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Daily Archives: August 22, 2016

Media resistance in British India

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In my previous article, ‘Discursive paradigm of resistance’ (August 8) published in these pages I discussed two major approaches of resistance: the coercive approach and the discursive approach. The coercive approach uses force and the discursive approach employs discourse for resistance. The discursive approach makes use of some social institutions including educational institutions and media. […]


Seriousness towards Cyber Crime Laws in Pakistan

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Dr.Nadia Khadam – After the advent of 3G and 4G technology in Pakistan, cyberspace seems to be more sensitive area. Cybercrime’s rate in Pakistan is also considerably increasing day by day. To control such crimes, law is the only tool. Even if the issue got attention somewhere in preceding years that also proved to be […]


Together we can: One Child, One Tree drive to make Multan green

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MULTAN: The district government has planned to launch a One Child, One Tree campaign in the district, in which each child will get a shrub to plant. “The idea is to make Multan beautiful and green,” DCO Nadir Chattha said on Sunday. He was chairing a meeting called to review plans for the plantation campaign. […]


Kidnapping rumours: 63 suspects handed to police found innocent

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LAHORE: The Police Department has documented 63 incidents in August where those caught and given in police custody on suspicion of involvement in kidnappings were released after preliminary investigations. Operations AIG Shahzada Sultan told The Express Tribune that no evidence was found against these people establishing their involvement in any kidnapping case. Sultan said there […]


Cabinet likely to review Right to Information bill

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ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet is expected to take up the draft of the Right to Information Bill, 2016, in its next meeting. But the information ministry is planning to review the bill as soon as the law ministry returns the draft. Information Minister Pervaiz Rashid told The Express Tribune on Sunday that the ministry is […]


New marriage bill to empower Hindu women

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Long-standing issues relating to the marriage, divorce and other crunch questions involving the Hindu community will be regulated under a set of laws that parliament is likely to enact in the coming weeks. The National Assembly’s standing committee on law and justice last week (Aug 17) tabled its report on ‘The Hindu Marriage Bill, 2016’, […]