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Nov 30, 2024 | 
dawn.com | Zafar Masud
What a mind-boggling adventure it is to view Bruno Liljefors’ paintings! His paintings are devoted to natural scenes of forests, hills and trees, with wolves, wildcats and quite a number of other animals hunting or just napping under the sun with their little ones. The Russian artist had remained largely ignored, even in his own country, following his death in the mid-20th century.
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
brecorder.com | Zafar Masud
Agriculture is the cornerstone of Pakistan’s economy, providing livelihoods to nearly two-thirds of the population and contributing to approximately three-fourths of the country’s export earnings. It accounts for 23 percent of the GDP and employs 37.4 percent of the labour force, yet it generates only 20 percent of national income—a reflection of untapped potential within this critical sector.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
brecorder.com | Zafar Masud
The Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) sector in Pakistan plays a pivotal role in the national economy, contributing approximately 40% to GDP and providing employment to millions. Despite its significance, the sector faces numerous challenges that hinder its growth and development. Key barriers include limited access to finance, complex documentation requirements, low adoption of technology, and restricted market access.
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Sep 28, 2024 | 
dawn.com | Zafar Masud
Jacquemart-André Museum, hardly a 15-minute walk away from the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, is an unusual monument in every sense of the word. Built in the 19th century as a private residence for a rich couple that was crazy about art, it was later turned into a museum and art centre, in accordance with the couple’s last request.
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Aug 24, 2024 | 
dawn.com | Zafar Masud
A View of the Archbishop’s Palace, Lambeth Paris, with its Eiffel Tower, Champs Elysees and Notre Dame — not to speak of a limitless list of other iconic symbols that attract a great number of tourists from the world over — was hosting the Olympic Games from July 28 to August 11 this year.
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Aug 9, 2024 | 
dawn.com | Zafar Masud |Sayem Z. Ali |Zafar Mirza
Dozens of villagers gathered in front of the modest home of Pakistan athlete Arshad Nadeem to watch the hulking javelin thrower take part in the Olympic Games final late on Thursday. The event was broadcast live by a digital projector onto a screen hanging on the back of a truck in his farming village near the small city of Mian Channu in Punjab.
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Aug 9, 2024 | 
dawn.com | Zafar Masud |Sayem Z. Ali |Zafar Mirza
GUJRAT: In a shocking incident of gender-based hate crime, a man allegedly threw his infant daughter into a canal on Thursday for not having a boy. The incident happened at village Chak Fateh Shah of Dinga Police. Rescue 1122 team launched a search for the body of the three-month-old girl in the Upper Jhelum Canal. Initial investigation said Ali Ahmed Raza Sabri was not happy after he could not have a baby boy with his wife as his daughter was born three months ago. He used to quarrel with his wife.
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Aug 9, 2024 | 
dawn.com | Zafar Masud |Sayem Z. Ali |Zafar Mirza
DAWN.COM E-Paper | August 09, 2024 LAHORE: Following rains, dengue cases are on the rise in Punjab as 20 people tested positive for the virus during the last week or so across the province. The public health experts warned that the number of cases may further increase in the days to come following the stagnant water in the streets, ponds, rooftops of the buildings and on open places due to the spells of rain.
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Aug 9, 2024 | 
dawn.com | Zafar Masud |Sayem Z. Ali |Zafar Mirza
Hours after javelin giant Arshad Nadeem won Pakistan’s first Olympics gold medal in 40 years, the PPP-led Sindh government and Governor Kamran Tessori on Friday announced cash prizes worth Rs51m for the athlete. At the Paris Olympics, 27-year-old Arshad stormed the field to take a terrific, historic gold at the elite men’s javelin with a mammoth 92.97m off his second throw. It was an Olympic record, erasing the existing one of 90.57m, set by Andreas Thorkildsen at Beijing 2008.
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Aug 9, 2024 | 
dawn.com | Faiza Ilyas |Zafar Masud |Sayem Z. Ali |Zafar Mirza
• Food security becoming a global problem, conference told• Need stressed for consulting communities before starting uplift projects in rural areas KARACHI: Pointing out lapses in the state mechanism which are exacerbating climate change challenges for the country, provincial environment minister at a conference has said that the fast conversion of farmlands near urban centres is posing a serious threat to Pakistan’s food security.
