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Daily Archives: November 25, 2019

Pakistan: Death threats received journalist.

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Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) and National Press Club (NPC) strongly condemned death threats by terrorist outfits to Asif Ali Bhatti Reporter of Geo News in Pakistan’s capital city of  Islamabad. Briefing a joint meeting of PFUJ and NPC on November 24, 2019, Bhatti, said he had been receiving threats and e messages over […]


Action against newspaper stalls

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The joint Karachi police and Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) action against newspaper hawkers and their stalls needs to be condemned as reports say that Karachi police ransacked and demolished newspaper stalls in various areas of Karachi and the officials of Karachi Municipal Corporation (KMC) have taken newspaper sellers into custody and snatched newspapers from their […]


College teacher’s torture video goes viral

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MULTAN: The video of torture of a private college teacher went viral on social media on Sunday, showing five to six youths involved in the incident. On the other hand, Multan police said the teacher had forgiven the suspect they had arrested on the day of registration of the case (Nov 8) and produced in […]


AGAHI Awards-2019 Recognizes 47 Journalists For Excellence

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AGAHI Awards-2019 – Pakistan’s prestigious and most-sought after journalism recognition – has recognized 47 journalists for media excellence and ethics. The AGAHI Awards in its seventh year received thousands of submissions in more than 40 categories from across Pakistan, a press release said. A jury of national and international experts, development specialists, academicians and media […]


Thousands throng charity bazaar on Sunday

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ISLAMABAD: Thousands thronged the charity bazaar on Sunday held under the aegis of Pakistan Foreign Office Women’s Association (PFOWA). The hallmark of the bazaar, as usual, was the presence of various foreign missions that established their stalls. At the stalls, the foreign missions displayed various items depicting lifestyle, culture and traditions of their respective countries. Besides, the event […]


Pak-Japan fusion enthrals audience at art festival

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ISLAMABAD-The Embassy of Japan in collaboration with the Islamabad Art Festival 2019 organized a joint music performance of Pakistani and Japanese artistes titled “NIHON Cultural Performance” at the auditorium of Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) here on Sunday. The Japanese musicians known as ‘The Trio Zipang’ where Takanabe is a percussionist; Tabata is […]


Seven Vertical Miles wins Dawn-DW top film prize

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KARACHI: A short documentary about a coalmine in Balochistan titled Seven Vertical Miles made by Ali Haider, Ali Baloch, Hassan Zia and Zeeshan Haider won the first prize of the ‘It Only Happens in Pakistan video story contest 2019’ organised by Dawn.Com and Deutsche Welle (DW) at a local hotel on Saturday. This year the […]