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Daily Archives: August 30, 2010

Gender and public spending on education

MUHAMMAD SABIR Sustainable development of nations begins with the development of its human resources. It is a generally accepted belief that access to education and health services are among the basic human rights of each individual, which contains several positive externalities. Moreover, a large proportion of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) cannot be achieved without […]


Cyber gaming: the next frontier for the country’s youth

By Uzair Amir LAHORE: Whenever one hears the term ‘cyber gaming’, one cannot help but blurt out that “playing games is something that children do”. What has remained unknown to most of Pakistan is that not only does cyber gaming provide a much needed distraction from the deteriorating law and order situation and inflation plaguing […]


Assault on television reporter who filmed lynching incident that killed two persons

Hafiz Muhammad Imran, reporter of “Dunya News” TV channel, Sialkot was assaulted by unidentified persons outside his residence on August 29, 2010. The attack was allegedly because on August 15, Imran filmed the beating to death of two brothers by an enraged mob. The mob then hung their bodies on the trees. According to press […]


PPF Report on impact of floods on media professionals and organisations in Jacobabad District

Karachi: Over 150 media persons representing print and electronic media were displaced during current floods in Jacobabad district where district headquarter town Jacobabad and its two Taluka headquarter towns Thul and Garhi Khairo are still marooned by the flood water. The displaced journalists also include some staff members of FM105 radio, whose transmission is suspended […]