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Daily Archives: May 10, 2017

Call to revive annual winter fowl survey

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KARACHI: Almost all migratory birds are hunted in Pakistan. Continued killing of these birds for many years has led to a steep decline in the number of some species, stated the World Wide Fund for Nature-Pakistan (WWF-P) in a message on the eve of World Migratory Birds Day, emphasising the need for steps to conserve […]


Hearty laughs promised as first of two comedy plays starts at Napa today

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Theatregoers will be in for some hearty laughs as the story of a Memon mamu (maternal uncle) and his bhanja (nephew), who have lost all their wealth in a stock market crash, will unfold during the play ‘Latri Jo Lafro’ that starts on Wednesday (today) at the National Academy of Performing Arts (Napa). At a […]


Pemra threatened

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In an extraordinary press conference on Monday, Pemra Chairman Absar Alam detailed the campaign of intimidation and threats being carried out against him and his employees for daring to do their duty of regulating the media. Alam played a recording of a threatening phone call made to a Pemra employee. This is not the first […]


PTA blocked 12,968 websites till April

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ISLAMABAD: Lawmakers on Tuesday called for implementing the blasphemy law and were of the view that the cyber-crime legislation should be amended to empower the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to take action against those found guilty of spreading sacrilegious content on the internet. The suggestions were made by the MNAs during a meeting of the National […]


PPF concerned over the suspension of Al-Jazeera English bureau in Juba, South Sudan

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Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) in a letter to Salva Kiir Mayardit, President of Republic of the South Sudan to express concerned over the suspension of Al-Jazeera English bureau in Juba by South Sudan’s Media Authority on May 1, 2017. PPF Secretary General Owais Aslam Ali in his letter urged government of South Sudan in order […]