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Daily Archives: October 22, 2018

CPNE concerned over govt steps to ‘control’ media

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KARACHI: The Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) Sunday expressed deep concern over the proposed Pakistan Media Regulatory Authority (PMRA) to be formed under a new media law submitted to the Senate by the federal government to control print, electronic and digital media in the country. It also pointed out that such a move had […]


Memories hold on – PTV

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People used to wait for the clock to strike 8:00 at night. The khabarnama (News Bulletin) at night was a follow-up delight. Men would come from offices and their businesses in time to enjoy the nashriyats (transmissions) of the Pakistan Television. It was not unusual for the neighbours to gather at a house that had […]


‘Donkey King’ breaks all animated film records

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KARACHI: Geo’s first and Pakistan’s number one animated movie ‘The Donkey King’ breaks all animated film records within 8 days, Mangu Being chased by 5 Indian Films. With a record breaking business of 8+ crores, Geo Films’ Donkey King has broken the animation record of all films within just one week. The movie broke lifetime […]


Former Dawn staffer Anjum Niaz dies

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KARACHI: Anjum Niaz, a former assistant editor of Dawn, died in New Jersey, US, on Saturday night. She had joined this newspaper in the late 1980s after transfer from daily Star and edited the newspaper’s Fri­day magazine for several years. After her transfer to Dawn’s Islamabad bureau in the early 1990s, she covered the Foreign […]