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Daily Archives: November 7, 2010

People not media best judge of government, parties: Gilani

* Prime minister says trend in media of being kingmaker should end * Pakistan wants resumption of composite dialogue process with India ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said on Saturday that the people and not the media were the best judge to pass a final verdict and hold the government and political parties accountable […]


Women respected more in Pak than India: UN

UNITED NATIONS – According to the UN Human Development Report 2010, a higher percentage of women in Pakistan feel they are treated with respect than compared to Indian women. The Report titled “The Real Wealth of Nations: Pathways to Human Development” is a flagship study produced annually by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). It […]


Marvi visits gang rape victim

NAWABSHAH: Member Human Rights Committee of the National Assembly, MNA Marvi Memon condemned the increase in cases of gang rape with minor children and women in Sindh. She was talking to media persons on Saturday after visiting 13-year-old Naveeda Kalhoro in the Medical Unit II of the People’s Medical College Hospital. Source: The News Date:11/7/2010


How FM radio spread mayhem in Swat

SWAT: Opinion-makers and residents trace the three-year stranglehold of militants on Swat to a FM radio station and blame some “unseen powers” for helping the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan to spread their poisonous agenda. An illegal radio station was set up in 2004 by Mullah Fazlullah, a Taliban leader who had kept a low profile until then. […]


Kaira seeks media suggestions to improve governance

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Qamar Zaman Kaira said on Saturday that media has every right to criticize the government, as no genuine democracy can flourish without free media but it should also suggest practical steps to the government for resolution of the people’s problems and improvement in governance. While addressing at the […]


Plan to use media against media and judges

By Hamid Mir ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari and his close associates have formulated a two-pronged strategy to use the media against the judiciary and to use sections of the media against the critical media, just to divert public attention from corruption scandals. This dangerous strategy is being run by elements close to Zardari. These […]