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Daily Archives: March 24, 2016

Six journalists given civil awards

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ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain conferred Pakistan Civil Awards on 159 personalities, including six journalists on Wednesday (March 23). Sitara-i-Imtiaz was given to Masood Ashar, a columnist with Jang, Wasif Nagi, a columnist with Jang, and Wajahat Masood, a columnist with Jang. Munir Ahmed Munir, a freelance journalist, was given Pride of Performance, Jamil Athar Qazi, […]


Armed forces parade a show of military might

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ISLAMABAD: On the occasion of the 76th anniversary of the Pakistan Day on Wednesday, the Pakistan armed forces showed their military might as the nation celebrated the historic event with traditional zeal, renewing the pledge to wipe out terrorism and make efforts for peace in the world. The day (March 23), which marked the historic […]


Combating violations: PBC forms Human Rights Committee

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) has formed a Human Rights Committee to address key human rights violations and rights-related issues. PBC executive member Raheel Kamran Sheikh is the chairman of HR committee whose function has been divided into four categories. The first function of the committee is policy advocacy, wherein the committee will address key […]


‘Rights of all religious communities to be protected’

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Karachi: Felicitating the Hindu community on Holi, the Sindh governor and chief minister reiterated the government’s commitment to protect the rights and freedoms of every minority community of Pakistan. In his message issued on Wednesday, Governor Ebad lauded the role being performed by Sindh’s minority communities for progress of the province and nation. Highlighting the […]


Taxing high-tech

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OUR economy was never famous for high technology and even in services as a whole the largest export is ‘military services’. This basically comprises reimbursements under the Coalition Support Funds which are oddly classified as an export. But in recent years, software exports and the IT industry more generally had begun to show signs of […]


FIF’s disappearing app

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ISLAMABAD: The Falah-i-Insaniyat Foundation (FIF) vaulted ahead of other political and religious groups when it launched a mobile app to highlight its philanthropic work among smartphone users. But the app, which was available for download for at least ten days, has now mysteriously disappeared from the Google Play store. FIF is the charitable arm of […]


Cybercrimes probe backlog dwarfs FIA’s achievements

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ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency is struggling in all its assigned tasks as the number of pending cases in its National Response Centre for Cyber Crimes (NR3C) is much higher than its overall achievements. Its performance and achievement chart from January 1 to December 31, 2015 reflects huge backlogs and several pending cases which continue […]