07 | April | 2016 | Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF)

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Daily Archives: April 7, 2016

Pakistan Press Foundation is concerned over the shooting on a Brazilian journalist

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Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) in a letter to Dilma Rousseff, President of Brazil, expressed concern over the shooting on the Brazilian radio journalist, Jair Pereira Teixeira. PPF Secretary General Owais Aslam Ali in his letter urged the government of Brazil to pursue active investigation in this matter and prosecute all those responsible to ensure that […]


Stalls of bona fide newspaper vendors not to be removed: commissioner

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Karachi: A delegation of Markazi Anjuman-e-Akhbar Faroshan Karachi met Karachi Commissioner Syed Asif Hyder Shah on Wednesday and informed him about the problems being faced by newspaper vendors and hawkers in the metropolitan city. The commissioner said he recognised the importance of the profession of newspaper sellers and hawkers as the people associated with the […]


Save biodiversity

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MARINE biologists studying the effects of climate change, ocean acidification and oxygen depletion — caused by overfishing and pollution — have often pointed out that depletion of the ecosystem is dangerous for various fish species. Consider this: how essential is seaweed, that is known as the ‘tree’ of the coastal ecosystem? A nutrient-rich seafood it […]


Landslides force villagers to vacate houses in Battagram

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BATTAGRAM / SHANGLA / MANSEHRA: The authorities asked around 200 families of a village in Allai tehsil of Battagram district on Wednesday to leave their houses and move to safe places because of an imminent threat of landslides. The administration of the tehsil informed the people of Thandol village that cracks in mountains could cause […]