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Daily Archives: March 1, 2018

Workshop and round table discussion for freelance journalists based in Baluchistan

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Pakistan Press Foundation with support of Open Society Foundation (OSF) organized a three-day workshop on ‘Mobile Journalism for freelance Journalists based in Baluchistan’ and a round table discussion with the publishers and editors of media houses to discuss the problems, opportunities and recommendations for the freelance journalists based in Baluchistan. The training was conducted by […]


Sindhi fiction writer Ali Baba remembered

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KARACHI: Intellectuals and writers paid homage to Ali Baba, a leading fiction writer, at a programme held here on Wednesday. The writer’s novel Moenjodaro was considered his most celebrated work in Sindhi fiction. Ali Mohammad Rind, better known as Ali Baba, had died in August 2016. He is regarded as a prolific and one of […]


PITB launches e-Khidmat mobile app

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Lahore: Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB) has said that Punjab IT Board in collaboration with the Punjab government has established the eighth mega state-of-the-art e-Khidmat Marakaz in Lahore. PITB Chairman Dr Umar Saif said this while addressing the launch of the e-Khidma mobile application to facilitate the general public for more than 17 government; district, […]


Hyderabad Union of Journalists’ office-bearers congratulated

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BADIN: Various social, political, elected representatives of provincial and national assembly and prominent figures have felicitated the new office-bearers of Hyderabad Union of Journalists (HUJ) on their victory. Former speaker of National Assembly and MNA Dr Fehmida Mirza, Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Sindh’s information secretary, former Sindh chief minister Liaquat Jatoi, former Sindh home minister […]


Court orders to produce missing journalist within three days

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HYDERABAD: The District and Session Judge Hyderabad Amjad Ali Bohio on Wednesday directed Hyderabad SSP Peer Muhammad Shah to produce the missing journalist Kamran Sahito in three days. The petitioner Miral Ali Sahito, father, informed the court that his son, a sub-editor at the Sindh Express, was allegedly picked up by policemen from their residence […]


Govt advertising serves as oxygen to print media: APNS

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KARACHI – The APNS has welcomed the intent of the Chief Justice of Pakistan to examine government advertising in the print media. The President, All Pakistan Newspaper Society (APNS), Sarmad Ali in a statement issued on Wednesday has said that the Chief Justice has observed that despite the failure to provide utilities, the provincial governments […]