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Daily Archives: January 17, 2016

Climate change: ‘Average global temperature has increased by 0.7oC’

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KARACHI: The average temperature of the world has increased by 0.7 degree Celsius since the beginning of the 20th century and it may rise by 1.6 to 4.3 degrees by the end of the 21st century, said Karachi University (KU) vice-chancellor (VC) Professor Dr Muhammad Qaiser. Dr Qaiser was addressing the local and international delegates […]


Journalist shot dead in Dera Ismail Khan

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DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Unidentified gunmen shot dead a journalist here on Saturday, police officials said on Saturday. They said that the gunmen opened fire on Muhammad Omar, who was a correspondent for a local newspaper, near Niazi Chowk. They said that Muhammad Omar sustained critical injuries in the attack. He was taken to the District […]


‘Parveen’s poetry had metaphor of death much before her passing away’

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KARACHI: Parveen Shakir’s poetry is exceptional because it has wisdom (daanish) in it which is unique to the poetess herself. At the same time being a student of linguistics and a reader of world literature she’s able to develop her own poetic diction. This was said by Prof Sahar Ansari in his speech on the […]


IT companies relocating as Pakistan gets tax-hungry

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LAHORE: Nearly 40% of Pakistan’s companies that provided IT services have moved their business to the United Arab Emirates, largely due to the 8% additional tax on revenues levied by the government in 2015-16, said Sajjad Syed, chief executive officer of Excellence Delivered (ExD) Private Limited . ExD outsources non-core operations and is currently working […]


No reason to keep YouTube blocked, PTA tells SC

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ISLAMABAD: Even though the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) acknowledges that Google has made it possible for the Pakistani government to ask for the removal of objectionable videos from YouTube, the site’s Urdu version still remains largely inaccessible inside the country. The PTA told the Supreme Court on Saturday that YouTube was blocked because it was […]