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Daily Archives: December 20, 2015

Stopgap measures: Pakistan fighting climate change with ad-hocism

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ISLAMABAD: At a time when nations have agreed to set a new path to low carbon emissions and climate resilient futures for their countries, Pakistan’s seriousness in tackling climate change can be gauged from the fact that many environment-related departments have been without permanent heads for years. Some crucial climate tasks of the Ministry of […]


Pemra again puts off bidding process for DTH services

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ISLAMABAD: The bidding process for the Direct to Home (DTH) services has been further delayed because the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has decided to initiate “legal due diligence” for the exercise. The legal due diligence is an investigation of a business or person prior to signing of a contract. The DTH is a […]


Musadiq Sanwal’s poetic verses and music CD launched

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KARACHI: Despite the distracting ear-splitting sounds coming from outside of the Karachi Press Club, friends and admirers of journalist, poet and musician Musadiq Sanwal gathered and shared their memories of the late Sanwal at the launch of his poetic verses Yeh Natamaam Si Ik Zindagi Jo Guzri Hai and a music CD at the club […]


Anusha lauds US initiative on internet connectivity

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ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Information Technology and Telecommunication Anusha Rahman Khan appreciated on Saturday the Global Connect Initiative being launched by the US to support growth of internet access and connectivity across the globe. The initiative will provide internet access to more than 1.5 billion unconnected citizens by 2020. Ms Khan made these remarks […]