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Daily Archives: November 24, 2016

KU holds workshop on designing mobile apps for the disabled

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Providing equal opportunities to disabled persons was a national responsibility but the challenge could not be overcome without the society’s collective effort, observed University of Karachi Dean Faculty of Management and Administrative Sciences Prof Dr Khalid Iraqi, on Wednesday. He was addressing a workshop, titled ‘Embracing mobile accessibility for persons with disabilities in Pakistan’, aimed […]


Kot Radha Kishan: Five awarded death in Kasur lynching case

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LAHORE: An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Wednesday awarded death sentence to five convicts for burning alive a Christian couple in Kasur’s Kot Radha Kishan area in 2014. ATC Judge Muhammad Azam directed the convicts – Hafiz Ishtiaq [a religious cleric], Mehdi Khan, Riaz Kambo, Irfan Shakoor and Muhammad Hanif – to pay Rs100,000 each as compensation […]


Media urged to avoid sensationalism

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QUETTA: Journalists were urged at a media training workshop in the provincial capital to avoid sensationalism of news stories. They were told that sensationalism had become a trend — especially in electronic media — and it was important to confirm a news report before publishing or broadcasting it. “Unconfirmed stories can lead to defamation and […]


‘Climate change, disparity major challenges to food security’

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RAWALPINDI: Food production has been hit badly by climate change, and unity is needed within the global community to alleviate poverty and protect water and energy sources, speakers at an international conference said on Wednesday. The three day ‘Asia-Pacific Policy Dialogue on Water, Energy and Food Security for Poverty Alleviation in Dry Land Regions’ began […]


No country bans broadcasters from getting distribution licences

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Broadcasters are concerned more than others for providing viewers standard and cheap telecast; they have to deal with distributors on local and international level so it is better to make own network; many countries do not allow foreign investment in media industry while some countries used to change limits in this regard; Pemra argument is […]