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Daily Archives: August 29, 2015

Pop’ goes my heart

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Pop culture has invaded the world like a storm with its string of interesting and unique characters, stories and concepts. Farhat Ali takes a bold step by reimaging scenes from South Asian history and combining them with popular cartoon and animated characters. The results are amusing and surprising. Sanat gallery’s new exhibition, ‘How did I […]


Rs3 billion cost impedes YouTube restoration?

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ISLAMABAD: Universities and research institutes across the country as well as million of students remain deprived of essential educational contents available on YouTube, the world’s largest video-sharing website, as the government is unwilling to spend Rs3 billion required to install filters for blocking the blasphemous and offensive contents on the website, The News has learnt. […]


Right to information legislation in Pakistan

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“Freedom of information is a fundamental human right and the touchstone of all the freedoms to which the United Nations is consecrated.” — Resolution 59-1, First session of UN General Assembly in 1946. In 2002, Pakistan became the first country in South Asia to promulgate a Freedom of Information Ordinance, but this law remains weak […]


Pemra imparts training to employees on code of conduct

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) in a crash course arranged at its headquarters has imparted training to its officers on the enforcement and monitoring staff on the newly issued code of conduct for electronic media 2015. The training is aimed at ensuring effective implementation of the code of ethics, said a press release […]