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Daily Archives: April 18, 2011

90pc of unregistered SIMs blocked: Malik

Shakeel Anjum ISLAMABAD: Minister for Interior Rehman Malik said on Sunday there were one million unregistered SIMs when he took charge of the ministry out of which 90 percent had been blocked now. The minister was speaking at the concluding session of the conference on “Gender Discrimination in Media and Capacity Building for Female Journalists” […]


Fake identity sims a nightmare for agencies

Salis bin Perwaiz Karachi: A man found to have had 7,000 cellular connections in his name was in all likelihood unaware that these SIMs (subscriber identity modules) were taken out in his name. Recently, the police had apprehended a criminal involved in a serious offence and discovered that the cell phone number he used was […]


Spirit of bonhomie, peace at Faiz festival

By Peerzada Salman KARACHI: A festive combination of thought-provoking seminars, art shows, theatre activities, dance performances, music concerts and quite a few extempore colourful happenings made the daylong Jashn-i-Faiz organised by the Citizens for Democracy at the KMC Sports Complex on Sunday an event to remember. Different areas were marked for different purposes. On one […]


Female Journalists call for job security, conducive work environment

ISLAMABAD: Participants of a conference on ‘Gender Discrimination in Media and Capacity Building for Female Journalists’ on Saturday called for ensuring job security of female journalists and conducive work environment free of gender disparity and harassment at workplaces. The two-day national conference, which has been arranged by National Press Club (NPC) here, was attended by […]


Pemra can cancel licence of channel violating rules: acting chairman

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) Acting Chairman Dr Abdul Jabbar said on Sunday that the authority has the right to cancel licence of any electronic media channel, which stops its satellite transmission in violation of relevant rules. In an exclusive interview with this news agency here, Dr Jabbar said under the Pemra […]


Provincial bodies to implement harassment law: Malik

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Interior, Rehman Malik on Sunday said that the government would form committees at provincial level soon to deal with harassment issues and implement the ‘Anti-Sexual Harassment Act’ at gross root level. Addressing at concluding day of conference on ‘Gender Discrimination in Media and Capacity Building for Female Journalists’ arranged by National Press […]