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Children’s film festival hosts preview show of upcoming event

LAHORE: The Lahore International Children’s Film Festival hosted a preview show of the upcoming 2010 festival at the Annemarie Schimmel Haus (German Cultural Centre). The preview screening was attended by filmmakers, students and noted socialites. In the event, selected short films of 30 minutes duration were screened. The organiser of the event, Shoaib Iqbal, said […]


Campus FM stations join hands to improve journalism

* EBF president says qualified journalists are crucial to professionalism of media ISLAMABAD: The Educational Broadcasters Forum (EBF) of Pakistan, which groups together universities and colleges of Islamabad and Rawalpindi that have been granted licences for campus stations, has launched an initiative to promote peace-building through community engagement and dialogue, within the educational framework, according […]


UK PM should protest against HR violations in IHK: Gilani

SARGODHA: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, while objecting to British prime minister’s statement, said Cameron should raise his voice against the human rights violations in the occupied Kashmir. He was addressing a public meeting in Sillanwali after inaugurating a Sui gas project for the area on Saturday during the election campaign of the PPP-P backed […]


Woman sold into marriage draws police attention

SUKKUR: A woman who had been sold into marriage by the parents, landed into police custody after she raised a hue and cry in a bazaar of Daharki on Saturday. Her husband was also arrested. According to police sources, Roshna, daughter of Abdul Karim Mashori, was married to Zareef Jhalan four months ago for money. […]