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Daily Archives: December 15, 2015

Civil society calls for investigation into surveillance of Romanian journalist Cătălin Tolontan

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TO: His excellency, Klaus Johannis, President of Romania CC: Mr. Petre Tobă, Minister of Internal Affairs Mr. Eduard Helvig, Director of the Romanian Intelligence Service Dear President Johannis, The undersigned members of IFEX, the global network promoting and defending freedom of expression worldwide, express their profound concern over the surveillance operations recently conducted by unknown […]


Book lovers continue to throng fair in Larkana

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LARKANA: The book fair at the Sir Shahnawaz Bhutto Memorial Library which opened on Saturday attracted large crowds, mostly youths, even on its third and final day on Monday, causing the library management to consider extending the fair. Librarian Shams Kalhoro said that seeing the extraordinary response, its duration might be extended. “We’ve seen tremendous […]


Govt officials caught poaching partridges

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Five people, including a secretary of the Regional Transport Authority and the officer in charge of the Liaquatpur Wildlife Department, were arrested in Cholistan on Sunday for poaching partridges. They were also fined Rs78,000. Wildlife Department Rahim Yar Khan District Officer Mujahid Kaleem told reporters that he had received a complaint that Bahawalpur RTA Secretary […]


QUALITY OF MORNING SHOWS CRITICISED

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The sub-committee of Senate Standing Committee on Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage on Monday observed that not only the government but also owners of media houses are equally responsible for ensuring safety and welfare of media persons in the country. Senator Mushahid Ullah Khan, convenor of the sub-committee while presiding over the meeting said that […]


CHANDIO INQUIRES ABOUT AILING JOURNALIST’S HEALTH

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Advisor to Chief Minister Sindh for Information Moula Bux Chandio has said he has been striving hard for resolving the problems of journalists community right from the day one after given the portfolio of Information Ministry Department and he will leave no stone unturned for playing positive pivotal role for the welfare of journalists community. […]


Pakistan, Russia to boost co-op in art, culture: Pervaiz

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ISLAMABAD – Federal Minister for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage Senator Pervaiz Rashid said Monday that Pakistan and Russia would coordinate their efforts to enhance collaboration in the fields of art and culture. He said this while talking to Russian Minister for Culture, Vladimir Medinsky, who inaugurated the exhibition “Territory of Culture” in Sain Petersburg. […]


APNS demands dues, suspends publication of Sindh govt ads

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KARACHI: The Sindh committee of the All Pakistan Newspapers Society has condemned what it has described as inordinate delay by the Sindh Information to clear the long outstanding dues as well as dues relating to 2015 despite clear assurances by the Sindh government and the APNS notice to the Adviser to the Chief Minister on […]


Senate body finds clauses in journalists’ security bill irrelevant

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ISLAMABAD: Four years after the submission of a draft of “the journalists’ protection and welfare bill”, members of the Senate’s sub-committee on information, broadcasting and national heritage reached the conclusion on Monday that most of the proposals were irrelevant. The bill was introduced by Prof Khurshid Ahmed and 21 other senators in Oct 2011 and […]