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Website launched to facilitate donors

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PESHAWAR: A new website ‘Donate Online’ was launched on Wednesday to facilitate donors making donations for over 10 leading charity organisations in the country. The Telenor Microfinance Bank launched the service to bring together the country’s leading philanthropic organisations under its digital services umbrella to ensure convenient and transparent donation collection for the charity organisations […]


AJK, Gilgit-Baltistan to get 3G/4G services by Feb 2018

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KARACHI: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority’s (PTA) plan to bring fast-paced information technology services – 3G/4G – in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) and Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) is expected to materialise by February next year, reveals an official. The arrival of 3G/4G in these far-off areas will bring socio-economic change in the entire region and also benefit those situated […]


Suicide incidents in Pakistan

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It saddens me to point out that suicide incidents in Pakistan have reached a burning stage. According to experts around five thousand to seven thousand people commit suicide every year in Pakistan. The most common reasons behind it are unemployment, poverty, homelessness, deprivation of civil rights but the main reason in unemployment because no job […]


Suicide incidents in Pakistan

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It saddens me to point out that suicide incidents in Pakistan have reached a burning stage. According to experts around five thousand to seven thousand people commit suicide every year in Pakistan. The most common reasons behind it are unemployment, poverty, homelessness, deprivation of civil rights but the main reason in unemployment because no job […]


Media role critical in opinion building: PM

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Islamabad – A briefing on Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) was held on Wednesday at Prime Minister’s office with Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi in the chair. Minister of State for Information Maryam Aurangzeb, SAPM on Media Affairs Dr Mussadiq Malik, Chairman PEMRA Absar Alam and senior officials of Information Ministry and PEMRA were present during the […]


Music group Jal’s catalogue lands at Patari

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When Lahore-based music group Jal made its debut in the noughties with ‘Aadat’, it featured Atif Aslam as vocalist alongside Goher Mumtaz. The song went on to become a huge hit but the band behind it had changed tack. Aslam pursued a solo career while Jal cast Farhan Saeed as chief vocalist. However, this decade-old […]