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International recognition: Digital rights activist wins Dutch Tulip

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LAHORE: Nighat Dad, founder and CEO of Digital Rights Foundation and a popular face for digital rights activism in Pakistan has been awarded the 2016 Human Rights Tulip Award, a statement released by the government of Netherlands said on Sunday. “Despite the many threats she has received, Nighat Dad continues to fight to improve adherence to […]


Experts highlight Karachi’s history as SLF ends

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KARACHI: Experts at a session on Karachi’s history at the Sindh Literature Festival (SLF) on Sunday, when the three-day event ended, spoke on the city’s antiquity from the time of Lord Rama till the British era and lamented that the city was losing its past grandeur bit by bit with the passage of time because […]


Artists’ community endorses Pemra’s decision to ban Indian content

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ISLAMABAD: Artist community has fully endorsed the decision taken by Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) to ban Direct To Home (DTH) service and Indian content. Famous Actor and Former Director General (DG) of Pakistan National Council of Arts (PNCA) Tauqeer Nasir talking to APP said: “This decision should have been taken earlier but it […]


KP govt fails to form Environment Protection Tribunal even after two years

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PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf-led Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has failed to form the Environment Protection Tribunal in over two years as it didn’t enact law for constituting the tribunal. The environment-related issues remained unresolved in the province due to non-existence of Environment Protection Tribunal for the last three years. The people are filing environment cases in […]