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Daily Archives: November 23, 2015

Why is acting chairman Pemra in such a hurry?

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ISLAMABAD: Federal Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has written to Acting Chairman Pemra during last two months to stop the Direct to Home (DTH) satellite TV licence auction on December 7 and let it be decided by new Chairman Pemra Absar Alam. However, Acting Chairman Pemra Kamaludin Tipu, a serving Police Officer who took over […]


France accelerates efforts to make Paris Climate Conference a success

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ISLAMABAD: The French government has initiated diplomatic offensive to make Paris Climate Conference, the COP21, a real success in the wake of tragedy of November 13, and for the purpose French envoys across the world have established hectic contacts with their host governments to ensure their participation in it. The summit will be held in […]


Cultural festival urges peace & tolerance in Sindh

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LARKANA: People and the government should play their due role in warding off extremists from the province and help create a peaceful and tolerant society. This was the gist of a message of the one-day literary and cultural festival organised by the Strengthening Participatory Organisation (SPO) Sindh chapter at the Arts Council of Pakistan here […]


Literary Notes: Online information on Urdu literature may be misleading

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Although information technology is a boon for anyone looking for any kind of information, it may well be a bane when it comes to searching correct online information on Urdu literature and language. Information available on the net may be incomplete, or even sometimes inaccurate. The problem is that the cyber-world, generally speaking, has no […]


Under attack: Television reporter assassinated in ambush

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KOHAT: Television journalist Hafeezur Rehman was shot dead by unidentified people in Kalo Banda, Kohat on Sunday morning. He was the second journalist in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa to lose his life in such a grizzly manner in 2015. A police official said Rehman was on his bike when he was targeted by the gunmen. “He was hit […]