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Daily Archives: August 27, 2015

PFUJ asks govt to revise code of conduct

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KARACHI: At a seminar held here on Wednesday, senior journalists, including office-bearers of the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) headed by Rana Azeem said that the latest code of conduct for media was unsatisfactory and some of its points amounted to gagging of freedom of expression. They urged the government to redraft the code […]


Radio Pakistan to go off air in favour of sports complex

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Quetta: The Balochistan government has finalised a plan to take over 64 acres of land owned by Radio Pakistan in Quetta by shutting down the station’s transmission, removing its machinery and transmission towers from the Sariab area. On Wednesday, sources confirmed that government officials had been directed to put finishing touches on the plan to […]


No evidence? Religious TV host granted bail

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KARACHI: A district and sessions court granted bail on Wednesday to Shabbir Abu Talib, a religious TV host accused of laundering money amounting to Rs800 million. The suspect was arrested on August 18 in a raid conducted by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) and was subsequently, he was remanded by the court. He remained in […]


Pakistan is cradle of art, culture: president

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ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain Wednesday has said that Pakistan is a cradle of art and culture adding that artists and calligraphers are our valuable asset. Addressing the launching ceremony of a calligraphy book ‘Allama bil Qalam’, at Foreign Office in Islamabad, that president commended the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for taking the initiative of publishing […]


Pemra, IPO pledge to curb copyright violations

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) and Intellectual Property Organisation (IPO) Wednesday pledged to jointly curb the menace of copy rights violations in music film and dramas. During one day seminar on intellectual property rights and enforcement of copyright laws, both pledged to increase bilateral coordination for strengthening each other in discharging regulatory duties […]


Where colours are better felt than understood

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Karachi: Veteran author and critique Ahmad Javed once said that legendary poet Meer Taqi Meer had blended human feelings in his poetry so cleverly that they had gone beyond the capacity of a reader’s sense of feeling. “They show up as complex compounds of emotions; therefore, a reader has to enhance his sensory capacity to […]