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Daily Archives: September 17, 2013

PHC summons govt, telecom officials over unverified SIM cards

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PESHAWAR: Taking suo moto notice of open sale of mobile phone SIM cards without proper verification, Peshawar High Court (PHC) Chief Justice Dost Muhammad Khan on Friday summoned the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority chairman, the secretary interior ministry and chief executives of all the mobile companies at the next hearing of the case. A single bench […]


I.H. Raashed — a legacy to look up to

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LAHORE: Speakers at a condolence reference paid rich tributes to veteran journalist and selfless trade unionist I.H. Raashed here on Friday, stressing the need for following the examples set by him in leading the community honestly. The reference was organised by the Lahore Press Club during which speakers mentioned how the late journalist continued to […]


Ethical journalism needs collaboration

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Islamabad: Recently the Technical Advisory Committee of Coalition for Ethical Journalism (CEJ) Pakistan has stressed the need for increased collaboration to ensure ethical media practices.The Technical committee met here at the launch of the Coalition’s new secretariat Rozan. The Technical Advisory Committee of the CEJ includes senior journalists M Ziauddin, Fahd Hussein, Kamal Siddiqui, Mazhar […]


YouTube ban: One year and counting

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We have now completed a full year with the YouTube ban in place, forcing some to do without one of the most popular internet sites in the world, many others to resort to proxies of various kinds, putting up with the nuisances these ‘by-pass’ mechanisms cause. So, what has the ban, slapped on after an […]


KP information bill goes to house committee

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PESHAWAR: The government delayed the passage of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Right to Information Bill, 2013, in the assembly at the eleventh hour on Monday when Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs Israrullah Khan Gandapur agreed to the opposition’s suggestion that the draft should be referred to the House’s select committee for examination and recommendations, instead […]


APNS asks Sindh govt to clear dues by 24th

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KARACHI: The Sindh provincial committee of All Pakistan Newspapers Society has urged the provincial government to clear the dues of APNS members by Sept 24, and said advertisements of the information department would be suspended if the payment was not made by that date. The decision was taken at a meeting of the committee which […]