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Oct 27, 2024 | 
thefridaytimes.com | Muhammad Toheed
Climate activists, climate victims, academia, researchers, and concerned citizens will come together in the coastal megalopolis of Karachi on Sunday to demonstrate a sense of urgency and issue a collective call to action against the unfolding climate change catastrophe. Climate marches (climate activist protests) have emerged as a major global phenomenon.
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Sep 21, 2024 | 
thenews.com.pk | Muhammad Toheed
he recent surge in fire incidents across Karachi has raised critical questions about the city’s infrastructure, governance and safety protocols. Karachi is grappling with a severe fire safety crisis, exacerbated by a lack of adequate planning and resources. The absence of sufficient fire protection systems in residential, commercial and industrial buildings has led to an alarming increase in fires. The city’s infrastructure has not kept pace with its burgeoning population and economic activity.
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Jul 15, 2024 | 
thefridaytimes.com | Muhammad Toheed |Sabih Ul Hussnain |Raza Rumi |Adeel Daniel
The federal government's decision to initiate the process of banning Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has invited widespread criticism from various corners including the legal fraternity.
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Jul 15, 2024 | 
thefridaytimes.com | Muhammad Toheed |Parvez Mahmood |Raza Rumi |Adeel Daniel
Of the many visits that I have made since 2007 to this small agricultural town of Griffith in the state of New South Wales in Australia, the first long visit of nearly one year was in 2014. To fend off isolation and monotony, I joined a group of senior citizens who met thrice a week for an hour each week.
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Jul 15, 2024 | 
thefridaytimes.com | Merging With SIC |Muhammad Toheed |Sabih Ul Hussnain |Raza Rumi
The Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) has filed a review petition in the Supreme Court on Monday challenging a judgment by the full court regarding reserved seats and seeking a stay on the implementation of the court's short order from July 12. While questioning the grounds for awarding reserved seats to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), the petition argued that PTI was not a party to the original case.
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Jul 15, 2024 | 
thefridaytimes.com | Muhammad Toheed |Sabih Ul Hussnain |Raza Rumi |Adeel Daniel
The federal government on Monday announced that it will be banning the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) given its alleged role in orchestrating and then directly attacking state institutions on May 9, 2023.
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Jul 14, 2024 | 
thefridaytimes.com | Muhammad Toheed |Fahd Husain |Sabih Ul Hussnain |Raza Rumi
In the opening scene of Top Gun: Maverick, Tom Cruise's character test-flies a hypersonic jet beyond its speed limits. "He wants Mach 10, let's give him Mach 10," he says as he throttles up the machine. The aircraft roars and shudders and reaches top speed. Maverick has done it. But then – no surprise – his ego takes over cockpit control. He pushes it faster, and faster, and faster… We don't see the actual crash. The inevitable just happens. As it always does, often enough.
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Jul 12, 2024 | 
thefridaytimes.com | Muhammad Toheed |Ishtiaq Ahmed |Fawzia Afzal-Khan |Raza Rumi
The book under review is a biography of actor Shyam (born Sialkot 20 February 1920 died Bombay 25 April 1951) who died when he was shooting for the film Shabistan (1951). He had almost finished riding the horse during shooting when the stirrup broke, he lost balance and fell off the horse. He received fatal head injuries and died. He was only 31. Shyam was an enlightened, broadminded individual who read a lot of English and Urdu literature. Saadat Hasan Manto was one of his closest friends.
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Jul 12, 2024 | 
thefridaytimes.com | Merging With SIC |Muhammad Toheed |Sabih Ul Hussnain |Raza Rumi
A full court bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan on Friday declared that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) was a valid political party and allowed the grant of reserved seats for women and minorities proportionate to the general seats the party had secured in the national and provincial assemblies.
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Jul 12, 2024 | 
thefridaytimes.com | Muhammad Toheed |Raza Rumi |Adeel Daniel |Tahir Imran Mian
The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) granted the federal government's request for a Rs7.12 per unit increase in the power base tariff for residential users, who are already struggling with rising living costs. The power regulator approved the federal government's application to increase electricity rates for household, business, general services, bulk, and agricultural users. The basic pricing for residential users has been raised by up to Rs48.84 per unit.
