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Daily Archives: July 23, 2012

Honour killing cases on the rise

Munawer Azeem ISLAMABAD: Despite hard work on the part of numerous legislators and human rights activists, a steady number of ‘honour killing’ cases continue to be reported. Earlier the killings were mostly isolated to northern Sindh, southern Punjab and some parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, but now the capital police are registering cases regularly […]


Television serial ‘Last Resort’ echoes Pakistan-US tension

Masood Haider NEW YORK: A new ABC television series being released this autumn opens with a premise that a US nuclear powered submarine captain defies White House orders to wipe out Pakistan with nuclear weapons, as it’s deemed a threat to international peace and security. In the new series ‘Last Resort’, the submarine ‘Colorado’ is […]


Social Media’s viral video highghlits journalists’ corruption in Pakistan

By Ahmed Jatt Islamabad: You might still remember fiasco of Malik Riaz and Dunya News anchors Mubashar Lucman and Mehar Bukhari which was termed as a planted interview. Now this video, actually a program by Waqt TV, alleges about some of the much known journalists of ‘making money’ out of their professional influence. The YouTube […]


Media in the line of fire

Mohammad Jamil Over the past two centuries the media have contributed to the promotion of democracy and making it stable throughout the world. In early 17th century, when printing machine was invented, the only role of the print media was to inform the people. Symbolically, media are considered as the fourth pillar of the state; […]