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Daily Archives: December 1, 2015

BlackBerry announces Pakistan exit by Dec 30

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ISLAMABAD – BlackBerry has announced exiting from Pakistan by the end of this year. “After December 30, BlackBerry will no longer operate in Pakistan, said Company’s Chief Operating Officer (COO) Marty Beard, on company’s blog. The Canadian telecom services provider said that the decision was made as it did not wanted to compromise on privacy […]


Child rights in peril

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IN 1989, the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) was adopted and opened for signature. Pakistan was one of the early signatories in 1990, and although the country hedged its ratification with qualifications, it withdrew them in 1997. Immediately after signing up to the document, child-related legislation was brought in at […]


Environmental expert: Pakistan yet to raise Siachen glacier issue at global forum

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Siachen glacier, the life line of river Indus, is a disputed and un-demarcated region of Kashmir, and a declared environment issue between Pakistan and India, informed sources told Business Recorder. India’s official rhetoric on the melting of Siachen glacier is global warming – a red herring successfully sold by India to the world while Pakistan […]


Role of television during polls

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TELEVISION can be a great democratic enabler, but it can also be an electoral impediment — at least if good sense and the rules are ignored. With local government elections across the country entering the last phase, the polling day coverage of much of the broadcast media so far has fallen woefully short of the […]