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Daily Archives: September 29, 2016

PPF is concerned over the murder of Mohamed Ali reporter of Radio Shabelle in Somalia

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Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) in a letter to Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke, Prime Minister of Somalia expressed concern over the murder of Abdiasis Mohamed Ali reporter of Radio Shabelle. PPF Secretary General Owais Aslam Ali in his letter urged the government of Somalia to order for the swift action against investigating the reason of murder […]


Director of country’s largest media group kidnapped

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Karachi: September 29: Abid Abdullah, Director Coordination of the Jang Group was kidnapped at gun point by unidentified men at around 3 AM on September 28 from Peshawar, the capital city of Khyber Pakhtunkhuwa province. Abdullah was kidnapped as he was returning to hotel along with his driver Zafar Hussain after visiting the printing press […]


Hunza festival pulls crowds

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GILGIT: Chinese and local artistes enthralled the audience with their performances at a festival held at the high altitude Gulmit valley in Hunza on Wednesday. The ‘Roof of the World’ (Bam-i-Dunya) is a cultural event featured by folk music and Central Asian dances. The residents of Gojal, where the event was held, claim their descent […]


Clergy seeks time to scan marriage bill

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ISLAMABAD: Bishops and pastors from across the country have sought two weeks from the Ministry of Human Rights to deliberate over the proposed Christian Marriage and Divorce Bill, 2016, it emerged on Wednesday. The ministry had earlier proposed Christian Marriage and Divorce Bill, 2016 after making amendments to the Christian Marriage Act, 1872 and Christian Divorce […]


Chandio asks media to create awareness of proposed law’s benefits

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Adviser to Chief Minister on Information Moula Bux Chandio has impressed upon the media the need to realise their due responsibility to create awareness among the masses about the benefits of the Rights to Information Bill 2016 tabled in the Sindh Assembly last week. He was addressing as keynote speaker a conference, titled “Provincial Rights […]


SHC allows BOL TV to launch transmission

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KARACHI: Employees of BOL TV heaved a sigh of relief when the Sindh High Court on Wednesday allowed the news channel to launch its transmission. A two-judge bench, headed by Justice Zulfiqar Ahmed Khan, put in abeyance the operation of an order issued by the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) to suspend the channel’s […]


City Council passes resolution against Altaf’s speech

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The Karachi Metropolitan Corporation City Council session, held after over six and a half years at the KMC old building council hall on Wednesday, unanimously approved a resolution against Muttahida Qaumi Movement founder Altaf Hussain for his speech against state institutions on August 22. The resolution was presented by Firdous Shamim Naqvi of the MQM […]


Killers of journalist Abdul Haq Baloch still at large four years after his murder

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The killers of Abdul Haq Baloch, correspondent of ARY News television channel remain free even after four years of his murder in Khuzdar, Balochistan . Abdul Haq Baloch, who was also general secretary of Khuzdar Press Club was murdered by unidentified men on 29th September, 2012 in Khuzdar. He was shot multiple times while on […]