More than a month into 2012, the past year already feels like a distant memory. Newsline has compiled some of the biggest events of 2011 as a reminder of the many tragedies and occasional triumphs that took place not so long ago.
With 146 scheduled participants, including novelists, journalists, economists, educationalists, political analysts, artists and architects, it is clear that this year’s edition of the literary fest will be bigger than ever.
Spats, brawls, scuffles, tiffs and quibbles: call them what you want but 2011 was full of confrontations and Newsline recaps the biggest face-offs of 2011.
2011 must rank as a year of major confrontations, sparking off a chain of rumours regarding the imminent fall of the government and creating an atmosphere of instability in the country.
Salmaan Taseer was tragically gunned down a year from today for speaking up against the country’s controversial Blasphemy Law. Newsline has compiled interviews with and articles on the former governor of Punjab as well as the Blasphemy Law debate.
December 12, 2011, will go down as a historic day for all women in Pakistan: new legislation decrees that hate crimes against women and cultural norms to shackle women will be punishable by law.