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Daily Archives: December 21, 2016

HR activists urge govt to create NCHR Fund

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ISLAMABAD:  Human rights activists and political leaders demanded of the government to create National Commission on Human Rights (NCHR) Fund as stipulated in the NCHR Act of 2012 to ensure the Commission functions as an independent body to credibly protect and promote human rights across the country. The demand came forward at an event titled […]


Conspiracy against legal system on social media: CJ

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MIRPURKHAS: Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali has said that people involved in yellow journalism should review their behaviour. He further added that a conspiracy against the legal system was rampant on the social media. Jamali said that a coup was imposed on the judiciary through the PCO, adding we should try that […]


Efforts on to control effects of climate change: EPA DG

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The Director General Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Naim Ahmed Mughal has claimed that efforts are underway to control the effects of climate change posing great threats to all sectors of life in the country. Pakistan stands at number 6 among the most affected country of the world, he said while addressing the participants of the […]


Dinner: Punjab minister fetes CPNE members

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LAHORE: Punjab Minister for Information and Culture Mujtaba Shujaur Rehman on Tuesday said that in an effort to address problems faced by the media, the government will consult journalists. Addressing a dinner he hosted for CPNE, the minister said that new rules and procedures are being introduced in his department to improve their performance. He said […]


PPF urges Uzbek president to release journalist imprisoned for 17 years

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Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), in a letter to Shavkat Mirziyoyev, President of Uzbekistan, urged for the release from prison of Muhammad Bekjanov, one of the world’s longest imprisoned journalists. The 62-year old Bekjanov, in prison for the last 17 years, was recently moved to solitary confinement, according to Human Rights Watch. He is already suffering […]