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Daily Archives: September 6, 2016

‘The absolute truth’

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Karachi: The Indus Valley School (IVS) was host to a unique exhibition on Monday by two talented artists, Arslan Farooqui and Ehsan Memon. Both artists, graduates of Lahore’s prestigious National College of Arts, have an unconventional and revolutionary manner of expressing their thoughts and views. They have skillfully manipulated the medium to convey their ideas. […]


Entangled Indus dolphin rescued, released into waters

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Four-feet long, weighing 16.5 kilograms, a male Indus River Dolphin, which had accidentally trapped into a fisherman’s net at Dadu Canal, was released unhurt, WWF-Pakistan said on Monday. In a joint effort with The Sindh Wildlife Department and local fishermen community, the WWF-Pakistan helped the trapped dolphin return to waters safely. The WWF-Pakistan called it […]


Pemra serves notice to channel over unverified report

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on Monday issued a show cause notice to Geo News channel for airing an unverified news report regarding Pakistan’s Ambassador to US Jalil Abbas Jilani. The Geo channel, in its news, said that Pakistan Ambassador to US had photographed with Mishal Obama, the wife of US President Barrak […]


PPF expressed concern over the restrictions on fundamentals of freedom of expression and assembly

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Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) in a letter to Hun Sen, Prime Minister of Cambodia expressed concern over the increasing rate of interference and restrictions faced by the fundamentals of freedom of expression and assembly from the kingdom of Cambodia. PPF Secretary General Owais Aslam Ali in the letter called on the Cambodian government to end […]


The challenge ahead

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Journalism in Pakistan is in a spin. In 2002, we had 1,100 dailies, weeklies and monthlies. Today we have approximately 2,000. This includes 200 Jihadi publications. Total print circulation has risen from 3 million in 2002 to over 6 million in 2015, according to figures released by the APNS and other print bodies. We stand […]


Quetta Press Club targeted after attacks on lawyers

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KARACHI: The journalists of Balochistan have said that they are passing through very difficult situation, as Quetta Press Club is also at target of terrorists and journalists could also be targeted after attacks on lawyers. “Journalists at local level are mulling over planning to prevent themselves from any dangerous situation. The journalists in Quetta should […]