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Daily Archives: August 12, 2015

‘Expressing reality through realism and modernism’

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Karachi Fresh artwork collection of Pakistan’s veteran artist, Masood A Khan, was put on display at the Canvas Gallery on Tuesday. Khan, a recipient of several prestigious awards locally and internationally, said the recent body of work was a continuation of his past 22 appearances at various art galleries. “At each appearance, I adopted a […]


Senate told about Rs365 billion environmental, natural resource damage

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ISLAMABAD: The Senate was told Tuesday that annual cost of environmental and natural resource damage was about Rs365 billion or 6 per cent of GDP. In a written answer to a question by Senator Samina Abid of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) during the question hour, Minister for Climate Change Mushahid Ullah Khan said that the statistics […]


Pay dues or face licence suspension, Pemra warns two channels

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ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) Tuesday approved the recommendations/report of Swiss Consultancy Firm, M/s Digital Strategy, for initiation of Direct to Home (DTH) Licensing in Pakistan. The Authority inked an accord with the firm in March this year to assist it in preparing eligibility criteria, license template, bidding methodology, determination of base […]


Pervaiz Rashid inaugurates Pakistani film festival in Minsk

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MINSK: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Pervaiz Rashid on Tuesday inaugurated a Pakistani film festival, being held here to introduce Pakistan to the people of Belarus and coincide with the visit of Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is on a three-day visit to Belarus in a bid to explore new avenues […]


Mamnoon urges media to play main role in purging corruption

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ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain on Tuesday said that Pakistan has suffered a lot and now the whole nation would collectively strive to pluck the homeland out of its quagmire of problems. “This is our national objective and media should utilise its energies to achieve it,” he added. Talking to office-bearers and members of All Pakistan […]


Laws inadequate to punish culprits in child abuse cases

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has inadequate, spineless laws, dealing with the child sexual abuse, and ordinary statutes are invoked when children are found to be victims of this despicable offence. “The existing Punjab Destitute and Neglected Children Act 2004 is too weak, insufficient to cope with such crimes,” prominent lawyer Azhar Siddique told The News. However, he […]