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Daily Archives: September 30, 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 […]