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Daily Archives: January 8, 2018

Indus River Canyon declared second Marine Protected Area of Pakistan

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The country’s second Marine Protected Area (MPA) has come into being after the Ministry of Climate Change declared the Indus River Canyon, Pakistan’s exclusive economic zone in the Arabian Sea, as one through a notification. The Indus River Canyon MPA comprising 27,607 square kilometres is the second such area in Pakistan after Astola Island, which […]


Zubaida Tariq: A legendary force

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DUBAI: Growing up as a girl in the Pakistani society, you had to know your totkay and your pakoray. What do you do if you can’t add wine to sauce? What’s the substitute for mascarpone cheese? How to achieve that perfect porcelain skin? How do you make the perfect gol roti to impress your in-laws? […]


Sindh Education Foundation celebrates silver jubilee

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The Sindh Education Foundation (SEF) of the government of Sindh celebrated its Silver Jubilee with the theme “Hope on: Journey on” depicting the SEF’s 25-year voyage. Sindh Chief Minister, Syed Murad Ali Shah, was the chief guest while Sindh Education Minister Jam Mahtab Dahar was the host of the event where Members of National and […]


Entries for media awards invited from KP-Fata newsmen

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The five member judges committee for the 3rd Amir Ahmed Siddiqui Media Awards has invited entries for the contest by January 31, 2018, said a press issued here on Sunday. Journalists based in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Federally Administered Tribal Areas are eligible to participate in the contest. According to the judges’ decision, the journalistic work […]


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Muzzling the media

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IN a country where the chroniclers of history are too often either silenced or killed, the press in Balochistan continues to suffer the worse kinds of violence at the hands of state and non-state actors. Last October, banned separatist groups — the Balochistan Liberation Front and the United Balochistan Army — threatened reprisals against newspapers […]