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Daily Archives: June 28, 2013

Nawaz orders no more free junkets for the media

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By: Ansar Abbasi ISLAMABAD: Free foreign junkets at the cost of taxpayers’ money for journalists are over as the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) announced on Thursday that those media persons aspiring to cover the premier’s foreign tours are welcome to do so but at their own expenses, like it is done in all other countries […]


PTCL offers free internet

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ISLAMABAD: PTCL, the largest ICT service provider in the country, has announced one month free usage for all new EVO 3.1Mbps customers. The new offer enables customers to enjoy one month free video streaming, web casts, online games and a host of other applications. Customers can avail this offer till 20th August 2013. To further […]


Melody of life: Arts Council’s first graduate brings together music and art

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By: Naveela Khan KARACHI: For most people, retirement marks the end of the work life but artist Nazar Haidri decided to take up an old passion once he retired from his job. One of the first graduates of the Arts Council of Pakistan where he studied in 1961, Haidri viewed his retirement as a rebirth […]


Body formed for proposals on newspaper industry issues

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By: Mumtaz Alvi ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Pervaiz Rashid on Thursday formed a four-member committee to furnish its recommendations within seven days on the key issues the newspaper industry was presently facing. The minister took this decision during a lively interaction with the representatives of the All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS), headed by […]


Geo television popular in Dhaka

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By: Zainul Abideen DHAKA: The popularity of the Geo Television is increasing by leaps and bounds in Dhaka, Bangladesh, due to its factual news and categorical comments on them. Those circles that understand Urdu watch Geo Television with great interest but the channel is also well popular among the Bengali circles too. Specially, the journalists […]


PTCL announces free usage for all new EVO 3.1Mbps

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KARACHI: Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) has announced one-month free usage for all new EVO 3.1Mbps customers. The new offer enables customers to enjoy one month free video streaming, web casts, online games and a host of other applications. Customers can avail this offer till August 20, 2013. To further facilitate the existing inactive EVO […]


No freeloader journalists on PM’s foreign trips

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By: KHAWAR GHUMMAN ISLAMABAD: The government has decided in principle not to bear expenses of journalists belonging to media houses in the private sector accompanying the prime minister on his foreign trips. The Prime Minister’s Office has asked the ministries of information and foreign affairs to inform the media houses that if they are interested […]


Malik orders early recovery of kidnapped Czech women

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QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Dr Malik Baloch has directed the provincial administration and other authorities concerned to take all steps for the early and safe recovery of four foreign women abducted in March. The women, belonging to Czech Republic, were traveling to Quetta by coach on March 13 when gunmen stopped them near Nohundi area […]


Jazz, Jazba, Indigo brands absorbed into Mobilink

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ISLAMABAD: Mobilink has taken brand thought leadership in Pakistan by simplifying and consolidating its brands portfolio, moving from a family of brands into one flagship brand. The iconic Jazz, Jazba and Indigo brands have been absorbed into Mobilink, with the prepaid and postpaid portfolios reflecting the Mobilink parent branding. As part of this rebranding exercise, […]


Out-of-school children: Pakistan ranks second in world: report

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KARACHI: Pakistan ranks the second with the most out-of-school children in the world with only Nigeria ahead of it, said a child rights body on Thursday. In its annual report titled ‘The state of Pakistan’s children 2012’, the Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (Sparc) said about one fourth of the […]