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Daily Archives: June 12, 2019

Ahad Raza Mir bags Int’l nomination for Hamlet

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LAHORE:-Pakistani heartthrob Ahad Raza Mir has been nominated at the Betty Mitchell Awards in ‘Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Drama’ category. The 22nd Annual Betty Mitchell Awards, which aims to recognise excellence in Calgary’s Professional Theatre Community, released the list of 2018-19 nominees last week. In a short span of time Ahad Raza […]


Call to stop tree chopping amid heatwave threat

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KARACHI: It is high time that citizens of Karachi come out and take action on their own to stop the menacing activity of tree cutting to prevent the city’s environment from complete destruction. The president of the National Forum for Environment and Health (NFEH), Mohammad Naeem Qureshi, stated this on Tuesday as he addressed a […]


Air pollution emergency

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We all know that air pollution poses substantial health risks. All across Pakistan — especially in industrial cities like Karachi, Faisalabad, Gujrat, and Lahore — millions of people live and work in spaces where the average air pollution levels are way above the maximum limits recommended by the World Health Organisation (WHO). Air pollution is […]


Bears at Jallo Park live sans shade in sorry state

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Lahore: Following a hue and cry raised on social media over the miserable condition of bears at Jallo Park, the wildlife department sprung into action, but not before several people condemned the government’s indifference to animal welfare. In photos shared on social media, the bears kept at Jallo Park could be seen lying around in […]


PPF condemns the internet shutdown in Liberia

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Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), in a letter to George Weah, President of Liberia has expressed concern over the internet shutdown in Liberia following the protests in Monrovia on June 7, 2019. PPF Secretary General Owais Aslam Ali in his letter has condemned the internet disruption in Liberia and termed it an attack of freedom of […]