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Daily Archives: March 26, 2017

Will the Battle save the bands?

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KARACHI: Much has changed since the beginning of the 21st century. Back then, bands like Entity Paradigm (EP) and Aaroh were virtually unknown. Atif Aslam was nowhere to be seen. We needed new superstars and didn’t have internet to look for them on. But there were other platforms. Pepsi Battle of the Bands (BoB) became the […]


SU VC denies reports of expelling minority students

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HYDERABAD: Sindh University vice chancellor Prof Dr Fateh Muhammad Burfat has said that no any minority student from the varsity has been expelled upon playing with the colours on the eve of Holi which was celebrated on March 8 at Sindh University Jamshoro. He said that a fact-finding committee had been constituted to conduct the […]


Faking It

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The trend of airing fake news is spreading like wildfire. In an attempt to get more ratings and claim to be the first to air the news, media houses forget to crosscheck the authenticity of what is being reported. On March 22, nine TV channels aired fake news of a plane crash in Kallar Syedan […]


First woman arrested under cyber-crime law

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SIALKOT-The FIA yesterday arrested a woman for blackmailing her brother into paying her money on social media, becoming the first female to have been arrested under the recently enacted cyber crime law. According to senior FIA officials, Sialkot city-based woman Sadia Mirza, 37, used to allegedly blackmail her London-based brother Ahsan Rana. Mr Rana filed […]