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Daily Archives: May 28, 2013

Pemra service rules challenged

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ISLAMABAD: The director general (DG) administration of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on Monday challenged the Pemra service rules in the Islamabad High Court (IHC). Pemra DG administration Mohammad Asim Khitchi in his petition said that the authority had applied the rules on its employees which were meant for the broadcasters. Pemra DG […]


Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi lauds Malala’s struggle

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ABU DHABI: General Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, received here on Monday Malala Yousufzai, the brave girl who was shot in 2012 in the head for advocating the cause of girls’ education in Swat. Malala, along with members of her […]


Group show at Canvas

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An exhibition of works by five artists opened at the Canvas art gallery on Tuesday at 5pm. The participating artists are Anum Ather Jamal, Fatima Munir, Hamida Khatri, Nilofer Kamruddin Kotadia and Rameez Rehman. The show, The Fantastic Frostings, will continue till March 14, from 11am to 8pm on a daily basis. Source: Dawn


Portraits aplenty

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KARACHI: Putting artworks of more than four dozen artists on display has its advantages and disadvantages. The big plus is that the viewer gets a wide variety of artists to know about and to understand how different techniques are employed to reflect on life. The negative aspect of it all is that since the number […]


Heinous act: Woman accuses five men of rape, imprisonment over three weeks

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HARIPUR:A married woman was abducted and allegedly gang rapped for more than three weeks by five people, the police said on Monday. Sub-inspector Asghar Khan, incharge of investigations at Battal police station, and the Haripur police confirmed recovering twenty seven-year-old Rehana Bibi* during a joint operation from a rented house in Abrar Colony on Sunday. […]


Journalists stage protest against attacks on press clubs in Sindh

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LARKANA: Members of the District Press Club, Larkana, staged a protest against attacks on the press clubs of Nasirabad, Dadu and Sarhand here on Monday. Journalists Badal Mallah, Yusuf Ganghiro, Ghulam Ali Soomro and others said the government claims of providing facilities to journalists but some elements were carrying out attacks on journalists and press […]


SHC grants stay against The News and its publisher

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KARACHI: Justice Hassan Azhar Rizvi of the Sindh High Court stopped the publisher of an English newspaper, The News, from publishing any defamatory news against Aqeel Karim Dhedi (AKD) and his brokerage house. The judge passed this order on a defamation suit No 606-2013 filed by Aqeel Karim Dhedi through his counsel Barrister Murtaza Wahab. […]