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Daily Archives: December 17, 2015

Condolence meeting for Capt Dr Osama Bin Nisar held at Radio Pakistan

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A condolence meeting for Captain Dr Osama Bin Nisar was held at Central News Organization, Radio Pakistan, Islamabad on Wednesday. He was the son of former Controller Radio Pakistan Shaukat Nisar Saleemi and had embraced martyrdom due to frostbite at Siachen on Tuesday. Later, funeral prayers of Captain Dr Osama Bin Nisar were offered at […]


US to monitor visa applicants’ social media accounts

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WASHINGTON – In light of Southern California attack that killed 14 people, the federal government will explore the possibility of more closely monitoring the social media accounts of visa applicants to the United States, a State Department spokesman says. “It’s safe to assume that in the wake of this tragic incident that we’re all going […]


The potential power of social media

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The swift action taken by Punjab Police at the giant Hafeez Centre Plaza, Lahore’s largest IT market, from where dozens of anti-Ahmadi posters were removed from shop fronts, is of course to be lauded. The posters, which had gone up as a part of the local government election campaign, carried slogans stating that the establishments […]


Shuhada Library, block inaugurated in Nowshera

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NOWSHERA: Major General Asif Ali, Commandant Artillery Centre Nowshera, inaugurated Shuhada Library and a new block at the Army Public School Zamzama here on Wednesday. Several functions were arranged to remember the schoolchildren and staff martyred in the attack on the Army Public School and College in Peshawar on December 16, last year. The main […]


Zong brings free internet in partnership with Facebook

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KARACHI: Pakistans only 3G & 4G telecom operator Zong and Facebook have come together to connect more people to internet with the launch of Free Basics in Pakistan. With this initiative more people in Pakistan will have access to a range of free basic service like news, health, travel, local jobs, sports, education, services for […]


Artist carves out niche by reconnecting with innocence of childhood

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KARACHI: Wood has a language of its own. I have a distinctive friendship with this material. We understand one another. With wood, I feel one can start from the very point you had stopped. Artist Tariq Usman Luni described his unique relationship with wood at his latest exhibition, titled ‘Roots of Innocence’ at VM Art […]


APNS to observe Eid Miladun Nabi holiday on 26th

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Karachi (PR) – All Pakistan Newspapers Society Secretary General Sarmad Ali has stated that this year, the “Eid Milad-un-Nabi” will fall on Thursday, December 24, 2015 whereas the “Quaid-e-Azam Day” will follow on next day i.e. Friday, December 25, 2015. In view of special editions scheduled on Quaid-e-Azam Day, the APNS has decided that member […]


Help us, help you: Civil society wants govt to ensure citizen’s rights

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KARACHI: Government officials should be bound to send their children to government-run schools to ensure the merit, good quality and standard of education in Sindh, said a civil society participant at a meeting organised by the Strengthening Participatory Organisation (SPO) on Wednesday. The consultative meeting was held to discuss ‘International Commitments and State Obligations on […]


Prevention of Electronic Crimes Bill 2015: Vaguely worded law may result in censorship

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KARACHI: As the National Assembly gears up to debate the controversial Prevention of Electronic Crimes Bill (PEC 2015), a UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression has urged legislators to ensure that the bill contains clear language and does not encroach on free speech. “My real concern is if this legislation were to become law, […]


Call for rehabilitation of displaced communities

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KARACHI: Alan Moore, famed graphic novelist of V for Vendetta, said through his main protagonist V, that “ideas are bulletproof”. This motto is very much applicable to the life of Perween Rahman, director of the Orangi Pilot Project (OPP) who was gunned down in March 2013 while fighting against the status quo bent on usurping […]


Need stressed for cooperation to end malicious use of cyberspace

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UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan called on Tuesday for enhanced cooperation among states and other stakeholders to strengthen security in the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs), saying their malicious use in cyberspace posed risks to users. “Use of cyberspace by criminals and terrorists cannot be permitted and we, as responsible members of the global community, […]


Jahan Se Hum Guzrey launched

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KARACHI: A book titled Jahan Se Hum Guzrey — Mashriqi Pakistan Se Bangladesh Tak by the late S.G.M. Badruddin, former editor of Morning News and former editor of the Economic & Business Review (EBR) pages at Dawn, was launched at the Karachi Press Club on Wednesday evening. Dawn Readers’ Editor Muhammad Ali Siddiqi, who presided […]