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Daily Archives: October 9, 2015

Bahria Town all set to enter media

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KARACHI: Bahria Town is planning to make a grand entry into the world of Pakistani media by launching four channels in the near future. As per details, the channels to be launched include News, Entertainment, Sports and Property, The Express Tribune has learnt. Industry experts are terming the entry of Bahria Town into the media […]


Spanish ambassador calls on IT minister

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ISLAMABAD: Spanish Ambassador Carlos Morales called on the Minister of State for Information Technology and Telecom Anusha Rahman here Thursday. Federal Secretary IT Azmat Ali Ranjha was also present in the meeting. Matters of mutual interest and promotion of bilateral cooperation in IT and telecom sectors between the two countries were discussed, said a press […]


CPJ concerned over violence against journalists in Pakistan

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KARACHI: Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has said that in Pakistan last year’s conviction of six suspects for the assassination of Geo Television reporter Wali Khan Babar would herald a new dawn for journalists have dwindled in the face of fresh violence and the leadership’s failure to implement a series of commitments to CPJ to […]


Girls’ Right to Education programme launched

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ISLAMABAD: The government and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) have launched a three-year programme to provide quality education to girls, especially in the country’s more remote areas. Speaking at the inaugural ceremony of the Girls’ Right to Education programme on Thursday, Minister of State for Federal Education and Professional Training Balighur […]


APNS condoles ‘veteran colleague’ Kisat’s death

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KARACHI: Hameed Haroon, President of the All Pakistan Newspapers Society, and Secretary General Sarmad Ali have expressed profound grief over the death of ‘veteran colleague’ Ziauddin T. Kisat on Thursday after a protracted illness. They paid tribute to the services rendered by Mr Kisat and said he had served the newspaper industry for over 40 […]


Social media can be used to rehabilitate radicalised youth

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KARACHI: Just as the internet is helping extremists spread their message of hate, the same medium can be used to rehabilitate people, said the founding director of Moonshot CVE UK, Ross Frenett. He was addressing the audience on the second day of the International Conference on Issues of Radicalisation in Migrant Urban Societies: A Comparative […]