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Monthly Archives: July 2016

250th session: Human rights issues echo in Senate

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ISLAMABAD: The issue of human rights weighed down heavily at the 250th session of the Senate before it was prorogued on Friday. Lawmakers belonging to the treasury and the opposition benches unanimously debated the issues pertaining to the violation of individual rights in the country. Members of the Senate condemned the extra-judicial killings of Kashmiris […]


Protests across country against shifting Geo to last numbers

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Commission sought to probe conspiracy against TV channel; people from all walks of life express solidarity with Geo ISLAMABAD: The journalist community and media workers from the electronic and print media staged protest demonstrations and rallies across the country against the shifting of Geo News television channel to the last numbers in Karachi. The protest […]


When Edhi gave up on politics

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Abdul Sattar Edhi once had political ambitions and twice contested for a seat in the National Assembly from Karachi in the 1970s. This aspect of Edhi’s eventful life isn’t widely known. When he died, nobody really mentioned that Edhi once aspired to become a member of parliament. Having lost on both occasions, he gave up […]


Social worker still missing after three days

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KARACHI: Social worker Abdul Wahid Baloch, who is well-known among the city’s literary circles for his work towards the promotion of Baloch language, has been missing for three days. On Tuesday, Baloch and his friend, Sabir, were returning to Karachi from Umerkot in a passenger bus when the vehicle was stopped for snap-checking near Karachi […]


Senate passes cybercrime bill after numerous tweaks

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ISLAMABAD: The Senate unanimously passed the controversial Prevention of Electronic Crimes Bill, 2016 after incorporating eight new amendments in it on Friday. The bill, which aims to prevent cybercrimes, will now be resubmitted in the National Assembly for approval of the amendments. A Senate standing committee has proposed 47 amendments to the bill passed earlier […]


Commission demanded to probe change in Geo slot

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LAHORE: Condemning the disruption of Geo News position on cable network, Supreme Court Bar Association’s former president Asma Jahangir has said that it has already happened to Geo in the past. She said the Supreme Court, Lahore High Court and Islamabad High Court have already given their verdicts, directing Pemra to take action against those […]


Urdu translation of Japanese plays launched

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KARACHI: An Urdu adaptation of a collection of Japanese dramas titled Khamoshi Ka Shor by the late Fatima Surrayya Bajia, compiled and introduced by Khurram Sohail, was launched at the Japan Information and Culture Centre on Thursday. Speaking on the occasion, Japanese Consul General Toshikazu Isomura said he first met Bajia in 2007 when she […]


Workshop on research techniques, creative writing skills begins today

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Pakistan Study Centre University of Peshawar is holding “National Workshop on Research Techniques and Creative Writing Skills” from 29 to 31 July, at Peshawar University Summer Camp Baragali (Near Nathiagali-District Abbottabad). Chairperson of Organising Committee Professor Dr Fakhr-ul-Islam Director Pakistan Study Centre said that the participants will be Mphil and PhD scholars, young university teachers […]


Pakistan takes exception to Facebook ignoring IOK HR violations

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ISLAMABAD: The derogatory policy of Facebook and its owner Mark Zuckerberg who has put monetary gains over human rights in the Indian occupied Kashmir did not go unnoticed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs which said that “all options are being considered for dealing with this situation”, and sought the attention of the international social […]


Cybercrime bill: concerns remain

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The Prevention of Electronic Crimes Bill (PECB) 2016 has been adopted by the Senate Standing Committee on Information Technology and will now be presented before the upper house. The PECB was approved with certain amendments amid concerns that it was a means for the government to curb civil liberties and freedom of expression. The government, […]


Matters of concern: CPNE team, info secretary discuss print media issues

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ISLAMABAD: A delegation of CPNE Executive Committee members headed by its President, Zia Shahid and Secretary General Aijazul Haq held a meeting with Secretary Information SM Imran Gardezi to discuss issues related to print media on Thursday. It was decided in the meeting that the advertisement related data would be placed on the website of […]


Society to be better if media follows code of conduct, says Pemra chief

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) Chairman Absar Alam has said that improvement will take place in the society if electronic media follows code of conduct. While talking to The News on Wednesday he said that news channels were heading towards improvement but there were a lot of things which needed to be done […]


The artist Shahid Sajjad was

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KARACHI: Today (July 28) is Shahid Sajjad’s second death anniversary. Shahid Sajjad who? Some might ask. Well, he was, and still is, one of the greatest artists that this country has produced — a sculptor like no other in Pakistan. When he died two years ago, there was a series of programmes arranged in his […]


‘Absence of consensus code behind misuse of freedom of expression’

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ISLAMABAD: Failure of Pemra and the Pakistan Broadcasters Association (PBA) to reach a consensus on the code of conduct for regulating the electronic media was one of the main reasons for unchecked broadcast of material by some private TV channels with some TV anchors indulging in unethical practices in the name of freedom of expression, […]