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Daily Archives: July 28, 2007

Assaulted girl wants jail for father

PESHAWAR, July 27: The medical examination of a minor girl recovered from an alleged brothel in Swat district has confirmed that she is about nine years old and has been criminally assaulted, say official sources. “The examination suggests that she is between eight and nine years and her age mentioned as 13 in an earlier […]


TV channels get Pemra notices

ISLAMABAD, July 28: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has issued notices to some private television channels for airing gory scenes of incidents of violence. “Notices have been issued to private TV channels for transmitting bloodshed and gory scenes in violation of the code of conduct,” a spokesman for Pemra said, adding that these […]


Yellow journalism

IN 1898 newspapers provided the major source of news in America. At that time, it was common practice for a newspaper to report the editor’s interpretation of the news rather than objective journalism. If the information reported was inaccurate or biased, the American public had little means for verification. With this sort of influence, the […]


Jamia Faridia students to take revenge from PTV anchor

ISLAMABAD: Students of Jamia Faridia on Friday announced that they would take revenge from PTVÂ’s anchor Anwarul Hassan for insulting Lal Masjid chief cleric Maulana Abdul Aziz by taking his interview in a burqa. “We will take revenge from Hassan who in an insulting way interviewed Maulana Abdul Aziz. We know him and his family […]


Jamia Faridia students to take revenge from PTV anchor

ISLAMABAD: Students of Jamia Faridia on Friday announced that they would take revenge from PTVÂ’s anchor Anwarul Hassan for insulting Lal Masjid chief cleric Maulana Abdul Aziz by taking his interview in a burqa. “We will take revenge from Hassan who in an insulting way interviewed Maulana Abdul Aziz. We know him and his family […]