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Daily Archives: June 21, 2013

Postage stamp

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KARACHI: The Pakistan Post on Thursday issued a commemorative postage stamp of Rs8 denomination to mark the 60 years of the All Pakistan Newspapers Society. Designed by Adil Salahuddin and printed at the Pakistan Security Printing Corporation, the stamp is available at all post offices in the country, says a press release. DAWN


Bans and blocks

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Sir: According to reports, the Pakistan government has started using Netsweeper filters to block websites that are politically, religiously and socially controversial. Netsweeper is a Canada-based system of internet filters and is now, reportedly, being actively used at the national level in Pakistan. This is the next step in the war against internet freedom. It […]


State TV hands over Nov 3 tapes to Musharraf trial court

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By: Usman Manzoor ISLAMABAD: In an extraordinary development, the state-run TV has handed over all the tapes of Nov 3, 2007 Emergency, imposed by ex-dictator Pervez Musharraf to the Anti-Terrorism Court hearing the Judges’ detention case against the retired General. The ATC had issued notices to the ate-run TV producers who recorded the speech of […]


‘IT sector should be government’s top priority’

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LAHORE: As the new pro-business government begins its tenure, P@SHA, the trade association representing the information technology (IT) and business process outsourcing sector, is hopeful that some key initiatives will be taken to ensure that the tech industry has the facilitation it needs to achieve phenomenal growth. Speaking at a board meeting in Lahore, P@SHA […]