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Daily Archives: December 4, 2016

Unravelling the dark side of social media

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KARACHI: Speakers discussed the good, the bad and the ugly side of social media on the second day of the ninth Aalmi Urdu Conference on Friday. At a session titled ‘Nayi Samaji Zarai aur Iblagh ki Surat-e-Haal [Social Media and the state of means of communications]’, speakers debated the beneficial and harmful effects of dependence of […]


Stars galore : FocusPK16 seeks to reshape future of entertainment industry

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KARACHI: A two-day production and entertainment conference, ‘FocusPK16’, kicked off on Saturday to help the Pakistani entertainment industry reassess its position. Different stakeholders from the industry gathered to identify the areas where they went wrong and how to correct them for a brighter future. The inauguration ceremony was attended by federal information minister Maryam Aurangzeb, Unilever […]


Media bigwigs converse about ratings and censorship

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Pakistan’s first and only production and entertainment conference, Focus PK ’16, kicked off on Saturday at a Karachi hotel, where discussions were held about the media industry and its future, with a tinge of nostalgia for the bygone days. The two-day conference – which showcases film, television, theatre, radio, and print and digital media, with […]