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Culture day celebrated across Sindh

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KARACHI: Activists of almost all social and political organisations, holding flags of different hues and colours forgot their traditional rivalries and differences for the day to partake in jubilation over and pride in their common culture as they celebrated Sindhi culture day across the province on Sunday. Wearing Sindhi caps and ajraks, the merry crowds […]


Sindh Culture Day celebrated across province

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SUKKUR: Sindh culture day was celebrated with zeal and enthusiasm across Sindh on Sunday.Chief Minister Sindh Syed Qaim Ali Shah and Speaker Sindh Assembly Agha Siraj Durrani along with cabinet members attended the celebrations and they presented gifts of Ajraks and Sindhi caps to journalists and cameraman in Larkana. Syed Qaim Ali Shah said that […]


Malik for promoting local language

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QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Dr Abdul Malik Baloch said that local languages and culture were not given due attention so that they could be promoted in the country. “We love our languages and culture, and through paying attention towards promotion of languages we can revive these languages that would lead us to become a nation,” […]


International film festival opens with Japanese flick

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KARACHI: The three-day Karachi International Film Festival 2013 organised by the Dawn Media Group kicked off on Sunday with the screening of two Japanese films in collaboration with the consulate general of Japan at the Mohammad Ali Jinnah University Campus-3 auditorium. Director Masayaki Suo in ‘Sumo Do, Sumo Don’t’ (released in 1992) takes on several […]


Illegal SIMs: some suggestions

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A SIGNIFICANT contributor to the law and order situation in the country has been the unaccountable SIMs which are then used either to coordinate acts of terrorism or criminal activities, as well as in some extreme cases to detonate bombs. Owing to the absence of a regime where SIMs could be associated with the person […]


Tackling illegal web traffic

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THESE days telecommunications and Internet Protocol (IP) in Pakistan are challenged by our regulatory authority that is blocking websites. The authority has blocked more than 1,300 mobile SIMs and 3,160 phones/devices through their International Mobile Equipment Identity numbers during the last month and, importantly, over 200,000 IP addresses after the installation of grey traffic monitoring […]


Pemra officers issue rejoinder with details, evidence, documents

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ISLAMABAD: Pemra Officers strongly responded on Sunday to allegations leveled against them, especially against the legal wing of the authority, with strong evidence and references of law and documents. Pemra Officers Welfare Association (POWA) has issued following Press Release on Sunday which is being published after deleting names: “It is welcoming that finally Pemra management […]


TV channels: lack of quality content

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I HAVE been dismayed watching endless talk shows on TV channels in the past month or so, discussing who the new army chief should or would be. Let these highly sensitive positions remain non-controversial by leaving these to the armed forces as they are their internal policy matter. I have a feeling that due to […]


Pointing fingers at media

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A government, any government, would never want its inefficiencies brought to the public. It would much rather keep them out of public’s prying eyes. However, when media does get a whiff of what’s going on in the government machinery, a government is often left flustered in its designs and the truth is unveiled. A similar […]


Ban on hate content to be enforced

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LAHORE: Strict action will be taken against those who violate Ittehad Bainul Muslimeen Committee’s code of conduct for maintaining religious harmony and tolerance, Auqaf and Religious Affairs Secretary Saqib Aziz said on Sunday. The government has chalked out a plan to ensure effective monitoring in this regard. Aziz said that the code of conduct had […]