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Monthly Archives: May 2016

Pakistani architect Yasmeen Lari wins Japan’s Fakuoka Prize

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KARACHI Renowned Pakistani architect Yasmeen Lari has won the prestigious Japanese Fukuoka Prize in the Arts and Culture category for this year. Lari is the third Pakistani recipient of the Fukuoka Prize with qawwali maestro Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and social scientist Dr Uxi Mufti as the previous winners. Established in 1990, the prize was […]


Environmentalists call G-B a ‘ticking bomb’

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GILGIT: The climate change experts believe Gilgit-Batistan is a “ticking bomb” as it is prone to various disasters. They stressed there was a need in G-B to adapt to climate change if livelihoods had to be kept intact. This was stated at a workshop held at a hotel to talk about issues related to climate […]


‘Need to conserve vultures to fight environmental degradation’

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Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) Senator Saleem Zia emphasised that concerted efforts on local, provincial, national and regional levels are required to prepare and implement an effective strategy for the protection and conservation of vultures as a part of fighting environmental degradation. He was addressing a regional symposium, titled ‘Conservation and Protection of Vultures in […]


Govt given time in Maalik ban case

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LAHORE – The Lahore High Court yesterday gave time to the federal government until June 3 to submit reply in a petition challenging ban on film ‘Maalik’. Justice Shams Mehmood Mirza of the LHC took up the petition. Punjab Assembly opposition leader Mian Mehmood Rasheed of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf filed petition through Advocate Sheraz Zaka while […]


Sense and Insanity launched

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KARACHI: A book on the life and work of artist Shahid Rassam titled Sense and Insanity written by distinguished art historian Dr Akbar Naqvi was launched at the Arts Council here on Monday. Dr Naqvi, who made it to the event despite not keeping well, said it was up to readers to decide what the […]


Pemra policing

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THE Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra), of late, appears more energised. It has stepped up surveillance to enforce its revised and reinvigorated Code of Conduct, 2015 and to rein in ‘errant’ elements in the media. Most recently, the watchdog issued an all-out, but short-lived, ban on the airing of commercials marketing contraceptive, birth control […]


Choose wisely, live well: ‘Right to health strengthens right to life’

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KARACHI: The government should provide clean environment, drinking water and health facilities to the people as they have a right to health. This was crux of the discussion on ‘Mechanism for Redressing Violations of Right to Health’, between health professionals and human rights lawyers held at Pearl Continental hotel on Saturday. The event was sponsored […]


Discussion on internet censorship held

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QUETTA: A discussion about ‘Public attitudes and preferences about internet censorship and regulation in Pakistan’ was held here on Sunday.Organised by the Internet Policy Observatory and the Centre for Global Comm-unication Studies, Pennsyl-vania, the motive of the discussion was to look into the negative impact of internet censorship in Pakistan. Speaking on the occasion, Senator […]


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Cooperation among Saarc leaders urged to meet climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction in South Asia

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KATHMANDU, Nepal: Scientists, experts, officials and journalists on Climate Change have stressed cooperation of Saarc leaders in order to meet Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction in South Asia as earthquakes, droughts, floods and cyclones are a threat to the majority of people in the region. In this regard, the European Union Delegation to […]


ITNE scope to be enlarged to include electronic media cases: Ashtar Ausaf

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Says legal cell being considered to pursue media cases and help those facing slander, defamation ISLAMABAD All media laws will be reviewed to provide an enabling environment to media-persons and outfits to discharge their professional obligations with ease and comfort, Attorney General of Pakistan (AGP) Ashtar Ausaf has said.The AGP chaired three back to back […]


Freedom of expression being curbed on pretext of national security’

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ISLAMABAD: At an event on Saturday, PPP Senator Farhatullah Babar said a new model for democracy is forming in Pakistan, under which the steering of the vehicle – the government – will be in the hands of a political personality, while the “clutch and accelerator” will be controlled from the backseat. He said this vehicle […]


Media & democracy

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DURING the hearing of a petition against obscenity on television channels in the country, a three-member Supreme Court bench recently articulated a very valid concern about Pemra. The judges pointed out that while the electronic media regulatory authority concerned itself with issues of obscenity and vulgarity, it made no effort to rein in the attempts […]


Pemra withdraws ban on contraceptive ads

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ISLAMABAD: Within days of imposing a ban on airing advertisements for contraceptive products on electronic media, the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) realised that promoting birth control measures was part of the national agenda and could not be banned. A revised notice issued on Saturday said that until a policy is devised by the […]


NAB lodges complaint against TV channel

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The NAB lodged a complaint against Royal TV Channel to PEMRA and serve a legal notice to it for airing a “baseless and false” news against DG NAB Lahore and NAB on Thursday, May 26, 2016 from morning to midnight constantly casting aspersions on the person of DG NAB Lahore and the NAB as an […]