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Daily Archives: December 26, 2007

=> KARACHI: The Sindhi print media is mourning the ma

KARACHI: The Sindhi print media is mourning the martyrdom of Shaheed Benazir Bhutto and all Sindh language newspapers, including Kawish, Ibrat, Awami Awaz, Sindh and others have dedicated all their pages to this historic tragedy. “Shaheed Bhutto’s Pinky sacrificed her life for the restoration of democracy,” Daily Kawish said in the catch line of its […]


=> HYDERABAD, Dec 25: Sindh Agriculture University Ta

HYDERABAD, Dec 25: Sindh Agriculture University Tandojam vice-chancellor Dr Bashir Ahmed Shaikh has announced that under a project, an FM Radio service will be started for the benefit of haris, growers, farm workers and students. He was speaking at the concluding session of a 6-day training programme organised by the department of animal product technologies […]


=> PAKISTAN ELECTRONIC MEDIA REGULATORY AUTHORITY (PE

PAKISTAN ELECTRONIC MEDIA REGULATORY AUTHORITY (PEMRA) Chairman and ex-policeman Iftikhar Rasheed said on Monday that the authority had barred television channels from live broadcasting of political rallies. He said PEMRA wanted to avoid the airing of “inappropriate remarks” in the election rallies. The “time delay” mechanism means that live transmissions “reach viewers after a gap […]


=> ISLAMABAD (December 14 2007): Information Minister

ISLAMABAD (December 14 2007): Information Minister Nisar Memon wished that the media would come forward to create healthy conditions for holding the next year’s general election, while it was business of the fully independent election commission to conduct fair election. The minister implied that shouts and demonstration vitiates the atmosphere during election campaign. Many sitting […]


=> * Clan elder, schoolteachers say they tried to sto

* Clan elder, schoolteachers say they tried to stop marriage, but failed * Families happy with match * Okara DPO not informed about incident * NGOs say nikah illegal and not registered at union council concerned LAHORE: A nine-year-old girl was allegedly forced to marry her 35-year-old physically handicapped cousin to settle a gambling debt. […]