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Daily Archives: February 25, 2017

Komal Rizvi’s ‘Yeh Kya Huwa’ to release this weekend

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After making its inaugural appearance last year, Cornetto Pop Rock is back with a second season. While last year’s edition featured Noori, Ali Azmat, Umair Jaswal, Zoe Viccaji, Komal Rizvi, Quratulain Balouch, Qurram Hussain and led to several music videos and collaborations plus a series of live shows, this year’s edition will feature an equally […]


A symbol of reason and resilience

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To mark the inauguration of the fifth edition of the Lahore Literary Festival (LLF), a dinner was hosted by Ms Aneela and Dr Salman Shah and Ms Saira and Iqbal Z Ahmed on Friday night. The event gathered a constellation of stars including writers, poets, artists, musicians, journalists, historians and academics from all over the […]


‘Government to train one million youths in IT’

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ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to provide training to one million youngsters in freelancing skills in area of information technology in next five years. The Minister of State for IT & Telecom Mrs Anusha Rehman has directed CEO ICT Research & Development (R&D) Fund Company to float a Request for Proposal (RFP) of the national […]


FJWU celebrates 100th birth anniversary of Qudrat Ullah Shahab

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Rawalpindi: The 100th birth anniversary of eminent Urdu writer and civil servant Qudrat Ullah Shahab was observed here on Friday at Fatima Jinnah Women University (FJWU). Haseeb Ather (Secretary of Federal Education and Professional Training) and Iftikhar Aarif (Director General of Pakistan Academy of Letters and the National Language Authority) were the guest of honour […]


Experts call for economic security of journalists

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ISLAMABAD: As many as 105 journalists lost their lives in the line of duty in past six years in Pakistan (2010-16) that has been regarded as one of the most dangerous countries for the media persons. The state and media industry need to come together to take steps on war-footing to ensure not only physical […]


Hoax news of blast in Lahore

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ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) Friday fixed March 02 for hearing the viewpoint of 29 TV channels, which were served notices for allegedly running a factual incorrect report on explosion in Lahore. In a statement, Pemra has also made it clear that the private TV channel, which claimed that its name was […]