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Daily Archives: March 21, 2017

Khan breaks away from cliched storylines

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Ever since its introduction on social media, drama serial Khan created a lot of hype and was rumoured to be inspired by the life of cricketer turned politician, Imran Khan. Though the play has nothing to do with Imran Khan, it does revolve around the life of a politician named Khan and, with each new […]


Govt may face hitch in passing bill unanimously

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ISLAMABAD –  The government may not manage to unanimously pass ‘The (Twenty-Eight amendment) Bill 2017 and ‘Pakistan Army (Amendment) Act Bill 2017’ today (Tuesday) to reinstate military courts, as some lawmakers opposed the proposed law during the Monday’s National Assembly session. Both coalition partners of the government, the JUI-F and the PkMAP have also set conditions […]


Afzal Butt, Sarhandi elected PFUJ president, SG

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QUETTA: The election process of Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) for the two-year term 2017-19 was completed here on Monday. Afzal Butt and Ayub Jan Sarhandi were elected as the president and secretary general, respectively. Also, 25 members of the PFUJ Federal Executive Council (FEC) have been elected. The three-day biennial delegates meeting (BDM) […]


Pemra orders suspension of Zara Hut Kay for three days

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ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has ordered the suspension of Zara Hut Kay, a Dawn News programme, for three days with effect from Wednesday (March 22). The regulator made the decision under section 27 of the Pemra Ordinance 2002 after a brief hearing held in Pemra’s head office on March 17. It […]