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Daily Archives: August 9, 2013

Voice over internet: Grey telephony costs public purse Rs800m a month

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ISLAMABAD: The government is facing an estimated revenue loss of Rs800 million per month on account of ‘grey telephony’, The Express Tribune has learnt. “Network operators in Pakistan cannot detect over 70% of illegal telephonic traffic. The state lacks resources to keep the whole telecom sector under the scanner,” FIA Director General Saud Mirza told […]


Businesses thriving on social media websites

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KARACHI: Social media is generally used for entertainment purpose, but it is also helping flourish businesses as the Internet users’ interest ratio shows that corporate sector pages are the most popular pages on facebook in Pakistan. Facebook has become the most used social network in Pakistan with 8.5 million users recorded in April 2013. Keeping […]


Geo’s Dr Amir enthralls audience with inspiring discussion

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KARACHI: The series of search for the Shab-e-Qadr in last phase of Ramazan continued on the 29th Ramazan on behalf of the Ummah. Geo has presented special transmission of Aman Ramazan to make this odd night (Taq Raat) beautiful and splendid. The audience and the viewers listened the inspiring discussion of host Dr Amir Liaquat […]


Geo analyst Kamran says Dr Amir deserves name in Guinness Book

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KARACHI: Interest of people in special Geo TV Ramazan transmission ‘Amaan Ramazan’ continued till the last day and they thronged the show to become guests of their favourite host Dr Amir Liaquat Hussain, leaving aside the shopping for Eid on the Chand Raat. Incisive reporter and analyst Kamran Khan of Geo News attended the show […]


Ramzan: a month of television ratings

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In the light of this indecency and non-stop artificial religiosity, even God is going to celebrate Eid with the poor Pakistanis this year As soon as the official announcement about the commencement of Ramzan is made, people joyously start congratulating each other and the whole environment in Pakistan, without any exaggeration, is spiritually invigorated. Genuinely […]


Journalist I.H. Raashed dies at 82

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LAHORE: A selfless fighter for the rights of his community and veteran journalist, I.H. Raashed, died of heart failure on Thursday. He was 82. A trade unionist to the core and a fatherly figure for the journalist community, Mr Raashed suffered a heart attack after Fajr prayers and died soon afterwards at his residence in […]


Arsla wins Geo’s ‘Amaan’ painting competition

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KARACHI: Arsla Tahir won the first prize in Geo’s Aman Ramazan painting competition reflecting peace and harmony. Her painting was declared the best. Dr Amir Liaquat Hussain used his insight and minute observation to select three best paintings out of seven short listed ones. Arsla Tahir won the first prize of 800cc car. Kumail Ali […]


Save the arts: ‘Art education is vital for cognitive development’

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KARACHI: In the last decades, the exposure of an average Pakistani student to art education has been limited to replication of objects being drawn by their teachers on blackboards. The situation remained pretty much the same after blackboards were replaced by whiteboards and art series books printed by private publishers. “This method of teaching art […]