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Daily Archives: April 16, 2013

Connecting people — this time, the revolution is mobile

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Sadaf Zarrar The writer is an award-winning marketer and is the head of marketing and communication for Warid Telecom. She has previously worked with Mobilink and The Coca-Cola Export Corporation, where she was the Group Brand Manager Pakistan witnessed a historic landmark this year. For the first time, a democratically-elected government completed its term in […]


Truck art fascinates visitors at Lok Virsa

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ISLAMABAD: The ongoing folk festival of Pakistan “Lok Mela” being held at Shakaparian under the aegis of Lok Virsa (National Institute of Folk and Traditional Heritage) is drawing in a large number of visitors, fascinated by the truck art presented here. In the beautiful cultural pavilions erected at the festival, master craftsman Habib-ur-Rehman is seen […]


Suppressing information

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Cases against dailies THE registration of cases under the Anti-Terrorism Act against four newspapers by the Quetta police is unjustifiable. The newspapers were hauled up for publishing a statement by Jaish al-Islam, a banned organisation, in which the group claimed responsibility for the killing of a police officer. It goes without saying that the media […]


Sindh’s culture displayed at Lok Virsa

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ISLAMABAD: Culture pavilions of different provinces are the major attractions of the Lok Mela organised by the Lok Virsa, with Sindh displaying the rich culture and traditional architecture of the land of Sufi saints. Coordinated by Sindh culture department, over one hundred participants including master artisans in various craft fields, folk artists, rural musicians, instrumentalists […]


200 appointments in PTV declared illegal

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has declared illegal around 200 appointments made in Pakistan Television (PTV) during the tenure of former PTV managing director Yousuf Baig Mirza. Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui struck down these appointments in his detailed judgment whereas on April 12 through a short order he had declared Mr Mirza’s appointment against […]


Taliban stop students from going to schools

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Pazir Gul MIRAMSHAH: Irritated by blockade of main artery of Miramshah in North Waziristan, the local Taliban Shura issued a ‘decree’ on Monday barring boys and girls from going to schools near the Cantonment area until security forces removed the barricades. The Hafiz Gul Bahadur-led Shura warned parents not to send their children to five […]


Free-will Marriage: Couple shot dead

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MANDI BAHAUDDIN: A man and a woman who married without their families’ approval were killed on Monday eight years after their marriage. Amjad and Irum of Mona Syedan, Malikwal, had left their village after their marriage. On Monday, Irum’s brother Munawar learnt that the couple were visiting Amjad’s ancestral home in the village. He and […]


World punishes, Pakistan spares erring journalists

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Sabir Shah LAHORE: Even if the Supreme Court of Pakistan somehow unmasks beneficiaries of the Ministry of Information’s secret fund on Wednesday (tomorrow), these guilty journalists and the concerned media barons are likely to go scot-free, contrary to countries like India, China and United Kingdom where such ugly faces are not treated as sacred cows […]


Nizami seeks role of media in holding fair, transparent polls

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KARACHI: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Arif Nizami said that the government wanted to hold free, fair and transparent elections and the media would play central role in this regard. The federal minister was expressing these views while addressing a meeting of Pakistan Broadcasters Association (PBA) in Karachi on Monday, says a press release. […]


Government urged to protect rights of home-based workers

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KARACHI: Speakers at a conference on Monday criticised the past governments for not taking measures to protect the rights of homed-based women workers numbering around eight million across the country. They asked the caretaker governments to recognize the status of women workers in general and devise policies particularly for the cause and welfare of home-based […]


Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation chief appointed on merit: official

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ISLAMABAD: A spokesperson for the Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation (PBC) has said that the appointment of its director general, Murtaza Solangi, was made purely on the basis of merit and professional ground. The spokesperson said that Mr Solangi had the experience of working in the national and international media. During his stint at the PBC, Mr […]