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Daily Archives: December 25, 2015

CINEPAX: A NEW YEAR QUEST

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After the successful completion of the spectacular holidays, Cinepax cinema has now come up with a New Year Quest-where cinemagoers across Pakistan watching any movie at Cinepax cinema will have a chance to win return tickets to Prague, Czech Republic, courtesy fly Dubai. With many exciting prizes, including smart phones, LEGO Merchandise, meal vouchers the […]


Digital innovation: Scrap dealer gains access to international market

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LAHORE: The internet is a tool to connect and observe what actually is happening in the world. For many Pakistanis, this means spending some free time by surfing the net or checking emails, but countless people are utilising this tool to gain the best economic benefits to make lives easier. Apart from mobile internet, broadband […]


Climate Awards 2015 help raise environmental awareness

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KARACHI: “The world [environment] I have seen, my children have not seen. Over the years, I saw birds disappearing and trees being cut,” said Sindh Assembly’s lawmaker Mehtab Akbar Rashdi Speaking at the Climate Awards 2015, the Sindh Environment Protection Agency (EPA) director-general, Rashdi, highlighted how the environmental issues are not given priority by either […]


Public Complaints: Social media page fails to get attention

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ISLAMABAD: Use of social media may very well be a good idea to start off with when the Islamabad Deputy Commissioner (DC) Mushtaq Ahmad decided to set up his official Facebook page last year, but due to limited public awareness and promotion, the page has failed to gather any serious attention from the residents of […]


Naat poetry book: Poet wins presidential award for third time

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ISLAMABAD: Naureen Talat Arooba, a prominent poetess made history by receiving presidential award on three consecutive books. Her book on Hamdia poetry titled ‘Rabbana’ was given presidential award at Seeratun Nabi conference held here at Jinnah convention centre on Thursday and was presented to her by Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Sardar Muhammad Yusuf. Minister […]


Photo exhibition chronicles Jinnah’s life

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RAWALPINDI: A photographic exhibition documenting the life of Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah was hosted by the Rawalpindi Arts Council (RAC) on Thursday. More than a hundred photographs, chronicling Jinnahs’ personal and public life were put on display at the exhibition which aimed at shedding light on the life of the Quaid-i-Azam . One of the […]


Internet giants changing cultural landscape, says Unesco

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ISLAMABAD: The world’s cultural landscape has changed considerably with the rise of internet giants, which together with the explosion of social networks and digital revolution, are profoundly changing methods of production and dissemination of cultural goods such as music, film and books, Unesco says in a new report. The first global report evaluating the impact […]


PM urges steps to ensure child safety

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ISLAMABAD: Prime Min­i­ster Nawaz Sharif has urged all provincial governments to take measures for implementing the recommendations of the National Comm­ission for Human Rights to ensure a safe environment for children. According to a statement released by the PM Office on Thursday, the provinces have been asked to put in place the requisite policy and […]