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Daily Archives: September 23, 2016

CJ concerned over climate change

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LAHORE – Lahore High Court Chief Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah yesterday expressed serious concerns over the apathy of federal and provincial governments over the issue of climate change. “Coming generations will suffer if the government fails to make any effective policy to cope with this challenge” the CJ observed while hearing a petition filed […]


Ancestral memories: Unveiling the softer side of wild ‘West’

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KARACHI: “We eat the white man’s food, and it makes us soft; we wear the white man’s heavy clothing and it makes us weak…. Yes – we know that when you come we die.” The quote by Chiparopai, an old Yuma woman, mentioned in the statement of Koel Gallery’s latest exhibition, titled ‘West’, sums up the […]


Post-ban: Cinemas fail to take notice of ‘Maalik’

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LAHORE: Despite being given a green light by Lahore High Court,Maalik has failed to ride along the controversy at the box office. The political thriller has been given just one show each in Lahore’s Super Cinemas at Hussain Chowk and Fortress Stadium. It has been facing stiff competition from local Eid releases such as Actor in […]


IHC launches online case management system

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ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has become the most advanced high court of the country in terms of information technology facilities as it launched the entire cases management through mobile applications. The information technology department of the IHC prepared two applications – one for the IHC and the other for the subordinate judiciary. The […]


Zehri urges media to avoid portraying terrorists as heroes

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QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Sanaullah Zehri has urged the media to avoid showing terrorists as heroes. The chief minister said his government would not leave the masses at the mercy of terrorists. “We will not spare those who are involved in heinous crimes including targeted killings and bomb blasts,” he added. He was speaking to […]


Dil mein chubhe kaante launched

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KARACHI: Dil mein chubhe kaante, a book by renowned journalist and former editor of Akhbar-i-Khawateen Shamim Akhter, was launched at the Karachi Press Club on Thursday. To give an insight into the book distinguished media person Farhad Zaidi read out three excerpts from it. One of them was to do with the time when during […]


Pakistan Press Foundation is concerned over the arrest of journalists Sadra Mohaqeq and Yashar Soltani in Iran

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Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) in a letter to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Prime minister of Iran expressed concern over the arrest of two Iranian journalists, Sadra Mohaqeq and Yashar Soltani. PPF Secretary General Owais Aslam Ali in his letter urged Iranian government to immediately release both journalists and ensure that media exercises freedom of expression. According […]


Pemra fines TV channel

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ISLAMABAD – The Council of Complaints of Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority has imposed a fine of Rs200,000 on a private  TV channel for airing unfounded and baseless allegations against Executive Director of Lok Virsa Dr Fouzia Saeed. The authority’s council in its 41st meeting asked the channel to air an apology in its prime […]