ISLAMABAD, May 19: A 19-year-old mountaineer, Samina Baig, from the Shimshal valley of Hunza has become the first Pakistani woman to scale Mount Everest, the world’s highest mountain with a peak at 8,848 metres. Ms Baig completed the climb to the summit at around 7:30am local time on Sunday with her brother Mirza Ali, 29. […]
It is believed that women are the most sensitive part of a society. In all cultures of the world, women possess the identity of a mother, sister, wife and daughter. In the context of a backward area like our homeland Chitral, women are believed to be the most respectable part of society. This identity of
By Zulfiqar Ahmad & Ali Hussain ISLAMABAD, May 16: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) is believed to be under immense pressure from international powers, especially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), US and ,UK not to adopt a confrontational stance with respect to trying former military strongman Gen Pervez Musharraf under article 6, it is learnt.
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DAWN.COM LAHORE, May 13: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has recommended a serious initiative to revamp the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), redefine its priorities and reduce bureaucrats’ meddling in political affairs. The recommendations have been made in the HRCP’s preliminary report on Elections 2013 based on its monitoring of the electoral process
CHITRAL, May 12: After PK-90 upper Chitral, APML has also won the National Assembly seat of Chitral. Salim Khan of the PPP returned from PK-89 lower Chitral with 11285 votes against 10104 of APML’s Khaled Pervez. According to the final unofficial results, Shahzada Iftikharuddin bagged 29723 votes followed by PTI’s Abdul Lateef 24121 and Abdul
