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Daily Archives: November 9, 2016

Women, children being ‘trafficked from Pakistan, forced into begging’ in Europe

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ISLAMABAD: Powerful gangs of organised criminals are trafficking hundreds of women and children from different parts of the country through Iran for labour and beggary in Europe and the Middle East, The Express Tribune has learnt on the authority of senior officials. Investigations by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) reveal that among those smuggled through […]


Vast forest gutted as wildfire breaks out in Lower Dir

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TIMERGARA: A wildfire gutted more than 45 acres of forest in Amlook Darra and Gumbat areas of Lower Dir district. District administration and local residents told Dawn that the fire broke out on Sunday evening on Amlook Darra side of the forest and later engulfed Gumbat and Kana Shamsi Khan areas. They said that the […]


67 cities awarded FM radio licences

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ISLAMABAD – Total of 67 cities were awarded FM Radio licences in 9th phase of FM licencing during a two-day open bidding process, which concluded yesterday. The bidding was held on November 7-8, 2016 at the PEMRA Headquarters, Islamabad. Total of 53 companies participated in the bidding for 77 FM Radio licences. The bidding for […]


PPF Weekly Media Content Monitoring Report of October 31- November 6

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International Day to End Impunity   Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) released a report entitled “Justice delayed AND justice denied” on the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Media on November 2. The report highlighted 47 cases of media workers being targeted and murdered and other 25 killed since 2002 while full filling their […]


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PPF is concerned over the attack on journalists of Jamuna TV in Bangladesh

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Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) in a letter to Sheikh Hasina, Prime minister of Bangladesh expressed concern over the attack on two television journalists in Dhaka. PPF Secretary General Owais Aslam Ali in his letter urged government of Bangladesh to take action against the cruel act, arrest and punish the attackers. According to International Federation of […]


Two cameramen of TV channel robbed

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KARACHI: Unidentified men on Tuesday robbed two cameramen of a TV channel here on Tuesday. The two journalists–Noman Ahmad Nizami and Tauseef Ahmad- were going back to their homes from KPC. The incident occurred near Capri Cinema on M A Jinnah road. The robbers fled from the scene after snatching a camera along with accessories, […]


Policy soon to promote art, culture: Marriyum

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ISLAMABAD –  Minister of State for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage Marriyum Aurangzeb yesterday said that the govt is preparing a comprehensive policy to promote art and culture in the country. She chaired a meeting at Pakistan National Council of Arts and said that all national and regional artists will be consulted during the process […]


Justice Raza may refuse to probe ‘leaked’ story, says Mushahidullah

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LAHORE –  Former Lahore High Court judge meeting Amir Raza Khan is mulling to refuse the government offer of holding an inquiry into the leaked story of a security, disclosed PML-N Central Information Secretary Mushahidullah Khan, while addressing a media conference along with Muhammad Mehdi, chairman, SOCH, an NGO, at Lahore Press Club yesterday. The […]