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Daily Archives: September 15, 2012

Pemra holds meeting to define ‘obscenity’

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has received valuable input from participants of the second consultative meeting to define the term ‘obscenity’ for electronic media, says a press release issued here on Friday.The meeting was held in Karachi and the participants represented different segments of the society. The first session on this issue was […]


School blown up in Mardan

MARDAN: Unknown miscreants on Friday blew up the Government Girls’ Primary School, Lund Khwar. No loss of life has been reported. According to police, miscreants planted explosive material near the boundary wall of the school in Saeed Abad Shah Dhand area and later detonated it with a remote control device. Two classrooms and a corridor […]


‘We need to create our own heroes’

By: Peerzada Salman KARACHI: Some interesting as well as oft-repeated points were raised during an interactive discussion titled ‘The Revival of Pakistani Cinema’ between ad and video filmmaker Asim Raza, actress and director Zeba Bakhtiar and exhibitor and distributor of films Nadeem Madviwalla at T2F on Friday evening. The first question put to the panellists […]


Blasphemy case: police asked to submit challan

ISLAMABAD: A local court on Friday directed the investigation officer in blasphemy case, involving a Christian girl, to submit charge sheet in next three days. Civil judge Amir Aziz Khan warned the investigation officer of disciplinary action if he failed to comply with the order. The court also issued notices to the girl and his […]


17m SIMs either stolen or obtained fraudulently

By: Ikram Junaidi ISLAMABAD: Out of the 24 million pre-paid SIMs blocked on the recommendations of the Ministry of Interior 17 million were either stolen or obtained on the basis of fake National Identity Cards (NICs). This was disclosed at a meeting chaired by federal Interior Minister A. Rehman Malik here on Friday. The meeting […]