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Daily Archives: June 1, 2013

Central Films Censor Board’s powers devolved

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ISLAMABAD: Central Films Censor Board Chairman Syed Arshad Ali maintained that the powers had been devolved to the provinces after 18th Amendment and now the provinces could constitute their own film censor boards but the provinces would not be able to censor the films for the entire country. Ali, recently appointed by the federal government […]


Millions of women dying despite progress on MDGs

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UNITED NATIONS: Despite some progress in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), millions of women across the world are losing their lives due to lack of reproductive health care, the UN chief for development said on Thursday. “Some 800 women are still dying every day from complications related to pregnancy and childbirth, with the poorest […]


Aangan Terrha wows a houseful

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ISLAMABAD: Aangan Terrha, a satirical TV series by Anwar Maqsood and presented by the PTV network in the 1980s, was adapted for the stage this year by a local theatre company, Kopykats, and performed before a packed hall at the Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA). The play came to Islamabad after three months […]