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Daily Archives: March 12, 2016

Channels not issued notices on covering funeral: Pemra

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ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) Friday rebutted a statement of Pakistan Federal Union of journalists (PFUJ) about issuance of notices to various news channels for covering the funeral of Mumtaz Qadri. A section of the press has carried a statement of PFUJ in which it was demanded that Pemra should withdraw notices […]


PFUJ criticises Pemra over non-coverage of Qadri’s funeral

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ISLAMABAD: Terming the ban on media to cover funeral of Mumtaz Qadri as violation of Article 19 of the Constitution, the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) maintained that the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) caused damage to reputation of independent news channels in the country. Speaking at a meeting, jointly held by the […]


Pakistani teen wins UN poster competition

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ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani teenager won a global children’s poster competition held by the United Nations Human Rights Office. Children were asked to paint what freedom meant to them. The competition was held as part of a year-long campaign to mark the 50th anniversary of two important human rights treaties: the International Covenant on Economic, Social […]


Punjab government keen to deal with climate change impacts: minister

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Punjab Minister for Environment Zakia Shah Nawaz has termed the climate change as a serious threat to livelihoods of millions of people across Pakistan. “Punjab also facing the same phenomenon and the provincial government is fully aware of the scale of threat and keen to redress the climate change impacts on the communities through various […]


Transitions: Urdu poet Afsar Minhas dies at 62

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HARIPUR: Urdu poet, social activist and provincial vice president of Anjuman-e-Taraqqi Pasand Musanifeen, Fida Hussain, better known as Afsar Minhas, passed away in Haripur Thursday evening. He was 62 and is survived by his wife, daughter and son. Family sources told The Express Tribune on Friday the poet suffered a cardiac arrest while he was […]