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Daily Archives: October 11, 2016

Reporter of leading daily newspaper prohibited for leaving country for his story

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Karachi (Oct 11):  Cyril Almeida, reporter and columnist of “Dawn”, Pakistan’s leading English daily newspaper, was placed on “Exit Control List (ECL)” to prevent him from leaving the country, after publication of his story of a meeting between the top civil and military leadership of the country on international pressures on Pakistan to curb militant […]


‘Pakistan needs to do homework for Dancing Girl’s return’

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Debate on Pakistan’s claim to the Dancing Girl of Moenjodaro is in the headlines these days. The director general of the Pakistan National Museum of Arts, Jamal Shah, recently said the country would seek Unesco’s [United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation] help to get possession of the bronze statuette that has been in India’s […]


Entangled bottlenose dolphin rescued

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Fishermen trained by WWF–Pakistan safely released an entangled bottlenose dolphin near Ormara, Balochistan this past weekend. The rescue was reported on Saturday by Jehan Badshah, the skipper of a tuna gillnetter vessel. Dolphins are marine mammals which regularly come to the water surface to breathe, therefore, once entangled in fishing gears, they can immediately die. […]


Dawn’s Almeida placed on ECL

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Islamabad – In the aftermath of the furore caused by a front page story in the daily Dawn, the author of the story, a member of staff at the newspaper – Cyril Almeida – has been placed on the Exit Control List, according to reliable sources. The story authored by Mr Almeida, gave details of […]