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Daily Archives: December 30, 2013

Allama Iqbal’s travel account retold

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BASHEER Ahmed Dar (1908-1979), a researcher and expert on Iqbal, has drawn an interesting conclusion about the political struggle of the Muslims of the subcontinent and their three leaders — Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, Allama Iqbal and Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah. He says that this is a strange coincidence that the political lives and the […]


Cyber Crime Bill ready to be sent to cabinet soon

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ISLAMABAD: The draft of much-needed Cyber Crime Bill has finally been prepared and now it would be sent to the federal cabinet for approval in next a few days, sources told The News here on Sunday. The sources said the Law Ministry had thoroughly reviewed each and every clause of the bill and after approval […]


3G, 4G or 5G – country needs to find solution

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By: Parvez Iftikhar ISLAMABAD: Finally, with the international consultants in place, the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) is moving towards spectrum auction for wireless broadband networks. As an ICT professional, I am often confronted with the question whether it is a good thing that Pakistan is pressing ahead with spectrum auction in the 1900-2100 MHz (megahertz) […]


President urges media to continue its role against terrorism, extremism

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BHURBAN: President Mamnoon Hussain on Sunday urged media to continue its responsibility for dealing effectively with terrorism and extremism besides promoting peace ventures in the region. Addressing the participants of a conference titled ‘Media and Extremist Narrative’ held under the auspices of South Asian Free Media Association (SAFMA) here, he cautioned the media to remain […]


Drama studio named after Mohni Hameed

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LAHORE: In order to pay tributes to the renowned artiste Mohni Hameed, Radio Pakistan, Lahore has named its drama studio as ‘Mohni Hameed Studio’.The Director General Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation Samina Pervaiz inaugurated the Mohni Hameed Studio. “Musaafat” is the first play recorded in the Mohni Hameed Studio. ‘Musaafat’ has been written by renowned writer Musarrat […]


PEMRA officers threaten to go on strike

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) Officers Welfare Association has said that if Chaudhry Rashid insisted on resuming the position of Chairman Pemra, they will go on a pen-down strike. In a statement issued on Sunday, they said that the association disclosed documentary proofs of the corruption of Chaudhry Rashid and the National Accountability […]