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Daily Archives: January 21, 2017

Premiere for Thora Jee Le held in Karachi

KARACHI-Mahtab Akbar Rashdi and HUM Filmshosted an exclusive movie premiere for the first release of the year, Thora Jee Le in Karachi. ‘Thora Jee le’ is a comedy/drama film written and directed by Rafay Rashdi, produced by 1NFLUENCE and executively produced by Mahtab Akbar Rashdi. The youthful movie has been shot in Karachi and Larkana. […]


Nigar Film Awards to be held on March 16

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Karachi- The date for Nigar Awards, which have been the sole representative of the country’s film awards for nearly seven decades, has been announced at last. The awards, initiated by Ilyas Rashidi, the founder of Nigar Weekly and now been revived by his son, Aslam Ilyas Rashidi, are being held on March 16. The date […]


Producers and nation building

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Dozens of talk shows are produced and hundreds of columns are written every day. Both the talk shows and the columns are opinion sections of journalism, possessing a key role in opinion making of the people as well of the policy makers. The talk show has become monotonous whereas the quality column is at a […]


CJP seeks report on child’s rape as police yet to find solid leads

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ISLAMABAD/KARACHI: Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Mian Saqib Nisar on Friday took suo motu notice of the alleged rape and torture of a six-year-old girl in Karachi and directed the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Sindh, to submit a detailed report within 48 hours. The girl, a resident of Labour Colony in Korangi 2-1/2, was […]


Cold snap forecast for next week

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LAHORE: The weeklong chill in the country’s plains began to ebb away with bright sunshine on Friday, but the meteorological department’s forecast for next week includes heavy rain and snowfall in the northern areas. Intermittent rain may trigger landslides in vulnerable parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit-Baltistan and Kashmir. Isolated heavy rain may cause flash floods […]


Harassment against women: PPPP submits calling attention notice on incidences in PTV

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Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians (PPPP) has submitted a calling attention notice in the National Assembly Secretariat about recent incidences of harassment against women in state-run television channel. Members of the National Assembly (MNAs) including Shazia Marri, Dr Nafisa Shah, Dr Azra Fazal Pechuho, Beelam Hasnain, Dr Shazia Sobia and Shahida Rehmani Friday submitted the calling […]


Bajaur journalists receive threats from militants

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BAJAUR AGENCY –  Frequent threats to media persons from militants groups have triggered fear and panic among the journalist community in Bajaur Agency. A number of journalists in Bajaur Agency, working with different national and international media organisations have said that they have received threats from different banned militant groups living in Afghanistan over their […]