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Daily Archives: June 3, 2015

Affordable healthcare is a priority: Shahbaz

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LAHORE: The government is spending billions of rupees to provide quality healthcare to people, Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif said on Tuesday. He was addressing a meeting held to review steps to improve public healthcare. “The government has devised a comprehensive programme to activate rural and basic health centres. Such health facilities will be improved in […]


Senior journalist Kamran Khan joins Dunya Media Group

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LAHORE (Dunya News): Dunya Media Group is absolutely delighted to announce that one of the country`s most distinguished senior journalist Mr Kamran Khan has joined us as the President and Editor-in- Chief . Mr Kamran Khan brings with him unmatched experience, professional excellence and international fame in the field of investigative journalism to lead an […]


The map shown by all; certain people zero in on Geo

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ISLAMABAD: The map of the Jammu and Kashmir region has always been subject to errors – and these errors are mostly, if not always, unintentional, clerical mistakes and not part of a “greater agenda” as some quarters in the media are continuously propagating, said Shahzeb Khanzada in his programme on Geo News on Monday night. […]


Yousuf Bashir Qureshi displays his ‘Recollections’

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KARACHI: Artists, fashion designers, models, celebrities and art enthusiasts flocked to the Canvas Art Gallery as renowned artist and designer Yousuf Bashir Qureshi exhibited a variety of works titled ‘Recollections’. It was Qureshi’s debut in Pakistan and he offered a range of mediums including installations, painting, photography and sculpture. There was a diversity of its […]


Details of licence holders to be uploaded on webstie, Pemra counsel tells SC

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Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority told the Supreme Court Tuesday that it will upload on its official website the complete details of media licensees within a week in pursuance of court’s directives. Pakistan Broadcasting Association (PBA) Chairman Mir Ibrahim appeared before a two-member bench of Justice Jawwad S Khawaja and Justice Azmat Saeed Sheikh. During […]


A bill for the protection of whom?

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After the public outcry that was raised when details of the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Bill 2015 (PECB) first became public, the government finally decided to hold public hearings on the contentious issue. Those criticising the legislation have been given a chance to provide input for improvements. Had the government adopted this process at the […]