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Daily Archives: June 29, 2017

Mehrunisa V Lub U being released on Eid

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KARACHI: Since the electronic media is not allowed to shoot footage from inside the cinema hall during a movie premiere, its members try and make most of the red carpet event that precedes the film screening. This is exactly what happened on Friday night at the premiere of the film Mehrunisa V Lub U (MVLU) […]


Polluted water of Indus delta threatens coastal life, ecology

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KARACHI: All 18 creeks of the Indus delta have been polluted to the extent of giving rise to serious health and ecological implications, reveals a recent study conducted by Karachi University’s Institute of Environmental Studies. Out of 18 creeks surveyed, 11 are located in Shah Bundar while seven exist in the Keti Bundar area. The […]


Social media gives voice to Parachinar protesters

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PESHAWAR: After blackout by mainstream electronic media, the social media became voice for the protesters, who were mourning as well as asking the government some serious questions about their security following Friday’s massacre that killed 72 and injured more than 300 in Parachinar, Kurram Agency. “The protesters, who staged sit-in after the twin blasts, decried […]


Senior journalist murdered in Karachi

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KARACHI: A senior journalist, who had been living alone after retirement from Nawa-i-Waqt newspaper, was murdered during Eid holidays in the city, officials said on Wednesday. Zeba Burney, wife of late journalist Naeem Qamar, was found dead inside her flat in Khudadad Colony on Monday morning, Jamshed SP Dr Rizwan Ahmed said. Her body was […]


Pakistan: Journalist picked up by paramilitary forces without warrant for critical posts on Facebook

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On June 25, Zafar Achakzai, a journalist working for Daily “Qudrat”, was abducted by men in plain clothes from his home in Quetta the capital of Pakistan’s restive province of Balochistan.  Achakzai’s whereabouts remain unknown though local journalists believe he was  picked up by the paramilitary Frontier Corps. According to local journalists Achakzai was picked up for the comments he […]