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Daily Archives: December 28, 2019

Former Karachi University professor Inam Bari passes away

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Former Karachi University professor Inam Bari passed away in the metropolis on Friday night. He was suffering from a renal disease. The funeral prayers for the deceased will be held today (Saturday) after Zohr prayers at Karachi University Housing Society Scheme 33. The former professor of the university’s mass communication department was undergoing treatment at […]


Thar Foundation organises science festival

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Continuing the mission to make quality education accessible for all, the Thar Foundation in collaboration with Pakistan Space Science Education Centre organised a science festival in New Senhri Dars, Jeewan Das campus, some 70 kilometres away from Mithi. Thar’s 1st Maker & Science Expo is the culmination of a three-phased training through hands-on science and […]


Minorities’ rights protected in Pakistan: US official

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KARACHI- American Deputy Consul General in Karachi Jack Hillmeyer has said that minorities’ rights have been protected in Pakistan and they freely celebrate their religious and social festivals here. He said that all efforts in this connection and especially the endeavours of Karachi Mayor Waseem Akhter and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan to promote inter-faith […]


Xinhua team visits Nawa-i-Waqt office

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Lahore- A delegation from China’s news agency Xinhua visited the offices of Daily Nawa-i-Waqt and The Nation here on Friday. The delegation consisted of Mr Zhao Yue, the general sales manager of Asia Pacific Regional Bureau at Xinhua; Mr Wang Xiaoming, its sales manager; Mr Tang Binhui from Xinhua’s Urdu service; Mr Liu Tian and […]


Al-Qaeda’s media cell busted in Gujranwala

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GUJRANWALA- Five terrorists running Al-Qaeda’s media cell have been arrested from Gujranwala in a joint operation conducted by the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) and an intelligence agency on Friday. According to CTD officials, intelligence agencies had been keeping a track of the terrorists for several months and collecting information about them. The arrested men have […]


IHC disposes of plea against interior ministry ban

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ISLAMABAD:The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday disposed of a petition challenging the interior ministry’s ban on its officials as well as employees of its subordinate departments from speaking to the media without permission and sharing documents or any other information on social networking websites. The plea against the restrictions was filed by a citizen, […]


PML-N assails Imran over remarks about media

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ISLAMABAD: The opposition Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Friday criticised Prime Minister Imran Khan and accused him of calling the media a mafia. In a series of tweets, PML-N spokesperson Marriyum Aurangzeb says that an “incompetent, incapable and selected” prime minister is saying that there is a mafia in the media. “It is shameful, regrettable […]