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Daily Archives: August 26, 2017

Mooroo has a web series in the offing

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Taimoor Salahuddin, more commonly known as Mooroo, is one of the most imaginative and consistent artists operating in our pop culture environment. Having released several gripping singles and following it up with a mellifluous solo album called Pehli just last year, Mooroo is more than a singer. Apart from writing provoking and beautiful songs, he […]


Report on arsenic poisoning flawed, claim experts

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KARACHI: Concerns over contamination in groundwater in Pakistan are real and the problem needs immediate attention, but a recent report about risk of arsenic poisoning seems to be suffering from “gross overestimation”, according to experts Dawn spoke to on Friday. They were talking to this reporter against the backdrop of the report which suggested that about 50 […]


Senate passes compulsory teaching of Holy Quran Bill 2017

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ISLAMABAD: Compulsory teaching of Holy Quran Bill 2017 was approved unanimously in Senate on Friday. Minister in charge in place of education minister tabled the bill during upper house session which was approved unanimously. Senator Maulana Attaur Rehman said being a Muslim it is necessary for us to impart Islamic teachings to our children. Apart […]


Afghan media delegation calls on Marriyum

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ISLAMABAD –  Media has a critical role in bringing the people and governments of Afghanistan and Pakistan closer to ensure success of the efforts for peace and the Afghan media in particular must contribute to this effect. This was stated by Marriyum Aurangzeb, Minister of State for Information, Broadcasting & National Heritage while talking to a delegation of Afghan […]


Pemra issues advice to channels over misreporting court orders

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ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on Friday said that it had been noticed that on August 24, 2017, all major news channels misreported the order of the Lahore High Court (LHC) w.r.t. W.P. No. 62459/2017 titled “Amna Malik vs Federation of Pakistan and others.” It noted that in order to take lead […]