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Daily Archives: May 19, 2014

Media freedom should be exercised with responsibility: minister

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ISLAMABAD: Information Minister Pervaiz Rashid has said that the government believes in freedom of expression but it is the need of the hour to exercise this freedom with utmost responsibility. Talking to reporters after visiting an expo at the Pak-China Friendship Centre on Sunday, he said the government was committed to protecting media freedom but […]


Activists condemn Rehman’s murder

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KARACHI: A fairly large number of people belonging to various rights groups, professional organisations and political parties gathered outside the Karachi Press Club on Sunday and held a demonstration against the assassination of Rashid Rehman, a lawyers and human rights activist, who was recently killed in an ambush in Multan. “We salute martyr Rashid Rehman,” […]


Ulema want end to protests after Geo apology

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ISLAMABAD: Sunni Tehreek (ST) chief Sarwat Ijaz Qadri, Shia Ulema Council (SUC) Central President Syed Sajid Ali Naqvi, Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan (JUP) leaders Mufti Muhammad Arif Golravi and Sardar Muhammad Khan Leghari, and Pakistan Federal Union of Columnists’ members have expressed explicitly that the Geo TV administration has apologised for the controversial morning show; hence, the […]


Transparency Within opens at Ocean Art Gallery

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KARACHI: Ocean Art Gallery on Saturday evening inaugurated a solo exhibition ‘Transparency Within’ by renowned artist Maqbool Ahmed under the title of displayed at Ocean Art Gallery, which will be continued till May 23. The gallery exhibits outstanding work by renowned artist and showcases artwork created by Maqbool Ahmed. Each painting has a detail composition […]


The reign of hawks

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WHAT we are witnessing in Pakistan is a meltdown of the state and society, while hawks, intriguers, instigators, bigots and obscurantists rave it up. Optimists hope that the war between khakis and the media will encourage retrospection, highlight the need for checks and balances to strengthen the vital functions of our media and intelligence agencies […]