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Daily Archives: May 14, 2013

Cultural values be promoted in media: CJ

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ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Ifthikar Muhammad Chaudhry on Monday while hearing the case of obscenity in media remarked that both print and electronic media should promote the cultural values. The court directed the petitioners to submit unethical content record being aired on different TV channels. The Chief Justice asked the petitioners to inform […]


Reporting fellowship for Radio Journalists

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Above the Fray, a fellowship in conjunction with NPR, is the keynote program of the John Alexander Project. The Above the Fray fellowship is designed to give a promising radio journalist the opportunity to cover important but under-reported stories from a location abroad. One fellow will be selected each year based on a winning proposal […]


Repolling recommended in constituencies where women were not allowed to vote

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A team of election monitors have demanded that polls be declared void in constituencies where women were barred from voting. Gender Concerns International on Monday demanded that the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) nullify the results and call fresh elections in every constituency where women were barred from voting due to flagrant violations of the […]


Tolerance opens at VM Gallery

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KARACHI: When artists fuse art with literature and philosophy, one of their aims is to establish a connection between these disciplines. This notion is consolidated when one realises that the primary objective of artists and writers is to discover, chance upon or explore — depending where they position themselves — a balanced approach to life. […]


Social media reacts to Altaf’s statement, calls London police

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LAHORE: Reacting of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief’s statements regarding the separation of Karachi from Pakistan, citizens of the country reacted with anger and started calling London Metropolitan Police to register their complaints against him. According to social media buzzing, many people called London police, complaining about Altaf threatening to instigate violence in Pakistan. Source: […]


Seven Pakistani journalists honoured at Newseum memorial re-dedication

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WASHINGTON: The funeral toll pierces the hall like the dying shriek of each of the 82 journalists whose names were read out at a memorial re-dedication at the Newseum in Washington on Monday. Seven Pakistani media men were among those honoured. Pakistan, ‘one of the deadliest countries in the world for journalists,’ saw another seven […]


Journalist thrashed by PPP activists

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HYDERABAD: Armed activists of the PPP allegedly roughed up and injured the Hyderabad bureau chief of daily Awami Awaz, Imtiaz Chandio, and his brother Irshad Chandio at Fateh Chowk on Monday. They were also held hostage for one hour. Imtiaz Chandio told Dawn that he and his brother were covering a sit-in organised by the […]