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Daily Archives: October 7, 2013

Exhibition of Pakistani truck art held in Ottawa

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The High Commission for Pakistan, Ottawa organised a truck art exhibition on Parliament Hill featuring the prominent Pakistani truck artist Haider Ali. The event was attended by a large cross section of people from Ottawa such as senators, MPs, prominent business leaders, media representatives, important government functionaries and the Pakistani origin community in Ottawa. The […]


Blocking services

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Sir: The usage of Skype, Viber, Tango and Whatsaap has been banned in Sindh. YouTube has already been blocked in Pakistan for the last one year. There were thoughts about blocking Google too. I would like to advise the dear government to please put a complete ban on internet services in Pakistan because, instead of […]


SC issues notice to journalist to explain position

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ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has summoned columnist and journalist Nazir Naji to explain his position for accepting Rs3 million from secret funds of the Intelligence Bureau (IB) in 1998. The notice has been issued to Naji to appear on October 10 after former director general of IB Col (R) Iqbal Niazi submitted his reply in […]


Social media: redefining the way we interact

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ISLAMABAD: Since ancient times, different symbols, signs and facial expressions have been used by man to communicate. In the past man used to make use of drawings or use sounds to let know other people about any important information when verbal communication was not possible. Now in the 21st century, advancement in technologies have paved […]


Anwar Maqsood’s ‘Sawa 14 August’ staged

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LAHORE: ANWAR Maqsood’s stage drama, ‘Sawa 14 August’ was presented at Al-Hamra Arts Council here on Friday. The drama, a sequel of Anwar Maqsood’s earlier work ‘Ponay 14 August’, is directed by Dawar Mehmood and presented by KopyKats Productions. The drama presents Maqsood’s thought-provoking ideas about Pakistan’s political fate in a light ironical way. The […]


Government ‘luring’ mediapersons into writing positive stories

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PESHAWAR: The government has been trying to lure mediapersons into writing “positive stories” concerning polio eradication programme so as to be among the recipients of the planned Media Awards, sources say. In a meeting held last month, the National Communication Technical Committee in Islamabad decided to give awards to reporters covering polio beat with a […]


Chaotic journeys towards society

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KARACHI: VM Art Gallery is hosting an exhibition by two talented women, Shazia Qureshi and Tahira Noreen, based on two different themes ‘Organised Chaos’ and ‘Journeys’ respectively. The work by Shazia, who is a prominent figure in the domestic art scene, revolves around the current socio – political conciliation while Tahira’s work is experimental and […]