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Daily Archives: July 15, 2016

Urban agriculture: Plant fruit trees to revive public parks

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KARACHI: Urban farming in collaboration with local administration is an idea taking off in many Western cities where communal orchards are built, nurtured and harvested by locals for shared benefits. As public parks in Karachi continue to rank low on government’s development agenda, environmental activists say these spaces can be revived by planting fruits trees […]


Countering poisonous ideologies through radio

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I say to you: we are in a battle and that more than half of this battle is taking place in the battlefield of the media Ayman al Zawahiri, leader of al Qaeda Radio signals reach where neither TV signals are available nor newspapers may be delivered. Therefore, for both state and non-state actors, radio […]


Ordinance banning child labour promulgated in Punjab

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LAHORE: The provincial government has banned employment of children and restricted the recruitment of those between 15 and 18 years of age for hazardous occupations and processes under the Punjab Restriction on Employment of Children Ordinance, 2016, promulgated by the governor on Thursday. The ordinance is meant to protect children and adolescents from trafficking, debt […]


Co-opting Edhi

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ABDUL Sattar Edhi is not the first person in the world whose legacy will be shaped by the elites that he so disliked. It is a tried and tested strategy of those who rule over us: wait for the rebel to die, thereby rendering her/him unable to speak for her/himself and then claim that s/he […]


Warrants issued for Lucman in Geo defamation case

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LAHORE: A local judge in Islamabad ordered issuing bailable warrants for anchorperson Mubasher Lucman and directed him to appear before the court on next hearing. Additional District and Sessions Judge Syed Faizan Haider Gilani was hearing a case pertaining to defaming Geo/Jang Group through baseless allegations on Thursday. The judge accepted the applications filed by […]


International media APP asked to counter anti-Pakistan propaganda

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Standing Committee of National Assembly on Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage has directed the Managing Director (MD) Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) to take necessary measures to tackle the negative propaganda against Pakistan in the international media. The Standing Committee gave these directions after a comprehensive briefing by the Management of Associated Press of Pakistan. […]