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Daily Archives: April 5, 2014

Climate change challenges

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Soaring carbon emissions will amplify the risk of conflict, hunger, floods and migration this century, the UN’s expert panel said Monday in a landmark report on the impact of climate change. Left unchecked, greenhouse gas emissions may cost trillions of dollars in damage to property and ecosystems, and in bills for shoring up climate defences, […]


PU book fair continues to attract book lovers

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LAHORE: Thousands of book lovers, including journalists, writers, doctors, lawyers, engineers, students, and people from other walks of life thronged the annual book fair at the Punjab University (PU) on second day of the three-day event on Friday. Meanwhile, the PU administration has claimed that over 30,000 books were sold on the first day of […]


PBA has worked out code of conduct for media

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) Chairman Abdur Rashid has told the National Assembly Special Committee on Information and Broadcasting that over two million Indian Direct to Home (DTH) satellite broadcasting systems are working in Pakistan. He said these DTH systems earn money from Pakistan to send it abroad and the government should act […]


Media bodies condemn death threats to journalist

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Journalists and representatives of the All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS), the Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE), South Asian Free Media Association (SAFMA), South Asia Media Commission (SAMC) and South Asian Women in Media (SAWM), Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), Balochistan Union of Journalists (BUJ), Punjab Union of Journalists (PUJ), Rawalpindi-Islamabad Union of Journalists […]