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Monthly Archives: January 2016

Cybercrime bill under scrutiny

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The Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act 2015 tabled in May 2015, commonly known as the Cybercrime Bill, was aimed at keeping check on the cyber domains in Pakistan. It is still under discussion with the civil society feeling that the bill is akin to an Electronic Martial Law. Pakhtunkhwa Civil Society Network (PCSN), Blue Veins, […]


Sound and fury, signifying nothing

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It’s always the same old story. Day after day, Pakistan’s newspapers and TV channels provide unending coverage of, and commentary on, issues that are notable only for the disturbing regularity with which they continue to re-emerge. For example, with some notable and welcome exceptions, and in the context of an understandable and more general desire […]


Pakistan’s Latif Ali Khan becomes Asia’s first super star in music

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KARACHI: Music is a universal language which is understood by people from different cultures. Music is not just a language, it heals our soul essence. It is given so much importance in the sub-continent. Geo TV has held several singing contests to hunt new talent. To hunt a new talent in Asia, “Asia’s Singing Super […]


Common chords and borders

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LAHORE: The first thing that strikes you about Dr Virinder Singh Kalra’s latest book, Spiritual Music of Punjab, is the unique – and somewhat unusual – typeset of its title on the cover. While the name of the book appears in English, it is accompanied by the original title in Punjabi – Punjabi Mouseeqi dey […]


On false charges Nishat Group serves legal notice on ARY Network through noted UK firm

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KARACHI: The Nishat Group through a well-known UK law firm Carter-Ruck has sent a legal notice to Pakistani media house ARY Network for airing defamatory and baseless charges. According to the legal notice served by Mian Mansha – famous industrialist and chairman of the Nishat Group – in London on 14th of last month, the […]


Snapshots of a vanishing city

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KARACHI: With towering new buildings and shopping malls springing up around Karachi, one can be forgiven for forgetting that Karachi is actually 150 years old. Historians have repeatedly contended that Karachi, which was previously known as Kolachi, is older than we think it is. However, as far the condition of buildings in the metropolis is […]


‘There can be no terrorism in literature-loving societies’

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KARACHI: Associations should not be personality-driven and if there are any rifts among the members then these should be resolved as amicably as possible. These thoughts were expressed by former Karachi commissioner Shoaib Ahmed Siddiqui on Saturday while referring to recent power struggles within the Anjuman Taraqqi-i-Urdu. “When the squabble between members of the Anjuman […]


Pakistan Press Foundation condemns suicide attack on Tolo TV staffers

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Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) has in a letter to Muhammad Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai,President of Afghanistan condemned suicide attack of Taliban on TOLOnews TV bus in which seven of their staff members were killed and dozens others injured in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan. PPF Secretary General Owais Aslam Ali in a letter to President Ashraf Ghani […]


A gay kiss in China led to this in Pakistan

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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — As in many Islamic countries, it’s common to see young men walking down the streets here in Pakistan holding hands or warmly greeting each other with a hug. But on Friday, the local publisher of the International New York Times decided a photograph of a man in China giving his boyfriend a […]


Journalist Rashid Siddiqui passes away

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KARACHI: Former president of the Pakistan Sports Writers Federation (PSWF) and ex-president and Secretary of Sports Journalists Association Sindh (SJAS), Rashid Ali Siddiqui, passed away due to prolonged illness here. He was 55. He had worked for the PPI news agency and The News for many years. His was laid to rest at the Model […]


Pemra asks channels to exercise strict editorial control

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) Friday formally approved a fine of Rs1 million on Samaa TV for airing a highly objectionable, indecent and vulgar text message during its crime re-enactment programme “Wardat” in July last year. The text message was not only in violation of Pemra laws and the code of conduct implemented […]


EU praises Pakistan’s progress, urges country to do more for human rights, justice

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ISLAMABAD: The European Union (EU) has said that Pakistan’s fight against terrorism has created new human rights challenges that need to be addressed urgently. In the first compliance report of the GSP Plus status for Pakistan, the EU has said that respecting, protecting and promoting human rights can be an effective tool amid efforts to […]


YouTube back with vague transparency

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ISLAMABAD: It has been 10 days since access to YouTube in Pakistan was reopened, but local producers of the content for the popular video-sharing website continue to worry when the axe will fall next and how. They say they are confused because the agreement between Google and the government of Pakistan, that unblocked YouTube after […]


Majmua’a Khutbaat on organ donation launched

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KARACHI: A book on social and religious aspects of organ donation titled Majmua’a Khutbaat was launched at the Karachi Press Club on Friday evening. Journalist Ghazi Salahuddin, who moderated the event, said last year on April 18 a seminar on organ donation and transplantation was held at the Sheikh Zayed Islamic Centre, attended by religious […]