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Daily Archives: July 27, 2015

Senate panel takes up FATA human rights case

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ISLAMABAD: In the first case of its kind taken up by parliament, a Senate panel is deliberating a case of alleged human rights violations by the political administration of Khyber Agency in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata). The family of 18-year-old Maaz Khan has filed a petition at the newly established public petition cell […]


Blackberry services can be continued on providing access: PTA

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ISLAMABAD – PTA on Sunday said that all the Black Berry services, including Enterprise Services (BES) would continue in Pakistan, if the cellular companies provide law enforcing agencies access to its BES services. It is a wrong perception that PTA is going to ban Blackberry services in the country, instead we have been asking the […]


Syed Bachal Shah: A born environmentalist

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Syed Bachal Shah Jillani alias Nizamuddin Shah died on July 19, 2015 in Village Jamal Shah Jillani, Qadirpur, Ghotki after a brief illness. He was 76. Shah Saheb was a born environmentalist, as he loved nature. He never went to any high school or university, but always pushed for environment protection and planted thousands of […]


Living like a fugitive

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Islamabad: The most famous television journalist in Pakistan lives like a fugitive. Hamid Mir tells no one where he is going, how he will get there or where he will spend the night. At Mir’s office, his curtains are always drawn. He uses at least two cellphones and, until recently, he rotated among three residences […]


Letter sent to UK over BBC report

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ISLAMABAD: The government on Friday formally asked the British authorities for access to information cited in a BBC report which alleged that Indian government funded MQM and trained militants linked to the party. The request was made through a letter authored by the Interior Ministry in consultation with the ministries of law and foreign affairs. […]


Geo News Bureau Chief Faheem Siddiqui briefly kidnapped, tortured

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KARACHI: Unidentified armed policemen in uniform and civvies kidnapped, tortured and robbed the Geo News Karachi Bureau Chief Faheem Ahmed Siddiqui in the Shahra-e-Noor Jahan police remit. According to Faheem Siddiqui, he was hailed by a police mobile near Sakhi Hassan Chowrangi as he was driving to work on Saturday afternoon. Expecting a normal security […]


Culture, music and Karachi’s young maestros

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Karachi: The second session of the NauTarang Platform, an initiative of the the All Pakistan Music Conference (APMC), was hosted at the Alliance Francaise on Saturday. The night was embellished with magnificent performances by talented young artists, captivating the audience with their soulful renditions of Eastern Classical music. As the event started at around 9, […]