Tag: Common

Antisemitism ‘becoming more common in Britain’

LONDON: Anti-Jewish sentiment is generally becoming more commonplace in Britain, a charity that provides security advice to the country’s Jewish communities said on Thursday. The...

Centre, Punjab ready to lock horns over un-devolved depts

A fresh tussle is likely to erupt between the Punjab government and the Centre, as the former has demanded complete transfer of leftover departments...

CCI to decide on issues like Kalabagh Dam: Kaira

Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Qamar Zaman Kaira said the Council of Common Interests (CCI) will decide on disputed issues like the Kalabagh...

Ramadan Bazaars providing relief to no one

Stalls in subsidised bazaars, operating under the Islamabad district administration, are reportedly selling stale meat and substandard fruits to the dismay of common people....

Exercise helps beat common cold

There may not be a cure for the common cold, but people who exercise regularly seem to have fewer and milder colds. On an average,...

Punjab govt to focus common man budget: Shahbaz

Chief Minister Punjab Mian Shahbaz Sharif has said that progress and prosperity of the masses is the top priority of the Pakistan Muslim League...

PM directs to focus on provision of services to common people

Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has asked the Advisor on Finance Dr Abdul Hafeez Sheikh to prepare the next budget 2012-13 which should...

Loud iPods most common cause of hearing damage

Millions of commuters risk hearing damage because they have set the volume level too high on their MP3 players. In the past, loud workplaces...

Avoiding media only common strategy of PML-N and PPP

President Asif Ali Zardari and the Sharif brothers may have differences on all major issues, but keeping the media away and not speaking to...

Girls’ common rooms at SSUET all set for upgrade

Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology (SSUET) Chancellor ZA Nizami has ordered provision of all required facilities in the three common rooms for...

SNGPL shuts doors on common man

SNGPL Lahore General Manager Abdul Haseeb has adopted a policy of avoiding consumer complaints, a source told Pakistan Today on Saturday. The source said...

Rising food prices create difficulties for common man: Oxfam

A global food survey Wednesday raveled that due to high food prices in Pakistan most people do not always have enough food to eat...

New budget contains maximum relief for common man: Hafeez

Finance Minister Dr Abdul Hafeez Sheikh has said that despite difficult circumstances the new budget contains maximum relief for the common man. Addressing post...

APML terms budget against common man’s expectations

All Pakistan Muslim League Spokesperson Fawad Ch said on Friday that the Budget 2011-12 was designed against the whims and expectations of the common...

‘Judges enjoying protocol but common man suffering’

Judges are receiving the same protocol enjoyed by the rulers, but the common people have to to face miserable conditions in both dictatorial and...

SC’s hearings of high-profile cases affecting common litigants

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court's hearing on high profile cases involving unconstitutional steps, breach of human rights, corruption, mismanagement and violation of rules by the executive authorities is adding to the suffering of common litigants, as their cases are facing delays due to the high-profile lengthy litigations. Legal experts said although almost all benches of the Supreme Court heard such matters after routine timings, even then these matters caused delay in adjudication of

Looking for the common thread that binds us…

KARACHI - Mansoora Hassan was born in Peshawar, and received her Master of Fine Arts degree from the Pratt Institute of New York. She is a photographer and painter working in mixed media, and a video artist who uses these methods to address issues concerning humanity and to facilitate cross-cultural exchange. She keeps a working studio in Washington DC where she has lived for over two decades, and also maintains a studio each in Lahore and New York.
She has lived in Bolivia,