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Daily Archives: March 3, 2016

BoI bars officers from sharing information with media

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ISLAMABAD: The Board of Investment (BOI) has barred all its officers at federal and provincial levels from sharing any information with media persons. Instead of sharing information with potential investors and public at large to promote investments in this part of the world, in a strange directives given to all officers both at federal and […]


Pemra imposes fines on TV channels

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Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) Council of Complaints Lahore in its 59th meeting held under the chairmanship of Dr Mehdi Hasan on Wednesday. The Council recommended imposition of a Rs 100,000 fine on Channel-24 for conducting malicious and defamatory programs by its anchor Mubashar Lucman against Punjab Police and also directed the channel to […]


Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, graduate of PPF journalism training programme, wins her second Oscar

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Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy a graduate of six-week journalism training programme organised by Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) won her second Academy Award on 28th February for her film ‘A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness’ in the category of Best Documentary (Short Subject). The film is about a 19-year-old Pakistani girl who survives an attempted […]


Uber parks in Lahore, announces start of operations

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LAHORE: In a development that would definitely spice up the transport business in Lahore, Uber Technologies – a global taxi-dispatch service app – has formally begun operations in Punjab’s provincial capital. The launch comes at a time when Punjab is taking the lead in not only upgrading its road network, but also refining the landscape […]


Govt asked to present Right to Information bill

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ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting on Wednesday directed the government to present the Right to Information (RTI) bill in parliament at the earliest, as it has already been delayed for 18 months now. “If the bill which was approved by this committee is not presented in the House before the next […]


Senate panel passes bill against child abuse

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ISLAMABAD: Almost seven months after the country’s largest child sex abuse case was uncovered, a Senate panel on Wednesday passed a bill which criminalises — among other offences — child pornography, mental and physical abuse while proposing severe punishments. The Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 2015, was passed by the Senate’s Functional Committee on Human Rights […]


Rare weather phenomenon observed off Balochistan coast

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KARACHI: A spectacular fair-weather waterspout, a rare phenomenon, has been observed off the Balochistan coast, the World Wide Fund for Nature-Pakistan (WWF-P) said on Wednesday. According to the WWF-P, a fisherman who has been part of the organisation’s training programmes reported the waterspout near Sakoni, off Kalmat Khor, in Balochistan. “There was a large patch […]


Baloch Culture Day celebrated

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QUETTA: Balochistan National Party-M (BNP-M) chief Sardar Akhtar Jan Mengal said here on Wednesday that the Baloch people were facing hardships but they still loved their culture and held on to their values. Speaking at an event held at the Quetta Metropolitan Corporation to celebrate the Baloch Culture Day, he said the community had a […]


Pemra chief empowered to take TV channels off air

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ISLAMABAD: The chairman of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has assumed powers to stop any channel from broadcasting for a limited period of time. The Pemra board granted these powers to Chairman Absar Alam after they were told that the regulator had failed to implement its code of conduct over ‘re-enactment programmes’ due […]


Migratory birds being sold for meat at Keenjhar Lake

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KEENJHAR: Hundreds of migratory birds, which make their way to the south of Pakistan during the winters, are unable to return as they are being sold for meat at Keenjhar Lake. Despite a ban on their trade and multiple arrests of the men involved, the illegal business thrives near the second largest freshwater lake in […]