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Daily Archives: June 10, 2015

Heart, lung diseases linked to pollution

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KHAIRPUR: India, Pakistan, China and Iran are the world’s most polluted countries while Karachi is the most environmentally degraded city of Pakistan. This was stated by Prof Mohammad Sharif Shaikh, chairman of the geography department of Shah Abdul Latif University (Salu) Khairpur, while quoting the World Health Organization’s (WHO) reports for years 2008-13 at an […]


Artist brings colour to the life of street children

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KARACHI: Salma Habib, the founder of non-profit initiative TaleemKoAamKaro, chooses to work with street children because, she says, their minds are like soft clay — they show creativity that is unhindered by the rules of the classroom. She was addressing students at the seventh ‘I Am Karachi Talks’ session, organised by ‘I Am Karachi’ in […]


President for better education, training of youngsters

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KARACHI: President MamnoonHussain said on Tuesday that imparting quality education and training to the younger generation was the need of the hour. He was talking to a delegation of Kiran and Akhuwat Foundation here at the State Guest House. Students from Lyari area were also present on the occasion. “We desire that the best possible […]


Slain Pakistani journalist honoured by Newseum

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WASHINGTON: Fourteen journalists killed covering the news in 2014 — including Pakistani journalist IrshadMastoi — were recognised on Monday by the Newseum, which added their names to its Washington journalists’ memorial. IrshadMastoi, who was associated with Online International News Network and ARY News was shot dead in Quetta on August 28, 2014. Among those honored […]


Journalism as a career option?

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Since 2000, more than 90 journalists have been killed in Pakistan and hardly any of these cases have been solved. Most journalists dying in the pursuit of their profession are Pakistani citizens Throughout the years of my life I have gained interest in various career fields — law, medicine and even government office — but […]


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