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Daily Archives: February 8, 2020

Novelist Nisar Aziz Butt passes away

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LAHORE: Eminent novelist Nisar Aziz Butt passed away here in the early hours of Friday. She was 93. According to information provided by a member of her family, Nisar had suffered a stroke on Sunday night. She passed away peacefully at Fajr time, surrounded by her sons Ashar Aziz and Ahmar Aziz Butt, brothers, grandchildren […]


Social media can be dangerous if not regulated, says expert

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LARKANA: Social media can prove to be a dangerous phenomenon if it is not regulated with strong rules and regulations for the general good of society and people, according to a professor of mass communication. Prof Qasim Haider of the mass communication and history department in the International Islamic University Islamabad said this while delivering […]


Neo TV fined for airing fake news about PM’s pay raise

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ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on Friday imposed a fine of Rs1 million on Neo TV channel for airing fake news about the enhancement of the prime minister’s salary. During a hearing on Thursday, the channel’s management was asked to respond to the show cause notice issued to it around a week […]