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Daily Archives: June 15, 2014

Not all TV channels simply focused on ratings: Missing girl reunited with her family

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In this digital era, hundreds of TV channels are merely a click away. The abundance of portals of information and entertainment has led to channels committing petty tricks against each other in the race of getting the limited share of audiences. The race of ratings is so severe that it has become difficult to differentiate […]


Pakistani law and the role of media in curbing child labour

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LAHORE: Millions of children are robbed of their childhood and are made to work, sometimes very dangerous jobs, in our country. The number of child labourers in Pakistan is estimated to be around 10 million, according to the International Labour Organisation (ILO) statistics, which is an alarming figure and what is more alarming is that […]


Media Freedom under attack by Pakistan’s Government, the military and the judiciary

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Three television channels of Pakistan’s most watched and most influential media network Geo TV, was ordered to be taken off air and shut down for a period of 15 days on the instruction of the country’s intelligence agency the Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate (ISI). Continuing the attack Geo TV was also baselessly fined a sum of […]


Blending eras: Visualising politics through art

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KARACHI: Either through words or actions, people have employed different ways to comment on the socio-political situation of the country. SM Mansoor, a visual artist, used his skill on the canvas and expressed his response to the issues surrounding the common man. An exhibition of his miniatures was organised at the VM Art Gallery, echoing […]


Hindus want their marriage issues solved without delay

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ISLAMABAD: The provinces are yet to give a reply to the request of NA Standing Committee in which it had asked all the federating units to pass resolution in their assemblies empowering Parliament to pass Hindu Marriage Bill 2015 because minorities has become a provincial subject after 18th Amendment, sources told the News here on […]


Minority MPA shot dead by bodyguard in Quetta

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QUETTA: Minority MPA Handery Masieh, who belonged to the ruling National Party (NP) in Balochistan, was shot dead by his bodyguard here in the Nawan Killi area on Saturday. Official sources said MPA Handery Masieh along with his nephew Owais Masieh was heading towards his vehicle that was parked near his home in Nawan Killi, […]