If anyone personified the feminist debate in Pakistan, it was Benazir Bhutto. Personally she challenged tradition, patriarchal norms and defied cultural boundaries. Politically her identity remained confined within the limits of male-defined politics, marital norms and religious faith. She kept her maiden name but also kept the dupatta. These contradictions made her simultaneously the repository […]
Striking docs face eviction, arrest as AP talks tough
The State government on Tuesday warned junior doctors that it would invoke the Essential Services Maintenance Act (Esma) against them if they did not rejoin duty on Wednesday. It directed the police to take the leaders of junior doctors into preventive custody in the early hours of Wednesday if they did not show any sign […]
African Trade Unionism: A New Face
Two regional trade union organisations, the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions-Africa Regional Organisation (ICFTU-AFRO) and Democratic Organisation of African Workers Trade Unions (DOAWTU) that merged into Independent National Trade Union Centres within the African region (ITUC-AFRICA) on Wednesday November 28, 2007 met in Accra-Ghana. They will forever relish the memory of the desire to […]
NIGERIA’S JOURNALISTS AND LAW OF LIBEL
<p><font color="#404040">One despicable issue that has over the years taken the industrial time of both medieval and contemporary media practitioners revolve on how possible to avert the mention of libel in their ceaseless and priceless publications. </font></p> <div><font color="#404040">This intractable issue, no doubt, has driven the print media to guard their information intended publications like […]
Ability Hunt
Matching older wine, other than in a new pot? Filmy represents to be the first movie channel to test the waters of realism television with the commence of a singing talent hunt show, ‘Bathroom Singer’. The show is going to look for an untrained singer who can capture the […]
House Passes First Gun Control Law in Over a Decade
Wednesday, The House of Representatives voted to close a loophole in gun control laws that allowed the Virginia Tech gunman to buy firearms even though he had a commitment to a mental hospital in his past. The Senate is likely to follow suit, marking the The bill is being hailed by some as a landmark […]