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Daily Archives: February 5, 2014

System for media accountability demanded

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KARACHI: Speakers at a conference on Tuesday criticised the freedom with impunity enjoyed by the electronic media, which, they regarded as misogynistic and leading to societal deformity in many ways with no one to exercise checks and balances. `If no one else is there to censor us, we should at least go for self-censorship; to […]


Terrorist attack on Peshawar cinema

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Terrorists struck again on Sunday, lobbing two grenades into a Peshawar cinema house as people watched a Pushto movie. Four persons were killed and at least 31 others injured for enjoying a normal, legitimate entertainment. Published pictures of the incident presented a scene of utter devastation with blood splattered all over the floor and shoes […]


Rangers take away journalist’s licensed gun

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Karachi: A journalist associated with the Jang newspaper was manhandled by Rangers during a raid in Sultanabad and had his licensed gun taken away on Tuesday. The paramilitary force had raided the area in the morning as part of the ongoing operations in Karachi. The Rangers entered the house of the journalist, 49-year-old Ajmal Khattak […]


Shiv Sena disrupts press conference of Pakistani band

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MUMBAI: Shouting anti-Pakistan slogans, dozens of Shiv Sena activists on Tuesday disrupted the press conference of a Pakistani music band at the Mumbai Press Club, police said. Carrying saffron party flags and chanting “Pakistanis go back” and “Vande Mataram”, Sena workers forced their way into the conference hall, heckled the members of Meekal Hasan Band […]