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Daily Archives: September 12, 2018

Azra Abbas’s collection of poems launched

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KARACHI: Readers of Urdu poetry were treated to an interesting conversation between poet Azra Abbas and writer Asif Farrukhi at T2F on Monday evening on the occasion of the launch of Abbas’s new collection of poems Bheer Mein. Farrukhi set the ball rolling by asking the poet about how she got inclined towards writing poems. […]


Seminar on climate change

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KARACHI – A research project investigating the energy-development nexus in Pakistan in the context of climate change was carried out from December 2016 to April 2018 in Punjab and Sindh, and has resulted in interesting findings that highlighted the fundamental connections between energy, climate change and land acquisition. The project findings show that even in the […]


Pemra auctions five satellite TV licences through open bidding

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ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) conducted on Tuesday bidding for issuance of five satellite television licences against an advertisement issued on Sept 1. The process was delayed due to litigation and was initiated after the courts ruled in favour of the authority. The bidding was held at the Pemra headquarters. The categories […]


Imran exempted from court appearance

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ISLAMABAD – Special Anti-Terrorism Court Tuesday exempted Prime Minister Imran Khan permanently from his personal appearance before the court in cases registered in 2014 for allegedly attacking the buildings of Parliament and Pakistan Television (PTV). ATC judge Kausar Abbas Zaid conducted hearing of the cases regarding alleged attacks on PTV headquarters and the Parliament House during sit-in of […]