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Daily Archives: December 3, 2015

Court directs culture department to provide heritage site details

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KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) directed on Wednesday the provincial culture department authorities to submit details along with the criteria to declare old structures as protected heritage sites. Headed by SHC Chief Justice Faisal Arab, the bench was hearing a petition involving controversy over the declaration of the Hotel Metropole building as a protected […]


Pemra, cable operators hold meeting

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KARACHI: Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) officials comprising its executive member, RGM Sindh and DGM (Operation) held a meeting with cable operators of Karachi at Regional Office here on Wednesday, says a press release. The meeting was attended by Khalid Arain of S N CTV Operator, Mr Akhlaq of M/s New Digi 1, Gufran […]


Citizens’ right: Information commission says govt support missing

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LAHORE: Chief Information Officer Mazhar Hussain Minhas said on Wednesday that it seemed that the provincial government did not want the commission to do its work. He was speaking at a seminar held on the commission’s annual performance report. The commission was established in March 2014 – a year after the passage of the Punjab […]


‘Beauty is in imperfection’

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KARACHI: An exhibition of artworks made by intellectually challenged children to coincide with the United Nations International Day for Persons with Disabilities (Dec 3) opened at the Grandeur Art Gallery on Wednesday. According to Saima Haq, principal of Special Children’s Educational Institute, the exhibition titled Art & Function has on display an interesting collection of […]


Law-enforcer, media being attacked to create chaos: Sethi

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LAHORE: Commenting on the attacks on military personnel in Karachi and a television channel in Lahore, senior analyst Najam Sethi said those behind such attacks wanted to create chaos in the country and a feeling of lawlessness among the citizens. Replying to ‘Apas Ki Baat’ programme host Muneeb Farooq’s question that attack on Military Police […]