couple’s marriage. Currently visiting her parents in East Anglia, Faha Makhdoom decided to instruct her lawyers [...]
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Renowned Writer, Scholar Obaidullah Baig Passes Away
Renowned scholar, writer and broadcaster Obaidullah Baig passed away in Karachi today. Family sources said that his funeral prayer would be held on 22 June after Friday prayers at the Madina Masjid near Do Talwar, Clifton. Baig was a well-known intellectual, writer, novelist, columnist and a media expert. He was awarded the Pride of Performance [...]
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Chief Minister Meets Delegation Led By Shehzad Roy in His Tent Office
Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif arrived at his tent office at 7am today and chaired various meetings. A delegation led by famous musician and social worker Shehzad Roy called on the CM to discuss educational reforms and the steps Punjab Government has taken to improve the standard of education. The delegation appreciated the various steps taken [...]
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Fauzia Wahab Passes Away
Fauzia Wahab was admitted to a local hospital and underwent a gall bladder surgery where her condition went critical after two weeks of surgery. She died on Sunday evening. Pakistan Peoples Party announced 10-days mourning on her death. PPP leader Waqar Mehdi confirmed that Fauzia Wahab was no more. She had been hospitalized since May [...]
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Mehdi Hassan Passes Away
Shahensha-e-Ghazal and great singing legend of Pakistan, Mehdi Hassan after a long period of ailment passed away here in Karachi on Wednesday. Mehdi Hassan has multiple lung, chest and urinary tract ailments which were being treated by specialists. Earlier a couple of days ago, ailing ghazal legend Mehdi Hassan was admitted to the Intensive Care [...]
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Mr and Mrs Facebook
With all the news that Facebook had been taking up this entire week, no one even imagined that on the heels of the second largest IPO in history, the CEO would get married… Following his company’s $104 bn IPO on Nasdaq stock exchange on Friday, Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg tied a knot with [...]
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Mubashir Luqman & His Laptop Grudge
It was while surfing the net today, when i happened to come across a recent video of Mubashir Luqman (Anchor-Dunya Tv) and as predicted there he was sitting in his gruesome studio, wagging his tongue, lashing out at yet another political matter. This time it was the most talked about initiative taken by the Government [...]
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