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Daily Archives: August 15, 2015

Trouncing misconceptions with a vociferous imagination

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KARACHI: Using the Paint application inbuilt in most of the computers, how many of us can actually draw a simple picture of, say, an apple? Young artist Anas Riasat employs his creative imagination using software, such as Adobe Photoshop and ZBrush, into concept art. His talent is spread over a wide spectrum, allowing him to […]


Award for excellence: Ronak Lakhani honoured with Sitara-e-Imtiaz

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KARACHI: In recognition of her selfless services to differently-abled persons, the government has honoured Ronak Lakhani with Sitara-e-Imtiaz, the fourth-highest decoration given to any civilian in the country based on one’s extraordinary achievement. Since she is considered one of the pioneers when it comes to social causes, the news of honouring her with the prestigious […]


PMD launches phone-based weather information service

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Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has launched district wide phone-based weather information service on Friday, with the collaboration of Centre for Language Engineering (CLE) of University of Engineering and Technology (UET), Lahore. The weather Iinformation system was inaugurated by Chairman NDMA Major General Asghar Nawaz. Dr Ghulam Rasul, Director General PMD, Dr Sarmad Hussain and Dr […]


Child abuse case emerges in Multan

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MULTAN: Police have booked five accused out of eight in a child abuse scandal in Multan. The accused were said to have captured videos with the threat of uploading them on internet on disclosure of the tragedy. Police have also conducted raids in search of the rest of the three accused. According to the police, […]