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Monthly Archives: June 2014

Artist-in-residency programme: Sanat’s first exhibition takes viewers deeper into artists’ lives

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KARACHI: Memories affect emerging artist Arsalan Nasir the most. You could see this in his artworks, in which a woman is seated with her arms wrapped around her belly. If you pick up the frame to take a closer look, it illuminates and shows a baby in the woman’s lap. When you keep it back, […]


Aamir Liaquat all set to lead biggest Ramazan transmission

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KARACHI: Our beloved country Pakistan, which came into being on the 27th of Ramazan, is passing through a critical phase. Our armed forces are fighting the existential threat of terrorism. On the auspicious eve of Ramazan, Express Media Group is all set to air one of the biggest and unique live Ramazan transmissions – Pakistan […]


Climate change and vector-borne diseases in Pakistan

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The earth’s climate has always been changing. The impacts of climate change include biodiversity losses, rise in sea levels, shifts in weather patterns, changes in freshwater supply and an increase in extreme weather events such as floods and droughts as well as glacial melting and various health impacts. Major concerns are the threats to food, […]


Journalists protest against curbs on media continues

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ISLAMABAD: The protest against discriminatory steps towards news channels, including Geo and ARY Television, continued for the second day in front of all press clubs across Pakistan in which journalists called for immediate steps by the government to ensure that all news channels are shown on the cable without any discrimination. The journalists raised slogans […]


Targeting Geo a plot to weaken media: PFUJ president

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has kicked off countrywide campaign against illegal closure of Geo News and hurdles in the way of supply of newspapers’ copies of Jang and The News on Saturday. On the call of President of PFUJ Afzal Butt, Secretary Khurshid Abassi and Chairman All Pakistan Council of Press Clubs […]


Climate change may trigger disasters, seminar told

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HYDERABAD: Climate change has the potential to destroy the planet and could lead to economic, social, development and security challenges. This was observed by speakers at a one-day seminar on the ‘Impacts of climate change and disasters on small farmers’ organised by the Laar Humanitarian and Development Programme (LHDP) in a local hotel on Saturday. […]


Twitter releases hashtags for Ramazan

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NEW YORK: Twitter, the social media giant is celebrating the Islamic holy month with the release of two brand new hashflags and an easy way of figuring out when to break the daily fast, according to a US newspaper. Twitter users who tweet with the hashtags #Ramadan and #Eid will see a crescent moon and […]


LHC takes notice of police firing at journalist

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LAHORE: The Lahore High Court Complaint Cell took notice of a press report that an Elite Police Patrol official had shot at and injured a journalist when he did not stop at a picket on Okara-Depalpur Road. The Cell directed the District & Sessions Judge, Okara to look into the matter and submit detailed report […]


Senate body asks government to appoint permanent Pemra chairman

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Senate Standing Committee on Information Broadcasting and National Heritage has grilled the Secretary Information for not submitting monthly reports regarding electronic media to the Committee and for not giving satisfactory answers to the members. The Committee also asked the Ministry of Information to appoint a permanent chairman of Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) and […]


APNS to discuss newspaper hawkers’ issues

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LAHORE: A representative delegation of All Pakistan Akhbar Farosh Federation, led by Tikka Khan, met APNS Secretary General Syed Sarmad Ali, here on Friday. The two sides discussed problems facing the newspaper hawkers across Pakistan. It was decided that a meeting would be held on July 2 in Karachi with APNS President Hameed Haroon in […]


Journalists to protest if curbs on channels, newspapers not lifted

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ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) on Friday announced that if the ‘no-go areas’ artificially formed to block the transmission of Geo and ARY News and circulation of leading newspapers Jang and The News are not eliminated within 24 hours, then it would set up protest camps in front of press clubs across […]


SHC issues notice to private TV for 30th on govt appeal

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KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Friday issued notice to ARY News on an appeal filed by the federal government and the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) against the interim stay on Pemra decision regarding the suspension of the private news television channel. An SHC single bench on June 24 suspended the Pemra […]


Akhbar Farosh Union ends Jang Group’s boycott

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LAHORE: The Akhbar Farosh Union, Lahore, has announced to end the boycott of Jang Group newspapers in Lahore, according to a press release issued by the union. The announcement came asa result of a meeting between the Jang Group’s Sarmad Ali and the president of the Akhbar Farosh Union, Lahore, Ch Nazir. The meeting was […]


Malick allowed to continue as MD PTV

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ISLAMABAD: A division bench of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) here Thursday allowed Managing Director (MD) Pakistan Television (PTV) Mohammad Malick to keep his job till he receives written orders of an IHC single bench. An IHC single-member bench on June 24 had declared the appointment of the MD PTV as illegal and Mohammad Malick […]