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Daily Archives: March 19, 2019

Drive to retrieve forest land

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HYDERABAD: A meeting held in Jamshoro on Monday decided to finalise strategy against encroachers of government land and start scrutiny of fake entries in the revenue record to be cancelled. It also discussed details of operations to be launched for retrieving 13,264 acres of land in the district. Presided over by Additional Deputy Commissioner-I Shaukat […]


A tale of three women

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KARACHI: It is quite ironic when you are in an auditorium watching a drama, knowing that it is of high merit and yet not able to understand the lines that the actors are saying. It happened on Saturday evening when an Iranian group Nahan Theatre put up an intense play titled Some Days Ago as […]


‘Oil spill is a major cause of environmental hazard’

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The ongoing process of oil spilling into the Arabian Sea near Mubarak Village has become a very serious cause of environmental hazard in the area. The situation is not only disturbing the marine life, but it has made lives of local fishermen difficult. These views were expressed by Dr Shehnaz Rashid, an expert in marine […]


Punjab minister for making efforts to make environment clean

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GUJRANWALA: Punjab Minister for Health Dr Yasmin Rashid has said that cleanliness is an essential part of Islamic teachings and we must do efforts to make tidy our environment and surroundings. She said this while addressing a seminar held in connection with the Neat and Clean Week at the District Council Hall on Monday. Deputy […]


Nestlé launches country-wide tree plantation drive

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With its commitment to Prime Minister’s ‘Clean Green Pakistan’ initiative, Nestlé Pakistan is paving the way for a sustainable environment by launching a country wide tree plantation drive. Advancing the initiative, Nestlé Pakistan in partnership with Metropolitan Corporation of Islamabad (MCI), conducted a tree plantation activity in Rose and Jasmine Garden, Islamabad led by Mayor […]


LHC restrains filmmaker from ‘illegal’ use of Maula Jatt’s title, characters

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LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Monday stayed the unauthorised use of the title of the film Maula Jatt, dialogues, characters, making/shooting and exhibition of work identical to the movie. Justice Aminuddin Khan issued the stay order on a petition moved by Mohammad Sarwar Bhatti of Bahoo Film Corporation, the producer of the original 1979 […]


PPF condemns the brutal murder of Honduran journalist

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Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), in a letter to Juan Orlando Hernandez, President of Honduras has expressed deep concern over the murder of Honduran journalist, Leonardo Gabriel Hernández. PPF Secretary General Owais Aslam Ali has strongly denounced the brutal murder of Hernández and urged the government and concerned authorities of Honduras to thoroughly investigate and hold […]