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Daily Archives: September 4, 2012

Sindh culture dept: some amendments needed

BY: ALTAF ASEEM AFTER the 18th Amendment, archaeological sites and monuments have been handed over to the ministry of culture, government of Sindh. The people of Sindh were extremely concerned about the speedy decay of the sites’ historical monuments. Since the provincial culture department has become the custodian of the heritage, people’s expectations are overwhelmingly […]


Digital spook hits Prime Minister Office

By: Imran Ali Teepu ISLAMABAD: An email sent the Prime Minister’s media office into a spin on Monday by announcing the boss’ Defence Day message in its name but making no sense. “It contained no text, just the title ‘Prime Minister’s Message on Defence Day’,” spokesman for the prime minister’s office Shafqat Jalil told Dawn. […]


All Pakistan Newspapers Society assails cases filed by government against newspapers

KARACHI: The All Pakistan Newspapers Society has denounced registration of cases against its member publications and news agencies by Balochistan’s home secretary for reporting incidents of terrorism in the province and termed it an attempt to scuttle press freedom. It said in a press release that while outlawed terrorist organisations threatened to kill journalists to […]


Journalists for liberal visa regime

LAHORE: Leading media people of Pakistan and India in a joint statement on Monday called upon Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar and her Indian counterpart, SM Krishna, to extend the same visa to journalists as being granted to businessmen to facilitate two-way information flow. South Asian Free Media Association (Safma) Secretary-General Imtiaz Alam expressed his […]


Human Rights Commission of Pakistan condemns beheading of soldiers

LAHORE: While condemning beheading of 12 soldiers by the Taliban, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has warned all institutions, especially political parties, of the catastrophic consequences of their failure to resist militancy. In a statement issued here on Monday, the commission said: “The barbaric beheading of 12 Pakistani soldiers and killing by gunfire […]