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Daily Archives: May 7, 2017

Information ministry proposes over Rs 2,070m for 24 new projects

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ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Information & Broadcasting has proposed 24 new development projects for inclusion into the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) for the upcoming budget 2017-18 with estimated cost of Rs2,070.422 million, including Rs150 million for placing code of conduct for media and Rs48 million for establishment of TV channel ranking and data centre. The […]


An evening with Shaam

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KARACHI: Senior journalist Mahmood Shaam’s latest book, Indifference in the times of Extremism, was launched at an engaging ceremony here on Friday evening. The event was attended by literati of the city as well as friends of the author. Among the prominent speakers who spoke on the occasion, Dr Syed Jaffar Ahmed, former director of […]


Moot discusses media’s woes, external and internal

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KARACHI: Speakers highlighted the importance of a free and fair press at a conference held at a local hotel on Saturday in connection with World Press Freedom Day. Before the first interactive session hosted by Najia Ashar, a documentary on the plight of journalists working in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas was shown. It was […]