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Daily Archives: January 10, 2013

Blood Money opens at IVS

By: Peerzada Salman KARACHI: Blood and money are two nouns that are often treated as adjectives, both favourably and in a negative light. Together they form a formidable phrase, blood money. It, among other meanings, implies a particular amount of money given in compensation for a killing to the family of the person killed. In […]


Moenjodaro: same ruins, two versions

By: ZAFFAR JUNEJO RECENTLY I visited Moenjodaro along with my family, one of the world’s heritage sites. The visit was a nightmare in terms of a choatic parking place, unhygienic eating outlets, and uncleaned toilets. But I am restricting myself not to comment on the environment of the site. However, I intend to share an […]


Taliban must join talks, says Malala’s father

PARIS: The Taliban are fighting a lost cause and must accept peace talks, the father of Malala Yousufzai said on Wednesday, accepting a key French award for the schoolgirl shot for campaigning for girls’ education. In an impassioned speech after accepting the Simone de Beauvoir Prize for Women’s Freedom on behalf of the 15-year-old, Ziauddin […]


Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists to stage sit-in on January 28 against government’s failure to arrest journalists’ killers

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Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has given a call of a sit-in outside the Parliament House in Islamabad on January 28, 2013 against the government’s failure to arrest the killers of journalists, delaying tactics to set up the 8th Wage Board and non-payment of salaries to media persons by various media organizations. This decision […]


Urdu Newsletter Dec 28, 2012 to Jan 3, 2013

پاکستانی ذرائع ابلاغ کا ہفت روزہ جائزہ Weekly Pakistan Media Review ( جلد 11 شمارہ نمبر01) (4 تا 10 جنوری 2013ء) (28  دسمبر 2012ء تا 3 جنوری 2013ء کے اخبارات کا جائزہ) فہرست صحافت 2012ء میں 88 صحافی قتل ،13 پاکستان میں مارے گئے جتوئی برادری کا نجی ٹی وی کے رپورٹرکے گھر پر حملہ […]


Educating through television and radio

By: Laeeq Khan Pakistan’s literacy rate hovers around 37 per cent. We are not sure how many of our people are actually educated in the real sense but what we are sure of is that education has lifted countries out of poverty and improved their overall quality of life. Educational initiatives lie at the heart […]