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Daily Archives: January 24, 2014

Art and history

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KARACHI: It is always refreshing to see an artist discussing history and art and giving preference to the latter by hardly overshadowing the former. It results in an enriched aesthetic interpretation of life. A.Q. Arif is an artist who is in love with architecture, but to him it is the part of life that sometimes, […]


‘Weed’ paintings at Canvas Gallery

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KARACHI: Canvas Gallery is exhibiting ‘Weed’ by Zehra Laila Javeri, elder sister of famous photographer Tapu Javeri. The show is the centre of attraction for many, especially those involved in the fashion industry. Around 30 of her artworks are on display, spanning 20 years of painting. This is Zehra’s first show and despite spanning two […]


Protection from cyber crimes: IT, telecom policy to be presented soon, says minister

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ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication is devising a comprehensive IT and Telecom Policy to ensure the maximum protection to masses from the widespread cyber crimes including financial scams, fraudulent online activities and women harassment. This was stated by State Minister of IT and Telecommunication Anusha Rehman at the ‘1st Consumers IT and […]


Facebook could fade out like a disease: researchers

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Facebook is like an infectious disease, experiencing a spike before its decline, according to US researchers who claim the social network will lose 80 percent of users by 2017. Two doctoral candidates in mechanical and aerospace engineering at Princeton University made their astonishing claims in a paper published online at a scientific research archive, but […]


Tax data and right to information

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The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), in compliance to commitment given by the Finance Minister to the Senate on January 7, 2014 that details of all parliamentarians would be made public by February 15, 2014, is still searching and collecting their data-even National Tax Numbers (NTNs) have not been issued to all of them till […]


Indian movie on 1971 war faces ban in Pakistan

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LAHORE: Based on anti-Pakistan propaganda, ‘The Bastard Child’, a 160-minute duration Hindi language movie, has recently been released in India to tarnish the image of Pakistan and its armed forces around the world. Thec is likely to ban this propaganda piece in the country, an official in federal government told The Nation on Thursday. The […]


Government asked to ensure protection to journalists

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The members of Khyber Union of Journalists (KhUJ) staged a protest here on Thursday to condemn the killing of three workers of a private TV channel in Karachi. The protest was led by KhUJ President Nisar Mehmood, General Secretary Tariq Afaq and other senior media persons. The protestors, tying black strips around their arms, urged […]


Journalists demand arrest of men behind Express workers’ killings

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SUKKUR: Journalist fraternity across upper Sindh staged protest demonstrations on Thursday against the killings of journalists and the failure of the government to arrest the culprits. The strike was in response to a call by the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists. In Sukkur, scores of journalists, led by the Sukkur Union of Journalists (SUJ) president, […]


LHC again issues notices to Pemra

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LAHORE: Lahore High Court (LHC) Justice Khalid Mehmood Khan Thursday again issued notices to the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) over its failure to stop a private channel from broadcasting defamatory programmes against the Jang Group and Geo channel and its owners. The court is hearing a writ petition, filed by the owners of […]


Issueless couple given baby girl in Geo show ‘Inaam Ghar’

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KARACHI: In Geo News family show Inaam Ghar, Dr Aamir Liaquat Hussain handed over a baby girl to an issueless couple, whose parents had left her in a cradle of Chhipa Welfare Association in Clifton. The poor parents had left the baby in the cradle hoping that Dr Aamir and Muhammad Ramzan Chhipa will give […]