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Daily Archives: April 7, 2015

Newspaper reporter arrested near Pak-Afghan border

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Karachi: A correspondent of a Pakistani newspaper was arrested by security agencies in North Waziristan near Pak-Afghan border. The security forces detained Nasrum Minallah, correspondent of Express Tribune, along with his father, also a reporter, and four other journalists at Kajori check post in North Waziristan Agency (NWA) near Pak-Afghan border, at about 03:00PM on […]


Missing in action: Livestock department uses social media to bust its ghosts

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KARACHI: Sindh’s ghost problem has become chronic. Hardly a single department in the provincial government can deny the presence of these celestial spirits within its ranks. But amid this crisis, some departments have taken it upon themselves to chalk out a solution. The livestock and fisheries department has opted to use information technology to track […]


PFUJ initiative: Sindh governor promises help for media moot

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KARACHI: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ebad Khan has agreed to become the patron in chief of the planned international media moot in the city. He was talking to a delegation of Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) and Karachi Union of Journalists (KUJ), headed by PFUJ Secretary General Mohammad Amin Yusuf at the Governor House. […]


No ban on banned outfits on social media

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ISLAMABAD – Despite government resolve to end terrorism from the country, banned Jehadi organisations are not only active on social media but using the web to project their agenda. Among the active websites and blogs, some are mouthpiece of global organisations while some promote local outfits (mostly banned). Umar Media is one of the sites, […]