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Daily Archives: January 7, 2014

Journalists threaten self-immolation

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SUKKUR: Journalists in Badah have threatened self-immolation if the murderers of senior journalist Shan Dahar are not arrested soon. The journalists protested outside Badah Press Club on Monday and were led by its general secretary Iqbal Channa. The protesters strongly condemned the murder and termed it as an attempt to suppress the media. The Karachi […]


Cinema culture is back

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Sir, Many new cinemas have been built in Karachi within a short period. These cinemas are screening 2D and 3D movies with amazing sound and ambience. The ticket prices are a bit high but the time spent is worth every rupee. It appears the city’s culture is changing. Now, everyone wants to go to the […]


Challenges to media in 2013

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The incident of target killing against media people seen considerably reduced in the year 2013 in comparison to the year 2012. According to statistics compiled by media cell of the Council of Pakistan Newspapers Editors (CPNE) 11 journalists fell victim to terrorist incidents during discharging their professional responsibilities in 2013 out of which six lost […]


Recovered Hindu teacher complains of pressure for conversion

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PESHAWAR: A missing Hindu female schoolteacher told a local judicial magistrate on Monday after recovery from Bahawalpur that her kidnapper had forced her to marry him after changing her faith and kept her unconscious for most of the time during captivity on refusal. Magistrate Mohammad Fayyaz Khan ordered the local police to conduct medical examination […]


Glowing tributes paid to Maulana Johar

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Glowing tributes were paid to freedom fighter Maulana Muhammad Ali Johar at a seminar held on Saturday to mark Johar Day. Speaking on the occasion, Engr Muhammad Adil Usman, great grandson of Muhammad Ali Johar and chancellor of the Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology, said the way to success and glory could only […]


Pakistan Press Foundation condemns attack on journalists in Mexico

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Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), an independent non-governmental institution committed to promoting and defending freedom of expression is concerned over attack on journalists by people linked to People’s Unity Party (PUP) in Oaxaca on 1 January, 2014. Quoting the information from ARTICLE 19: Global Campaign for Free Expression, PPF Secretary General Owais Aslam Ali in a […]