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Monthly Archives: September 2017

Press and privacy

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ON Aug 24, a nine-judge bench of the Indian Supreme Court unanimously held that: “The right to privacy is protected as an intrinsic part of the right to life and personal liberty under Article 21 and as a part of the freedoms guaranteed by Part III of the Constitution.” Article 21 says: “No person shall […]


Journalist asked to appear before ATC

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GILGIT: An Anti-Terrorism Court has asked Shabbir Saham, an Islamabad-based journalist, to appear before it on Oct 7 for the hearing of a case registered against him for allegedly defaming some PML-N members of the Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly in a newspaper column. The notice sent by Judge Raja Shahbaz Khan warned Mr Saham of an […]


Noor Ul Ain soon to be on aired

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Karachi-Sarmat Khoosat, who is best known for his drama serial Humsafar and Shehr-e- Zaat is coming up with a new serial Noor- Ul- Ain. The shooting of the serial has begun and it will soon be airing in the entertainment channel of Pakistan.  This play is produced by Abdullah Seja, Noor-Ul-Ain has penned down by […]


Shahbaz blasts media for ‘negative’ propaganda

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LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Friday hit out at the opponents and a section of the media for, what he said, promoting a culture of false, baseless and negative propaganda and portraying Pakistan as a failed state. “I respect some news channels for discussing various issues very carefully and with responsibility. But a section […]


Techno Entrepreneurship Graduate seminar held at USPCAS-W

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HYDERABAD – The US-Pakistan Centre for Advanced Studies in Water (USPCAS-W) of Mehran University of Engineering and Technology Jamshoro organized a graduate seminar on “Techno Entrepreneurship” at its centre on Friday. The scholar Dr. Zeeshan Khatri in his lecture said the successful entrepreneur is one, who converts idea into profitable ventures and takes the existing […]


Tania murder case: key accused confesses, SHC told

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KARACHI – Police informed the Sindh High Court on Friday that the main accused in Tania murder case had confessed to have killed the teenage girl for refusing his marriage proposal. A division bench, headed by Chief Justice Ahmed Ali M Sheikh, heard the suo motu case of Tania murder. During the course of hearing, the […]


NA speaker takes TV anchor to Islamabad High Court

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ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq has approached the Islamabad High Court challenging an order of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra)’s Council of Complaints which had dismissed his complaint against a private TV channel and its anchor, Rauf Klasra. The NA speaker’s complaint against Klasra was dismissed on July 31.  In the […]


Mardan lynching: Six more testify over Mashal murder

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HARIPUR:  The hearing of Mashal murder case continued on Thursday in Haripur Central Jail where an anti-terrorism court (ATC) recorded statements of six more witnesses, taking the total number of witnesses testifying in the case to 20. Judge Fazal Subhan Khan, of ATC Abbottabad, adjourned till October 4 the hearing of the case involving 57 […]


Danyal Zafar: Life after Coke Studio

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Danyal Zafar is on a journey to ensure that being Ali Zafar’s younger brother isn’t his only claim to fame. Recently concluded tenth season of Coke Studio has helped the 20-year-old set that into motion and gave him a newfound drive and motivation. Instep:  A career launch with Coke Studio is something most young musicians […]


CM’s warning fails to help cut tomato, onion prices

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KARACHI: The strict warning given by Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah on Wednesday for bringing down prices of vegetables and taking profiteers to task did not provide any relief to consumers on Thursday. Consumers continued to pay Rs70-80 per kg for onion while tomato price which was prevailing at Rs200 per kg on Tuesday crawled […]


Senators say ‘certain institutions’ continue to place hurdles in access to information

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ISLAMABAD: Admitting that certain institutions in the country lacked transparency and accountability, former information minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Senator Pervaiz Rashid said there were “some institutions” in the country which placed hurdles in access to information. While speaking at a ceremony organised by the Coalition on the Right to Information at the National Press […]


NA speaker moves court against Pemra decision

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ISLAMABAD –  National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq on Thursday approached the Islamabad High Court against Pemra’s Council of Complaints’ decision wherein it had turned down his contention against a private TV channel and its anchor Rauf Klasra. He moved the petition through his counsel Hafiz SA Rehman and cited the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory […]


Finding the real Ali Zafar – II

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The singer-songwriter and movie star talks to Instep about social media, the emergence of his brother Danyal Zafar and his penchant for writing poetry.  Ali Zafar is having an eventful year. Currently in the news for rightly supporting Pakistan’s most popular female star – who is in the eye of a storm for appearing in […]


Spare the young ones

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EVER SINCE the law-enforcement agencies (LEAs) stumbled upon the fact that high-grade universities are also producing terrorists, something that the underprivileged citizens have known for years, they have been in a state of panic and are prescribing cures that cause much apprehension in well-informed circles. The first reaction of the LEAs to the discovery that […]