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Daily Archives: February 24, 2018

PM to announce culture, film policy on 26th

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ISLAMABAD – Minister of State for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage Marriyam Aurangzeb said the Prime Minister would announce the cultural and film policy on February 26 to ensure systematic and integrated mainstreaming of cultural and ethnic cohesiveness.Speaking at the opening ceremony of the National Artists Convention and the CPEC Cultural Caravan Festival at the […]


Exit West by Mohsin Hamid gets nominated for L.A. Times Book Prize

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Mohsin Hamid, a well-known author, with several acclaimed books to his credit is constantly on an upwards trajectory. His book, The Reluctant Fundamentalist was adapted into a film by the extraordinary Mira Nair and featured an all-star cast including Riz Ahmed, Kate Hudson, Om Puri, Shabana Azmi, Meesha Shafi and Kiefer Sutherland, circa 2012. In […]


Objectionable content: Pakistan seeks Google cooperation

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has asked Google to provide the country with a preferential access to block objectionable and blasphemous content on YouTube and obtain information about some Gmail users who violate the country’s cyber law, The News has learnt. A delegation led by Jake Lucchi, Google’s Head of Safety, Content and Social Impact Public Policy and […]