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Daily Archives: July 29, 2013

Media and national interest

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Sir: Nowadays what we are witnessing on television shows is completely outrageous and totally unacceptable in any civilized society. Last night I saw an interview of one of the kingpins of the Lyari gang war, who had given this interview from some undisclosed location. In the said interview, a television channel tried to glorify a […]


Censorship can never be a solution

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By: Yasser Latif Hamdani Imagine 30 million internet users of Pakistan united in countering propaganda and Islamophobia online and on YouTube especially. That has the potential of a lot of noise One must ask those who champion the YouTube ban to please explain at least how it has served the cause of Islam? Has YouTube […]


Protest against murder of Abbas Jalbani’s son

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KARACHI: A protest demonstration was held in front of the Karachi Press Club on Sunday against the murder in Thatta of Rafique Jalbani, the son of senior journalist Abbas Jalbani. Protesters belonging to the Progressive Youth Front called for arrest of main suspects nominated in the FIR of the case and provision of shelter to […]


Campaign against toy weapons on social media

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By: SHER ALAM SHINWARI PESHAWAR: A Karachi-based Pakhtun volunteer organisation has launched a campaign on social media to pursue parents not to buy toy guns for their children and instead buy them other toys on Eid that can trigger their imaginative and creative flight. Amjad Shahzad, a noted singer who leads the campaign in Khyber […]


Towards media reforms?

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By: ZOHRA YUSUF WHILE there is much hand-wringing in society on the powerful and irresponsible role the media has assumed for itself in Pakistan, little attention was paid by the media itself to the report released by the two member media commission appointed by the Supreme Court in January 2013. The authors of the report, […]


Hack and crack: Cyber crimes and the monetary losses inflicted

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By: Farrukh Zafar KARACHI: What if I tell you that your mobile SIM can be duplicated and used by another person for different motives, without you getting to know about it, let alone your approval? I know it’s illegal, but it’s happening. Now think beyond the misuse of your phone number, the possible impersonation itself. […]