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Daily Archives: March 6, 2016

Right to information and superior judiciary

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It is largely believed that the constitutional right to information was accorded when Article 19-A was inserted into the constitution through 18th Amendment in 2010. The Article 19-A says: “Every citizen shall have the right to have access to information in all matters of public importance subject to regulation and reasonable restrictions imposed by law.” […]


Journalists condemn colleague’s killing, attacks on media offices

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PESHAWAR: Journalist organisations in different cities staged rallies against attacks on media houses by protesters. The Khyber Union of Journalists (KhUJ) on Saturday condemned attacks on the offices of the ARY and Aaj News in Sindh and sought registration of first information report (FIR) against deputy commissioner and an additional assistant commissioner Peshawar in a […]


Violence against media

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REPORTING on trouble spots such as Balochistan or the operation against extremists in the northwest has often brought threats, even violence to the country’s media organisations and their workers. But this past week brought to light a new dimension of the issue that renders the field even more treacherous for media persons and their organisations. […]


Red tape? Experts question need for new committee

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ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Climate Change (MoCC) has notified a steering committee that it aims to coordinate national and international efforts to create an enabling environment for the promotion of climate compatible energy. The first meeting of the committee on climate change compatible energy is schedule to be held on March 9 at the ministry. […]


Earthly matters: Conserving water

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Unlike other rivers that are largely dependent on melting snow or rainfall, Pakistan’s main river, the Indus, is very much dependent on glacier melt. Experts say that on average, around 40pc of its water comes from glaciers melting in the summer, in the high mountains of the Hindu Kush, Himalayan and Karakoram mountain ranges. With […]