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Daily Archives: September 2, 2013

Software to computerise patients’ data

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LAHORE: The Young Doctors Association Pakistan (YDA) has offered to provide free of cost software to the Punjab government to help computerize the data of thousands of patients visiting daily the emergency wards of 23 teaching hospitals in the province. “The software was prepared by a graduate of King Edward Medical University and old Kemcolian […]


Paintings and sculptures: Indigenous artists display ‘home-grown’ works

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KARACHI: Art comes in different forms and expressions and on Saturday, the Unicorn Gallery was host to the diverse works of four artists who are faculty members of the Jamshoro University. The CEAD Jamshoro Faculty show has been curated by Saniya Naz, who said that the work on display was “pure and without influence.” The […]


Blasphemous content: IT ministry upbeat to lift YouTube ban

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ISLAMABAD: The ministry of information technology was upbeat about lifting the ban on video sharing website YouTube after having finally acquired the ‘missing’ filters to block blasphemous content within days but it seems that the matter will consume more time. On August 22, State Minister for Information Technology Anusha Rehman revealed during a briefing that […]


Right to know: ‘Know your rights so no wrong is done by you’

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KARACHI: Being responsible citizens and taxpayers, it is our right to know where our money is spent. Article 19A of the Constitution of Pakistan grants one the right to access information in all matters of public importance. The information can be used to support complaints regarding the operations of any public department to make a […]


Case against journalists withdrawn under media pressure

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The government of Pakistan’s restive province of Balochistan has withdrawn criminal case on August 27, 2013 filed under terrorism laws against the chief executive and three other employees of ARY News, a private TV channel on August 26, 2013. The provincial chief minister said the case was lodged due to some misunderstanding. The case was […]