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Daily Archives: February 11, 2016

Workshop on illegal wildlife trade held

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The wildlife traffickers trick law enforcement agencies by adopting new strategies to smuggle numerous precious species and use of innovative technology at airports and other routes can help curb the crime. Syed Mahmood Nasir, Inspector General Forests at Ministry of Climate Change, said this here on Wednesday, while speaking at a consultative workshop on importance […]


Book launch

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Karachi: A collection of Urdu na’atia poetry by Syed Asif Hassan Zaidi is being launched today at the Ibraheem Jalees Hall of the Karachi Press Club at 530pm. Prominent poet Sahar Ansari will be presiding over the function. The News


Pemra suspends licences of two private TV channels

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Electronic Media Regulator Authority (Pemra) in its 109th meeting on Wednesday approved suspension of Royal TV licence for non-payment of fine and failing to air apology for telecasting highly vulgar and abusive remarks against a TV anchorperson in its talk shows dated November 25 and 26 2015. The authority decided to suspend the […]


Hindu marriage law

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There is good news for Pakistan’s Hindus. Seven decades after the creation of Pakistan, its parliament has worked out a mechanism to register marriages between Hindus in the country. On Monday, the Hindu Marriage Act was approved by the National Assembly Standing Committee on Law and Justice. The bill is now expected to be cleared […]


Problems faced by marine life highlighted

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HYDERABAD: Experts at a seminar highlighted the problems faced by marine life. They were speaking at the one-day event held on Wednesday on the “Present Status of Wetlands of Sindh”, organised by the Fresh Water Biology, the fisheries department and University of Sindh in collaboration with the Sindh wildlife department and Sindh Environ­mental Protection Agency […]


Desperate steps

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ACCORDING to the visionaries at the Ministry of Information Technology and Telecom (MOITT), an ideal telecom and IT policy space in Pakistan would have Section 34 from the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Bill (PECB) in existence as law, with all other laws and policies in the IT and telecom space reflecting it. This is exactly […]


Playwright Fatima Surayya Bajia passes away

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KARACHI: Renowned playwright Fatima Surayya Bajia died at her home here on Wednesday after a long illness. She was 85. Bajia, famed for her immensely popular drama serials on Pakistan Television, suffered a paralysis attack 20 months ago. Her relatives, friends and admirers said her characteristic will-power had enabled her to keep death at bay […]