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Daily Archives: July 26, 2007

Widow seeks protection from wadera

MITHI, July 25: A widow of Meghwar community, resident of Dadio Halepoto taluka, Chhachhro village, has urged the DPO and district administration Tharparkar to provide her protection from the excesses of an influential wadera and his son of his area. Narrating her ordeal to reporters at Chhachhro, the other day, Satu Bai alleged that the […]


Lawyers thrash journalist Khalil Malik

RAWALPINDI – Lawyers on Wednesday thrashed journalist Khalil Malik when he came here to a court to explain his position about a column that appeared in an Urdu Daily Shura some two months ago. The lawyers community took the column as offensive and Advocate High Court Rafaqat Bashir Awan moved the court saying that Khalil […]


FM radio stations’ broadcast from five major cities next

ISLAMABAD, July 25 : Vice Chancellor, Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU), Dr. Mehmood-ul-Hasan Butt Wednesday said that AIOU’s FM radio stations would start broadcast from five major regional campuses and offices of the country during the next financial year. Speaking at the inaugural ceremony of FM radio station’s test transmission, he said that AIOU would […]


PPP seeks FM radio licence

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan People’s Party on Wednesday demanded that it should also be given licence for setting up FM radio particularly in those areas where rival political groups had been “allowed” to operate FM radio stations by respective governors or by the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) authorities. In a statement Wednesday, the PPP […]


Workshop on photojournalists held

THATTA:The Pakistan Press Foundation in collaboration with the German-based Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) organisation organised a three-day workshop on photojournalists at Thatta in which some 20 photographers took part. On behalf of the Pakistan Press Foundation Raza Haider and Senior Network coordinator Maqsood Shahid explained about the latest techniques in photojournalism. On the concluding day […]


Durrani compensates journalists

ISLAMABAD – Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Muhammad Ali Durrani and the journalist community of twin cities Wednesday lauded the valuable services of the journalists during the operation against the militants of Lal Masjid/Jamia Hafsa. The minister also visited the residence of late cameraman Javed Khan and offered profound condolences to his father and […]


Report raises alarm over sexual abuse of children

KARACHI, July 25: The growing trend of suicide in children has been noted with serious concern in a report compiled and released by an NGO, Protection of the Rights of the Child (SPARC), which appears alarmed by the “sudden and sharp rise” in child suicide figures in Pakistan last year recorded at no less than […]