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Daily Archives: December 3, 2017

‘Ansoo,’ new documentary on Junaid Jamshed will literally leave you teary-eyed

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KARACHI : It still feels like yesterday when we first heard of Junaid Jamshed’s passing. The musician had been on his way home from Chitral when his plane crashed, killing all those onboard and bringing to end one of the most revered eras of Pakistani music. Junaid may have given up singing by the time […]


Give us our rights, say persons with disabilities

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KARACHI: Seven million persons with disabilities do not have access to wheelchairs in Pakistan and are therefore forced to remain within the confines of their homes, said Shafiqur Rehman, president of Milestone – a movement for persons with disabilities. The government is trying to deny us our constitutional rights by registering the population of persons […]


SC directs Pemra to exercise extreme vigilance of electronic media

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ISLAMABAD – The Supreme Court has directed PEMRA to exercise extreme vigilance of the electronic media to ensure that it were strictly complying with the provisions of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) Ordinance, 2002, failing which they should be proceeded against in accordance with law. The SC bench comprising Justice Mushir Alam and […]


250 journalists participate in second ‘Sport Journalists’ Congress’

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The Afghanistan Sport Journalists Federation (ASJF) held its second annual national Sport Journalists’ Congress in the International Center of Media and Information of the government with a record 250 sports journalists from around 34 provinces turned up. According to President Afghanistan Sports Journalists Federation Sayer Zaland, it is for the first time that such a […]