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Daily Archives: December 11, 2010

Human rights violations: ‘Balochistan fated for civil war’

QUETTA: The Balochistan chapter of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed serious resentment over the deteriorating human rights situation in the province and observed that the province is gradually heading towards a civil war, with a sense of insecurity prevailing. Addressing a news conference at the Quetta Press Club on Friday, HRCP […]


Film censorship

By A.G. Noorani KHWAJA Ahmad Abbas rendered good service to the film industry 40 years ago. He won from the Supreme Court of India a ruling on film censorship on Sept 24, 1970, which is relevant to both Pakistan and India. The fundamental right to freedom of speech and expression is almost identically worded in […]


Human rights violations: ‘Balochistan fated for civil war’

QUETTA: The Balochistan chapter of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed serious resentment over the deteriorating human rights situation in the province and observed that the province is gradually heading towards a civil war, with a sense of insecurity prevailing. Addressing a news conference at the Quetta Press Club on Friday, HRCP […]


Pak-US exchange: International centre selects first 14 Pakistani journalists from 800 applicants

KARACHI: The first batch of fourteen out of 128 Pakistani journalists has been chosen to go to the US in April 2011 for an internship under a new US-Pakistan Journalism Exchange programme. This was announced by Patrick Butler, vice president (programmes), and Johanna Carrillo, senior programme director, of the International Centre for Journalists (ICFJ) in […]