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Daily Archives: October 16, 2016

GCF approves Paskistan’s $36 million Climate Change Adaptation project

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ISLAMABAD: The Green Climate Fund (GCF) approved Pakistan’s $36 million Climate Change Adaptation project responding to glacial outburst in northern areas of Pakistan. GCF approved the project in its 14th board meeting, held in the Republic of Korea. The Ministry of Climate Change together with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) had submitted this project for the […]


Swat girl decorated with Asian Girls Human Rights Ambassador award

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Hadiqa Bashir, a 14-year-old women’s rights activist hailing from Swat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, was given the 2016 Asian Girls Human Rights Ambassador award for her efforts to end the practice of underage marriages in Pakistan. Hadiqa was presented with the award on the International Day of the Girl Child earlier this week at an event in […]


Saving Citizen Almeida

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This just can’t end well for the government. There’s a nightmare brewing within the corridors of power but strangely all those who should be seriously worried are oblivious to the obvious dangers of cutting the branch they are sitting on. Our very own Cyril Almeida may be off the Exit Control List but who is […]


Pemra set to take action against excessive foreign content and illegal DTH sets

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ISLAMABAD: The deadline set by the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) against local news and entertainment channels showing excessive foreign content and traders selling illegal Indian Direct-to-Home (DTH) sets expired at midnight on Saturday and the regulator is ready to start taking action on Monday. On Aug 31, Pemra announced that strict action would […]