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Daily Archives: August 24, 2016

PPF Weekly Content Monitoring Report 15-21 August

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Two Dawn News employees injured Two employees of Dawn News TV channel sustained bullet injuries in an armed attack in Landhi area of the metropolis on August 17. Dawn News and Express News on August 17 and Abb Takk on August 18 aired this news, while Dawn, Business Recorder, Express Tribune newspapers on August 18 […]


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Flood warning system, LNG terminal under scanner

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ISLAMABAD: Members of the Senate Standing Committee on Climate Change urged the government to release the funds required for the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) to upgrade and install early warning systems (EWS) in the country. The Senate Standing Committee on Climate Change met on Tuesday with Senator Mir Muhammad Yousaf Badini in the chair. The […]


Playing with clay: Explore the magical world of pottery making

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KARACHI: When working with clay, all you need is a small space and few tools. You just have to let your imagination run wild, said pottery artist Jabeen Irfan. “Clay is magic.” More than 30 participants attended Irfan’s clay workshop held at the Lincoln Corner of Pak-American Cultural Center, near Cantt Station, on Tuesday. “How […]


Make law to declare crime against children non-bailable offence: Shahbaz

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LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has directed that Prosecution Department should actively perform its duties for early disposal of cases sub judice and legislation should be made for declaring crime against children a non-bailable offence. Shahbaz Sharif presided over a meeting of steering committee on missing children, here Tuesday. He expressed satisfaction over the efforts […]


MQM — emergency surgery

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Events have moved swiftly since the leader of the MQM, Altaf Hussain, based in London, made an inflammatory speech on August 22. Within minutes of calling on his followers to “go to” the offices of private TV channels, there were rampaging mobs at two of them. He followed up with derogatory comments about the state […]


Muttahida leaders, workers remanded in media attack case

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KARACHI: The administrative judge of antiterrorism courts remanded on Tuesday three leaders and 11 workers of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement in police custody in a case pertaining to the attacks on media houses. Police produced MQM leaders Kanwar Naveed Jameel, Qamar Mansoor and Shahid Pasha and 11 party activists — Rao Tariq, Mohammed Saleem, Syed […]