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Daily Archives: July 10, 2012

Bullet-riddled body of woman found

SUKKUR: Bullet-riddled body of a woman was found in a house in Jacobabad on Monday. She was identified as Asia, 28. Her body was removed to Civil Hospital for post-mortem and handed over to relatives after completion of formalities. Qadir Bux Lashari, her husband, told journalists that he received a telephone call informing him that […]


Asma Chaudry wins best anchor award

ISLAMABAD: Asma Chaudry of DawnNews won the ‘Best female Anchor Current Affairs’ award in the 8th Women Excellence Awards ceremony which was held on July 7 in a local hotel of Islamabad, an official announcement said. The event was organised by the Women Development Department, Government of Sindh, in collaboration with Excellent Events & Entertainment […]


Protection against harassment at workplace: Sindh appoints ombudsman

KARACHI: The Sindh government has appointed retired district and sessions judge Syed Pir Ali Shah as provincial ombudsman for protection against harassment of women at the workplace for a period of four years. The former judge was appointed for the whole province with immediate effect and would be based in Karachi. With this appointment Sindh […]


Aisam and PTV coverage

IT is good to see that PTV Sports has started broadcasting tennis grand- slam matches. I was expecting that PTV would be specially broadcasting Aisam-ul-Haq’s matches. Unfortunately, neither any match of Aisam was shown nor discussed in post-analysis. Aisam might not be as big a player as Roger Federer or Rafael Nadal, but he means […]


‘Violence on TV causing depression, anxiety among children’

Karachi: Violence aired on TV round the clock is causing depression, anxiety and post-traumatic disorder amongst children, according to a senior psychiatrist at the Ziauddin Hospital, Dr Syed Ali Wasif. “A child or any other individual who is abruptly exposed to the sound of a cracker or breaking news on a TV channel goes through […]


Balochistan journalists

THERE is as yet no true acknowledgment of the dangers to journalists in Balochistan. But the figures presented at a seminar in Quetta on Sunday point to the professional hazards faced by newsmen: 22 journalists are said to have died violent deaths due to the existing law and order in the province over the last […]


Salman’s `Ek Tha Tiger` banned in Pakistan?

Mumbai: He may have millions of fans in the country, but Pakistan is not in a mood to entertain Salman Khan and his new film ‘Ek Tha Tiger’ in their country. The government has asked cable operators across the country to refrain from screening promos and reviews of ETT as it feels that the ISI […]


U.S. Embassy invites Application for 2012 General Election Embed Program

Islamabad July 10, 2012 – U.S. Embassy Islamabad invites applications for the 2012 General Election Embed Program. Under this program, foreign journalists will be assigned to work alongside American media outlets in “battleground” states in the final days of the U.S. presidential election October 24 – November 9, 2012. During this time applicants will be […]