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Daily Archives: July 5, 2013

Protection for street children sought

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PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government should launch initiatives for providing protection to street children who are among the most vulnerable part of population. This was stated by programme manger of the Society for Protection of Rights of the Child, Imran Takkar, during a certificate awarding ceremony for street children. According to a Sparc press release […]


Innovations in art depict Pakistan’s reservoir of talent

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By: Anil Datta Karachi: There’s absolutely no dearth of talent in Pakistan, including artistic talent. To see this for oneself, one must visit the 11th Emerging Talent Exhibition at the VM Art Gallery, which is hosting the emerging talent art show for the 11th consecutive year. The exhibition showcases the works of fresh arts graduates […]


Training workshop held on citizen journalism

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KARACHI: A training workshop was arranged on the concept of ‘citizen journalism’ and ‘social media’. The aim of the workshop was to create awareness among the masses about the concept of citizen journalism and social media, find solutions to improve it and to make the people realise the role of it in strengthening democracy in […]


YouTube ban: Ministry of IT says it doesn’t know how to block specific URLs

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LAHORE: While turning down a request to temporarily reopen YouTube on Thursday, the Lahore High Court ordered the Ministry of Information Technology to tell the court, on July 25, how it could block access to specific URLs. The video-sharing website has been blocked in Pakistan since September 2012 following protests about a 14-minute trailer of […]


Media’s role in future Pak-Saudi relations

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By: Ashraf Mumtaz Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have the best possible relations. About half a million Pakistanis visit the kingdom every year to perform Haj or Umra. And a large number of Pakistanis are working there and sending remittances back home. The closeness of ties between the two countries can be gauged from the fact […]