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Daily Archives: September 4, 2013

Media mash

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Media in any country has a significant role to play in the country’s success. Media has a strong influence on people’s attitude and behavior. And if I am talking about Pakistan then the role of Pakistani media has been in question for a long time. It’s a long debate that either our media are playing […]


Get 3G going

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Here we go again. It feels like a billion dollars of easy money are just within reach. But we’ve been here before – and the billion dollars never materialised. The story revolves around the elusive 3G licenses and their auction in Pakistan, where neighbouring Afghanistan has already moved on to 4G. Who gets the licenses, […]


AIR provides Quaid’s speeches to Pakistan

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ISLAMABAD: On the request of Radio Pakistan‚ All India Radio has provided speeches of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah to Pakistan. All India Radio (AIR) Director General Leela Mandoi told Radio Pakistan’s current affairs channel that the speeches of Quaid-e-Azam were being provided on the request of the Pakistan government forwarded by Pakistan High Commission to […]


‘Kala Budget’ deprives Karachiites of Rs830m daily

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KARACHI: The turf war for taking control of the rudderless city of Karachi continues unabated. The blood of residents is daily squeezed through extortion chits, kidnappings for ransom, encroachments, loot and plunder, street crimes, police excessives and other crimes. The residents of the city of lights are deprived of Rs830 million on account of its […]


Pak filmmaker to attend journalist-meet in Korea

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KARACHI: A Karachi-based photojournalist and filmmaker Rahul Aijaz will represent Pakistan at a four-day Asian Journalists’ Culture Forum organised by South Korea’s Asia Journalists’ Association (AJA) in Gwangju City, Korea, on September 4 (today). The forum will discuss media’s role in communication between the Asian cultures, said a statement issued on Tuesday. The executive members […]


State of media in Pakistan

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A LONG time ago the church was very powerful in Europe. So powerful that if anybody spoke against the priest or pastor, he was punished to the extent that his or her generations remembered. The common punishment was burning alive on the stakes. The church used to poke its nose in all affairs, may it […]


Pakistan Press Foundation condemns the assault and detention of blogger and photographer in Bahrain

Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), an independent non-governmental institution committed to promoting and defending freedom of expression is concerned over the assault and detention of blogger Mohamed Hassan and photographer Hussain Hubail. They have been held since 31 July by the government. Quoting the information from Reporters Without Borders (RSF), PPF Secretary General Owais Aslam Ali […]


Pakistani, Indian students display work at NCA

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LAHORE: An exhibition titled ‘Exchange for Change: Pakistan India 2012 – 2013’ featuring works of students from both the countries opened at National College of Arts on Tuesday. The exhibition has been organised by the Citizens Archive of Pakistan (CAP) in collaboration with Routes2Roots (R2R). The CAP in collaboration with Routes 2 Roots, an Indian […]


Access and exemptions: Right to information

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A SPEAKER at a workshop was recently quoted as calling the right to information the mother of all rights. Pakistanis have taken their time to realise this basic principle and now when they are making an effort to access information as a right, there are fears they might end up with less than what they […]