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Daily Archives: July 24, 2017

Journalists angry as no FIR against FIA officials

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ISLAMABAD: Journalists protested that an FIR has not yet been registered against Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) officials accused of manhandling journalists, in response to a call to protest by the Rawalpindi Islamabad Union of Journalists (RIUJ) and the National Press Club (NPC). FIA officials on July 21 manhandled Channel 24 reporters Saba Bajeer and Irfan Malik, […]


Decapitated bodies of young boy, girl found from house

Decapitated bodies of a young boy and a girl were recovered from a house in Farooq Colony area of D’Silva Town, North Nazimabad district here. Police has said that the boy and the girl were apparently murdered last night by a sharp edge tool. Police suspects that girl’s family murdered her as well as the boy. Police says that killings appears to be Honor killings. According […]


The climate threat

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In a recent report, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has laid out the sheer scale of the challenge posed to Pakistan’s economic future by climate change. Problems with the ADB’s own understanding aside, the bank has noted correctly that Pakistan’s capacity to store freshwater is poor compared to its regional counterparts. Pakistan can only store […]


Critical Facebook posts leave students’ fate hanging in balance

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LAHORE: After being expelled by the University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF) for putting up critical Facebook posts, the future of certain students hangs in the balance despite assurances from the varsity that they would be reinstated. Talking to The Express Tribune, an expelled student, requesting anonymity, said the administration had not allowed them to return despite the […]


Vital witness protection bill hangs fire

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LAHORE: An important bill designed to protect witnesses particularly in cases of terrorism or heinous crime so as to ensure punishment to the culprits, or to encourage witnesses to hold their ground without any fear of elimination, is pending finality because of difference of opinion between the law and home departments. Interestingly, the draft bill […]


Hadiqa Kiani on working with Abdullah Harris for Wajd

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Having released four tracks from Wajd, sung in a number of languages, Hadiqa Kiani is now gearing up to unleash the fifth song from her six-track EP that made its debut earlier this year. In the lead-up to the release, a BTS video featuring Hadiqa can be found online in which you can hear bits […]