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Daily Archives: August 2, 2019

PPF condemns attack on Teletica TV channel

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Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), in a letter to Carlos Alvarado Quesada, President of Costa Rica has expressed concern over the attack on the Teletica TV channel in Costa Rica. PPF Secretary General Owais Aslam Ali in his letter has condemned the attack on station and urged the concerned authorities to immediately investigate the matter and […]


Govt claims 6.3pc increase in forest cover

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PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa environment minister Syed Mohammad Ishtiaq on Thursday claimed that the province’s forest cover had increased by 6.3 per cent due to the ‘successful completion’ of the Billion Trees Tsunami afforestation project. “The successful completion of the gigantic afforestation project earned us praise from a number of countries and international conservation bodies,” the […]


Environmental health problems of open waste dumping

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Waste management is a nuisance in developing countries. All kinds of waste, including hazardous industrial, commercial and municipal waste, are dumped without segregation at designated dumping sites. Dumping sites in the developing world are far more different from properly-designed landfill sites. The landfills are usually built at a distance from residential areas so the smell […]


Saqib Malik’s Baaji to screen at the Mosaic International South Asian Film Festival

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Saqib Malik’s big screen directorial debut, Baaji featuring Meera Jee, Amna Ilyas, Ali Kazmi and Osman Khalid among others, released on June 28, 2019 in Pakistan and beyond. Since then the film, which is running successfully in cinemas for six weeks now, has garnered rave reviews. The good news is that Baaji, that marks Meera […]


Books donated to Karachi Press Club library

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KARACHI: The Karachi Press Club (KPC) was presented a series of books, penned by renowned academics and experts in the relevant fields, by the Oxford University Press (OUP) on Thursday. The books donated happen to be OUP’s ‘Platinum Series’, comprising over 70 titles focusing on Pakistan and covering a broad spectrum of disciplines from history, […]