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Daily Archives: April 22, 2017

‘Female reporters should fight stereotypical news angles’

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KARACHI: The media industry needs more female journalists to speak out about issues pertaining to women since men tend to bring out stereotypical news angles out of incidents, particularly rape and crimes committed in the name of ‘honour’. Farzana Ali, the Peshawar bureau chief of a news channel, said this on the second day of the […]


Blasphemous content online: IHC sends four to jail on remand

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ISLAMABAD: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Friday sent four men, who are facing charges of posting blasphemous content on social media, to jail on judicial remand till May 4. The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) produced the suspects before ATC Judge Kausar Abbas Zaidi and said they were no longer needed for a physical remand. FIA officials told the judge that […]


Chalay Thay Saath review: A beautifully bad film

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Every time I go and watch a Pakistani film, I am reminded of something my theatre professor once told me, “We need to tell stories about people not stories about social issues.” This has been as much of a chronic problem with Pakistani cinema as the heavy reliance on dialogue to tell the story. Chalay […]


Dawnleaks report to be unveiled Monday or Tuesday: Nisar

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TAXILA – Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar vowed again that the Dawn Leaks report would be unveiled either on Monday or Tuesday citing the delay was due to Panama case verdict. “Dawn leaks report issuance was revoked due to Panama Gate verdict but now it will be surfaced till Tuesday,” he said while addressing here a […]