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Daily Archives: January 9, 2014

Musicians’ haven that is Pakistan

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Friedrich Nietzsche said, “Without music life would be a mistake.” And it’s almost as if these words were played by a pied piper for many of the youth of Pakistan, each aspiring and wanting to become the next greatest musician of the country. Keeping the jazba and junoon of many in mind, programmes such as […]


Wasting our time on the internet

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A Dubai-based bank announced a job opening for South Asian applicants, where copious Pakistani applications exceeded expectations, while the number of Indian applicants was… well, it did not exist. There was not a single Indian that wanted to work at that ‘bling-bling’ Dubai job. Why? Because the Indian youth does not need to make a […]


‘An Epic Journey’ of an artist

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While in this world, we are all like travellers, passersby, on a journey through the cosmos. During this sojourn, we all have our own experiences, experiences that shape our views of life, our values and our idiosyncrasies. This sojourn has been very aptly chronicled and capsulated by Shazly Khan in the form of paintings at […]


Muzzling the press

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Threats to journalists from police officers and bureaucracy are common occurrences, aided by the Sindh government’s weak policies. Recently, a veteran journalist Shan Dahar was killed in Badah due to the police’s criminal negligence. The case has not been registered and no arrests have been made; while locals know very web who is behind Dahar’s […]


PTA allows all CMOs to use 3G spectrum on test basis

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ISLAMABAD – Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has so far decided to grant permission to all Cellular Mobile Operators (CMOs) to use 3G spectrums on test basis and also wrote a letter to Frequency Allocation Board in this regard. Sources aware of the development told The Nation that the regulatory authority (PTA) in its letter to […]


No show at Wali Babar hearing

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SUKKUR: The Wali Babar murder case was adjourned for the fourth consecutive time on Wednesday when the defense lawyer failed to show up once again. The case was transferred to Kandhkot from Karachi due to security reasons and then it was transferred to Shikarpur, where the case is being heard in district jail. Since the […]


Pakistan Press Foundation condemns arson attack on Nepalese newspaper office

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Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), an independent non-governmental institution committed to promoting and defending freedom of expression is concerned over arson attack on the office of Tikapur Daily published in Dhangadhi city in far-western Nepal over publishing of a news about a road accident on the first day of 2014. Quoting the information from Freedom Forum, […]