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  • 40 YEARS OF ZIA: HOW ZIA REDEFINED PAKISTAN

    The roots of Zia’s Pakistan lay in this division...

    Pakistanis today live not in the country envisaged by Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah but in the country practically shaped by Gen Zia, who drew on a tussle from its founding momentsTwo factors guided them: They had opposed Pakistan because they had no hope of its becoming an Islamic state; in the Pakistan the League had demanded, the Muslims were going to be in a nominal majority...

  • Book on journalists drive during Zia regime published

    KARACHI: A book on the 1977-78 journalists movement written by veteran journalist Ahfaz-ur-Rahman has been published and will be launched soon, according to a statement issued on Monday...

    “Based on personal insights and experience, the book reveals many aspects that have been hitherto undisclosed,” it said...

  • Hockney presents ‘Bigger Book’ at world’s largest book fair

    FRANKFURT: David Hockney presented the largest book ever devoted to his art on Tuesday, a limited-edition volume costing $2,500 that spans more than 60 years of work by one of the most influential British artists of the 20th century...

    “David Hockney: A Bigger Book” — a collaboration with publisher Taschen —weighs 35 kg (77 pounds), measures 50 by 70 cm (20 by 28 inches) when closed and comes with its own custom-made stand...

  • Camel milk sellers

    KARACHI roads are already congested because of Qingqis, and now camel milk sellers are roaming main roads and using roundabouts as their milk shops...

  • Jaman sellers of Canal Road

    LAHORE: Along one of the major city arteries, Canal Road, picking and sale of jaman (Eugenia jambolana) peaks at this time of the season (monsoon), and those involved in the activity take it seriously...

    On both sides of the Canal Road stretch from Thokar Niaz Beg to New Campus underpasses, vendors start selling jaman with the advent of monsoon, along with cheap garments, sunglasses, drinks and sadqa meat etc
  • Milk sellers divided over price hike after crackdown

    Following the crackdown on milk sellers many shops were sealed and many milk shopkeepers fearing their arrest also pulled the shutters down in different parts of the city on Tuesday...

    Various representatives of milk sellers met commissioner of Karachi Shoaib Siddiqui in the evening to discuss the issue and later agreed to sell it at the old rate of Rs 84 per litre...

  • Fruit, vegetable sellers fleecing consumers

    ISLAMABAD: Despite action taken against profiteers by the capital administration, retailers continue selling fruits and vegetables at higher rates...

    The retailers said they were making losses due to the rotting of fruits and vegetables in the hot and humid weather
  • Milk checking resumes today after sellers agree on mechanism

    LAHORE: Authorities will resume routine checking of quality of milk from Monday (today) after an official committee and representatives of Milk Sellers and Suppliers Association agreed on a mechanism...

    Checking of milk as part of an anti-adulteration drive in districts was stopped by the government till Sunday after suppliers and sellers staged a protest in Lahore a few days ago...

  • LNG buy tender attracts Asian sellers but Gunvor dominates

    Commodity trader Gunvor offered the lowest prices to supply liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Pakistan for the majority of the cargoes the importer sought between October and December, despite attracting interest from Asian companies...

    Gunvor submitted the lowest offers for six cargo delivery slots with DXT Commodities, Vitol, a unit of PetroChina and Socar Trading submitting the lowest bids for the remaining four delivery slots, a...
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