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Daily Archives: February 2, 2014

Journalists warn govt over apathy

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LAHORE: The governing body of the Lahore Press Club has warned of retaliatory actions if the Punjab government does not pay heed to the residential problems facing the club members. This decision was taken at a meeting of the senior council members held at National Hockey Stadium with LPC President, Arshad Ansari in the chair. […]


Local APNS greets Irfan Siddiqui

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ISLAMABAD: Publishers of newspapers and periodicals of the twin-cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad have congratulated Prof Irfan Siddiqui, a prominent columnist, on his appointment as Special Assistant to the prime minister as well as his assuming chief coordinator of the four-member committee for entering into dialogue with the Taliban. In a meeting of the federal […]


Burn notice

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By: NADEEM F. PARACHA On Jan 28 this year, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government that is being headed by Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf (PTI) and its ally, the Jamaat-i-Islami (JI), disallowed a launch of Malala Yusufzai’s book at the Peshawar University. The ceremony to launch the book was being organised by the the Bacha Khan […]


PTA’s ‘efficiency’

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I AM angry with the PTA’s super efficiency. I run a small business, and only three of us use the Internet, wireless or wired. I have a 1MB Internet connection on an unlimited package from a local ISP. I was shocked when one day the very swift connection stopped working. After calling the ISP, I […]