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By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) Rotary Club of Karachi Darakhshan (RCKD) has had the knack of making its presence felt on the scene with its various projects and activities aimed at serving the community and fulfilling other obligations of Rotary. Chartered in 2004, RCKD has been in the news on a…
By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) Pakistans legendary playwright and dramatist, Haseena Moin, who passed away recently, had lavishly praised Jumbo Karachi Guide, the first-ever travel guide of its kind launched by Jumbo Infomedia in 2011. Any effort aimed at promoting Karachi has to be appreciated and its very thoughtful of those…
By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) Versatile actor Sajid Hasan has felt devastated and heartbroken with the demise of the legendary playwright and dramatist, Haseena Moin, on March 25. Words fail me. In deep mourning. Please dont call me to say anything, was his instant response on twitter soon after the tragic…
By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) The 12th edition of the Karachi Literature Festival (KLF), having the theme of Imagining New Frontier, has got underway digitally on March 26. It began with a documentary, showcasing highlights of the previous edition of the event founded by the Oxford University Press (OUP) in 2010….
By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) Today humanity is straddling on the cross, at the crossroads of unfolding expanses of sciences and humanities, increasingly mutilating the very complexion of human being and ‘being human, the Houston-based Prof Justice Shahzado Shaikh remarked in his address on the World Speech Day. Today, some of…
By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) Letters written to and from famous personalities to their contemporaries have often been most sought after ones and the publication of its collection in book form is welcomed warmly by the literary circles. Khutoot-e-Ghalib which is a collection of letters written by Mirza Asadullah Ghalib, arguably…
By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) The National Library Association (NLA), during its Executive Committee meeting held in Karachi on March 13, has decided to organize felicitation ceremony for Asma Hassans book Mayar-e-Zindagi, later this month. After deliberations, the NLA has chosen to hold the ceremony in the last week of March…
By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) The English Speaking Union of Pakistan (ESUP), headed by Aziz Memon, organized a hybrid meeting for the first time on March 11 as besides hosting a function at the Beach Luxury Hotel in Karachi, it also allowed participation via Zoom. It was also for the first…
Pakistan and other countries around the world can still achieve targets under the sustainable development goals despite challenges posed by the pandemic, said researchers and development experts at an online seminar organised by Aga Khan Universitys Institute for Global Health and Development, IGHD. In 2015, governments around the world signed up to achieve the Sustainable…
By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) Rotary Club of Karachi Darakhshan (RCKD), having a large number of women members in its folds, organized a ceremony to celebrate International Womens Day in Karachi on March 8. Engr Asim Murtaza Khan, President, RCKD, in his welcome address, acknowledged the role of the women members…
By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) The widely respected figure of Aziz Memon, an eminent entrepreneur and philanthropist, earned another singular honour as he has been elected as Vice President of the English Speaking Union (ESU) International for a term of next couple of years. According to the results of recent election,…
By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) The 15th edition of Adab-o-Kutub Khana has been published by the Bazm-e-Akram during the first month of the current year (2021) and its being delivered to its various contributors and subscribers spread in different corners of the world. The future of the annual publication had looked…
By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) The Pakistan Library and Information Science Journal (PLISJ), a quarterly publication of the Library Promotion Bureau (LPB), arrived in time once more even though life and businesses were affected due to the second wave of coronavirus (COVID-19). The PLISJs April-June 2020 issue (Volume 52, Number 1)…
By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) As the coronavirus (COVID-19) restrictions are being eased by the authorities in Pakistan, the National Library Association (NLA) has chalked out major events which it has planned to hold during the ongoing calendar year of 2021. A meeting of the core committee of the NLA was…
Deputy Commissioner Central Dr. M.B. Raja Dharejo has said that the e-tax payment facility, which was introduced in District Central as pilot project, has proved successful hence it will now be expanded to all districts of Karachi within the next one-and-a-half month. Speaking at a meeting during his visit to the Karachi Chamber of Commerce…
Chairman Businessmen Group (BMG) & Former President Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KCCI) M. Zubair Motiwala, while expressing sheer dissatisfaction over the arrangements made to secure the National Stadium during PSL6, stated that the return of cricket in metropolis has become the biggest source of nuisance for Karachiites nowadays as more than half of…
The Sindh branch of the Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS) on Monday organized a coordination meeting on urban resilience at the Emergency Operation Centre of PRCS-Sindh, HIlal-e-Ahmer House Karachi. All the relevant stakeholders and Humanitarian organizations participated in the meeting with the aim of building working relationships to enhance the capacities of the Emergency Response…
Administrator Karachi Laeeq Ahmed said that social and welfare organizations have done excellent job in education and health sectors and got the people’s confidence through their positive activities. Talking to Al-Mustafa Welfare Society head and former Federal Minister Haji Haneef Tayyab here at KMC building, the Administrator said that Karachi Metropolitan Corporation is taking all-out…