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Daily Archives: January 20, 2018

Encouraging response to literature promotion events noted at HLF

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HYDERABAD: People should be encouraged to read more and more books and know about and understand our literature and relevance of books. There is a dire need for holding more literary festivals and discussing literature. Literature festivals should be held in every city and village of Sindh. This was the crux of a session on […]


PML-N to facilitate responsible, free media says Marriyum

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ISLAMABAD: The Minister of State for Information, Broadcasting, National History and Literary Heritage Marriyum Aurangzeb said the present democratic government of PML-N firmly believes in fundamental and constitutional right of freedom of expression and would continue to facilitate the growth of free and responsible media in the country. She was talking to a delegation of […]


Ethical journalism

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In an age when it appears that the public around the world is falling out with facts, humanity and accountable truth-telling, the future of ethical journalism appears rather bleak. This situation is dealt in detail in a report titled Ethics in the News, compiled by the Ethical Journalism Network (EJN), which throws light on the […]


Issues of child abuse; Govt urged to make National Commission on Rights of Children functional

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ISLAMABAD: Participants of a consultative meeting held at the Wafaqi Mohtasib Secretariat demanded the government to make National Commission on Rights of Children (NCRC) functional to address the issue of child abuse at the all level. Aimed at highlighting the issues of child abuse in Pakistan and seeking recommendations from stakeholders, the meeting was attended […]


Freedom of Movement under way

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KARACHI: Posters for Tomorrow’s three-day exhibition titled Freedom of Movement: 100 Posters for a Better World began at T2F’s Faraar Gallery on Thursday. It is a timely show in terms of its subject matter because in the last one year or so, with the introduction of the phrase ‘travel ban’ and issues such as the […]


Legendary Munnu Bhai laid to rest

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LAHORE – Renowned journalist, columnist, poet and writer Munnu Bhai passed away in Lahore Friday morning. Munnu Bhai , whose real name was Muneer Ahmed Qureshi, was 84 years old. Munnu Bhai who dedicated the latter part of his life to the fight against thalassemia at Sundas Foundation, could not ward off the evil effects […]