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Monthly Archives: March 2016

Pakistan among top countries with freelancers

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ISLAMABAD: The ever-increasing broadband access in Pakistan has accelerated the growth of freelance marketplaces, according to a survey report. Due to internet proliferation, freelance jobs are growing as more than 10,000 IT graduates enter Pakistan’s market annually. Freelancing is progressing in conventional job markets and it is estimated that by 2020, one in three workers […]


Media urged to help eradicate polio by mobilising people

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QUETTA: The media must play its due role for eradication of the polio virus by mobilising populations and raising awareness about the crippling disease. After the eradication of smallpox, polio is cornered in Pakistan and Afghanistan and the world is looking towards both countries to defeat the virus and declare the complete eradication of the […]


Journalists in Pakistan Unite to Fight Violence Against Media

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Pakistan is one of the most dangerous countries in the world for journalists. Media personnel are targeted by militants; religious, ethnic, and separatist groups; intelligence and law enforcement agencies; and even mainstream political parties. The country—a frontline state for almost four decades—suffers from a polarized society and a culture of intolerance. As rule of law […]


Malik Riaz eyes media move to protect his name

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ISLAMABAD – Property developer Malik Riaz Hussain, a flamboyant tycoon who boasts of connections with top military brass and senior politicians, plans to move into media to protect himself from those who accuse him of wrongdoing. Riaz is one of the country’s richest and most powerful businessmen, a billionaire who has been caught up in […]


Mobicash offers ‘Mobile Accounts’

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Mobicash, with the tradition of exploring new possibilities, has announced the launch of its Mobile Accounts to subscribers of other mobile networks. Through this first of its kind initiative in telecom sector, Mobicash looks to cater to the growing demand for financial services by the masses. It positions Mobicash at the forefront of cutting edge […]


APNS General Council to meet today

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KARACHI: “The Annual General Council of the All Pakistan Newspapers Society will meet on Wednesday, March 30, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. at the APNS House, Karachi,” stated a press release of the APNS. Sarmad Ali, Secretary General, All Pakistan Newspapers Society has announced that the Annual General Council will discuss the conditions prevailing in the […]


The menace of child labour

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The government of Punjab’s promulgation of the Punjab Prohibition of Child Labour at Brick Kilns Ordinance 2016 is a commendable step. It is recognition of the long struggle of civil society against child labour in Pakistan and acceptance of the fact the child labour is a reality and not a myth created by non- governmental […]


Providing freedom: Right to information a basic right of citizens

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KARACHI: Right to information (RTI) is not only the need of politicians and media, but it is the collective need of everyone and is the basic right of citizens, said the chief minister’s information adviser Maula Bux Chandio at a seminar on Tuesday. Addressing the audience at ‘Sindh Right to Information Bill’ seminar organised by […]


Role of media termed crucial in fighting polio

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QUETTA: The role of media is crucial in eradicating polio from Balochistan and the rest of the country, said Dr Saifur Rehman, coordinator Emergency Operation Center (EOC) for polio eradication. Talking to senior journalists of Quetta at a media roundtable on Tuesday, he said that after the eradication of smallpox, polio is being cornered in […]


Pakistan’s cold war has its roots in World War II

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KARACHI: “After going through Hasan Sadiq’s book The End of the Great Game it occurred to me that perhaps a better title would be The End of One Great Game and the Beginning of Another,” said former ambassador to the UN Zafar Hilaly. Mr Hilaly said this while moderating the book launch of Hasan M. […]


Between time and timelessness

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KARACHI: Novelty may not always pay, but it, for sure, pushes the envelope as far as creative thinking goes. This is the reason why the attempt to bring visual art into theatre space on Monday evening on the penultimate day of the music and theatre festival organised by the National Academy of Performing Arts (Napa) […]


Balochistan being denied media coverage: CM

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QUETTA: Chief Minister Nawab Sanaullah Khan Zehri says that development of the country depends on the development of Balochistan because it has abundant natural resources. Addressing a seminar held by the provincial information department, Mr Zehri said the plan for the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor had been possible because of Gwadar’s long-stretched coastal belt. However, he […]


Act aimed at regulating publication of law books enacted

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ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain on Tuesday approved enforcement of the Publication of Laws of Pakistan Act, 2016. The law is for regulating publication of law books, materials and their translations to place a check on the sale of erroneous law books and materials. Before becoming a law the bill for the act was adopted by […]


Sea intrusion, sinking of Indus delta threaten coastline

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KARACHI: Increasing sea intrusion along with the sinking of the Indus delta due to the phenomenon of land subsidence poses a serious threat to Pakistan’s coastline that needs to be addressed through immediate short- and long-term measures, said experts at a briefing held at the National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) on Monday. They were briefing […]