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Daily Archives: December 24, 2010

10th death anniversary of an iconic singer

The tenth death anniversary of Madam Noor Jehan, one of Pakistan’s most iconic singers, was commemorated on Thursday. Noor Jehan, who died in Karachi on December 23, 2000, was known by the honourary title of ‘Malka-e-Tarannum’ for her contribution to the arts. Born Allah Wasai, she acted in a number of films before she quit […]


Media and the nation

Shafqat Mahmood How many of our problems are real and others overhyped by the media? And how many of our successes are going unsung because the media tends to ignore them? This and other such thoughts came to me after two recent encounters. A reporter from Radio Pakistan called and wanted a brief response to […]


Remembering democracy and forgetting human rights

By Iqbal Khattak PESHAWAR: A phone call from a TV channel’s office to its DSNG (digital satellite news gathering) vehicle driver panicked journalists during the tea break after a breaking news discovered “explosion” near the Chief Minister’s Secretariat. Within no time, all DSNGs were driven from the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly premises to beam up live […]


Journalists protest police torture

PAKPATTAN: Local journalistsÂ’ community set up a protest camp against the police torture and demanded a stern action against the officials concerned here. As per detail, journalists of Pakpattan set up protest camp here at Nagina Chowk against police torture on media men. They demanded the Punjab Chief Minister to take action against Inspector Shafqat […]


Urdu Newsletter Dec 24 To Dec 30, 2010

Summary Urdu Newsletter Dec 24 To Dec 30, 2010 Date 12/24/2010 Download ppf newsletter vol 8 no-51.pdf


10th death anniversary of an iconic singer

The tenth death anniversary of Madam Noor Jehan, one of PakistanÂ’s most iconic singers, was commemorated on Thursday. Noor Jehan, who died in Karachi on December 23, 2000, was known by the honourary title of ‘Malka-e-Tarannum’ for her contribution to the arts. Born Allah Wasai, she acted in a number of films before she quit […]