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Daily Archives: August 31, 2018

PPF seeks justice for Mexican cameraman Enrique Rodríguez Valladares

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Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) in a letter to Enrique Peña Nieto, President of Mexico has expressed concern over the killing of Javier Enrique Rodríguez Valladares, a cameraman for a local television channel. PPF Secretary General Owais Aslam Ali in his letter, condemned this brutal attack on the cameraman and urged the Mexican government to thoroughly […]


PPF condemns attack on Bosnian journalist Vladimir Kovacevic

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Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) in a letter to Mladen Ivanic, President of Bosnia and Herzegovina has expressed concern over the attack on Vladimir Kovacevic, a journalist at BN TV, on Sunday, August 26. PPF Secretary General Owais Aslam Ali in his letter, condemned the attack on the journalist and urged the authorities to investigate the incident […]


Smartphone app to be introduced to give citizens access to laws passed by PA

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The Sindh Law Department has been directed to introduce a smartphone application enabling people to access the digital library of the department containing drafts and other information of all the laws passed by the Sindh Assembly. The directives were issued on Thursday by Murtaza Wahab, the chief minister’s adviser on law and anti-corruption, in a […]


Aamina Sheikh joins hands with PAGE as global ambassador

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Last seen on the big screen in Asim Abbasi’s critically and commercially acclaimed Cake (March 30) that represented Pakistan on various global fronts, Aamina Sheikh is again in the limelight for all the right reasons. The actor, who played the lead role alongside Asif Raza Mir in Nibah that concluded earlier this year, has become […]


HRCP asks govt to end ‘enforced’ disappearances

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Marking International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances (August 30) nationwide, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan’s Sindh chapter organised on Thursday a protest camp outside Karachi Press Club, demanding of the newly elected federal government to take robust measures to end the illegal practice of enforced disappearances and bring the perpetrators to justice. […]


APNS urges consultation for structural changes in media bodies

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KARACHI: The All Pakistan News­papers Society (APNS) has expressed the hope that the new government will hold “meaningful consultations” with media stakeholders before bringing about structural changes in state-managed media bodies. In a statement released on Thursday, the APNS welcomed the government’s intention to revamp the structure of state-run media. However, it pointed out that […]