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Daily Archives: May 3, 2016

After five years, CIA relives OBL operation on Twitter

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ISLAMABAD – United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Monday relived the Navy SEALs operation to kill Al-Qaeda founder Osama Bin Laden by live tweeting the action five years after it actually happened in Pakistan’s garrison city of Abbottabad. The live tweeting, however, was slammed on social media as ‘inappropriate’ and ‘distasteful.’ More, Twitter users criticised […]


Other selves under way at IVS gallery

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KARACHI: Why is there so much spontaneity to the art of drawing? There could be multiple answers to the question, one of which is, or could be, that it largely draws its strengths from lines that do not fade away or hide behind the lush strokes of colours. Drawing is the art of conveying the […]


1700 more trees to face the axe

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LAHORE: The provincial capital which has lost over 2,200 trees due to various infrastructure development projects within a short span of last two years, is set to lose 1,700 more trees due to another mega project to be launched within this year. According to documents, the city lost over 2,100 trees due to three projects […]


Situationer: Media under watch: the new censorship

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Veteran journalist Shahzada Zulfiqar is almost mid-way through his third stint as president at the Quetta Press Club in a province where it is preferable to stay silent to remain alive. In Balochistan, a good story is not one that is well-documented by local reporters. Instead, it is one that mitigates risk. Local journalists think […]