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Daily Archives: March 21, 2019

Senate body urges UNSG to take notice of HR abuses in IHK

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ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan Tuesday passed a resolution, urging the world community, particularly, the United Nations Secretary General (UNSG) to take notice of human right violations in Indian Held Kashmir (IHK). The committee, through the resolution, also called on Indian government to allow the international observers to visit the […]


Adviser all praise for Sindh’s 2 billion tree drive

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KARACHI  –   Adviser to Prime Minister on Climate Change Malik Amin Aslam on Wednesday lauded the Sindh government for its scheme to plant around two billion trees across the province in next five years. The plantation would be carried out under greenery drive launched by the Sindh Forests Department in collaboration with the like-minded non-governmental […]


Cameraman beat up by political party supporters

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Shiraz Gardezi, cameraman of Geo News television channel was assaulted by the supporters of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) political party on March 20, 2019 outside the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) court in Islamabad, the federal capital of Pakistan. Gardezi, who is also a joint secretary of the National Press Club (NPC), Islamabad, was covering the […]


‘Only provision of fundamental rights can ensure justice’

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Fundamental rights are rights due to community by the state. They are imperative to the development of the individual, the society. They are enshrined in the constitution of a country. Fundamental rights also imply the preservation of property, optimum quality of life, and freedom of speech and of religious practice. These views were expressed by […]


Journalist gets Asian Environmental Award

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PESHAWAR: A Pakistani journalist, Syed Muhammad Abu Bakr, has bagged Asian Environmental Journalism Awards organized by the Singapore Environment Council (SEC) at Singapore. According to a press release issued here from Singapore Environment Council, Syed Muhammad Abu Bakr, a Lahore-based environmental reporter, is among the 15 journalists and media outlets from around Asia who were […]