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Daily Archives: June 19, 2015

World Oceans Day observed with calls to protect juvenile fish

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Karachi: Forty volunteer students from different schools of Karachi and Global Seafood Marketing staff celebrated World Oceans Day with the theme of “Let-The-Fish-Grow” at Sea View. The purpose of the event was to create public awareness, particularly among the youth, about the existing state of oceans which point to an alarming situation as there has […]


SHC reserves order on Labbaik’s plea against channel NOC withdrawal

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KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Thursday reserved judgment on petitions of the LabbaikPvt Ltd against the withdrawal of the NOC for the Bol TV’s four directors and the policy advice of the Ministry of Information to the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority to ensure the stoppage of the Bol TV transmission. The court […]


Axact funded its channel completely: FBR

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ISLAMABAD: Senate Standing Committee on Information Technology and Telecom has been told that Axact has ‘destroyed the country’. It has sold over 200,000 fake degrees and the origin of infamy is New York. It has Rs5 million equity but is paying its anchors Rs8 million. Its chairman Shoaib Shaikh holds only one share worth Rs10. […]


Lyari Films & Photography School inaugurated

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Aims to portray historically rich, healthy and positive image of Liyari’s culture, folk, literature, games and history through fine arts and media education, Co-ordinator to Chief Minister Sindh for Human Rights, NadyaGabol inaugurated first of its kind in the area “The Lyari Films & Photography School”. The school was established by some art lover students […]


The Sindh FoI Act — the toothless tiger

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‘Right to information’ is the term used for the right that citizens have to access information from the government. Unfortunately, the Freedom of Information (FoI) law that exists in Sindh is next to useless since it does not provide any clear guidelines or methods to access governmental information. It needs to be completely overhauled. The […]