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Daily Archives: June 18, 2016

Radio Pakistan Pindi contract employees unpaid for 8 months

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The contractual employees working in different sections of Radio Pakistan, Rawalpindi have voiced strong protest against non-disbursement of salary for the last eight months. The contractual employees said that payments were regularly made to permanent employees of the radio, while meting out discrimination to them. This has pushed them to the brink of financial collapse, […]


Court issues warrants against ARY’s Asad Kharal for defaming JSIL

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Defame others and when court summons stay absent KARACHI: On the complaint by JS Investment Limited, a case was registered under section 499, 500 and 501 PPC against Asad Kharal (anchor Kab Tak Programme – Head of Investigation ARY News) for airing defamatory and misleading programme against the company. A criminal complaint was filed by […]


‘Banning a programme is against freedom of expression’

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ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has barred actor Hamza Ali Abbasi and Shabbir Abu Talib from hosting Ramazan shows on Aaj TV and News One respectively, for promoting “controversial” and “sectarian” views. The governing body banned the Aaj News programme Ramazan Hamara Iman, hosted by Mr Abbasi. In one of his recent […]


Dead Indus dolphin spotted by people in Ghotki district

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KARACHI: A dead Indus dolphin was spotted by people in Ghotki district on Friday morning, informed World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Sukkur project officer Malik Imran Children from Gono Khan Shar village, in Daharki taluka of Ghotki, were swimming in Narli Minor water channel when they spotted something floating in the water, he said. When it […]