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Daily Archives: October 4, 2016

PPF Secretary General elected as a member of the Steering Committee of The Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD)

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Owais Aslam Ali, Secretary General of Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) was elected as a member of the Steering Committee of The Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD).  Ali will represent the Asia Caucus along with Nezar Patria Chief Editor of The Jakarta Post Digital and member of Indonesian Press Council. Addressing GFMD members Ali said […]


Coastal management: minimising biodiversity loss

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Pakistan has a 1,050 kilometre coastline spanning across Balochistan and Sindh Inland water resources have dwindled from 5,000 cubic metres per capita in 1947 to less than 1,000 today Coastal pollution and climate change directly impacts the welfare and livelihoods of nearby populations Rio+20, held in 2012, culminated with the agreement to focus on 17 […]


Rs2bn to be allocated for 10 cybercrime police stations

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LAHORE: The government has decided to allocate over Rs2 billion for the establishment of 10 cybercrime police stations and as many forensic laboratories in the country to empower the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to fight cybercrime. The FIA also reportedly needs more than 800 IT experts across the country to deal with cybercrime after enforcement […]


Child labour

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The question of child labour in the country has been debated again and again. But there is really no debate about it; children should be at school and other means need to be found to help families who depend on their earnings to survive to manage. We simply cannot justify the fact that 25 million […]


‘84pc of transgender men, women have faced aggression, abuse’

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ISLAMABAD: Around 84pc of transgender men and women in Punjab have faced aggression and abuse from their family members, especially men identifying as women. A survey conducted by a non-governmental organisation, Good Thinkers Organisation (GTO), says that around 70pc of the transgender community is illiterate, which leads to them being further marginalised and vulnerable. The […]


‘Bollywood film ban in response to Indian move’

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KARACHI: A leading figure of the Pakistani cinema industry has said that local cinema owners had no intention of stopping screening of Indian films but were compelled to do so because of the decision of Indian producers to ban Pakistani artists from working in Bollywood films. Talking to Amber Shamsi on DawnNews’ talk show News […]


Pemra puts conditions on airing Indian content

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ISLAMABAD – The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) yesterday conditionally allowed airing of Indian TV channels. It was decided that Pemra will only allow airtime to Indian contents if India allows airtime to Pakistani content. Pemra Chairman Absar Alam chaired the 119th meeting of the Authority and said airing of Indian contents on Pakistani […]