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Daily Archives: July 12, 2021

Restrictions on media

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Journalists Beyond Borders (BRF) in its yearly report ((2021) has decried and disparaged the government for its consistent drive of tightening the screws around Pakistani media with no sign of expiration to review the policy that is indeed tyrannical and unacceptable for being at variance with the constitutional imperatives. The report ranked Pakistan at 145 […]


Book on musical instrument ‘chang’ launched

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KARACHI: A book about a centuries-old indigenous musical instrument from the Indus valley titled Chang by the late journalist and writer Shaikh Aziz was launched at the Karachi Press Club (KPC) on Saturday evening. Alauddin Khanzada was the first speaker. He said with the passage of time Shaikh sahib’s many talents are coming to the […]


Gilgit-Baltistan to make ‘Transparency and Right to Information’ law soon

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LAHORE: The Gilgit-Baltistan government has started work on making its own law on the lines of the Punjab Transparency and Right to Information Act 2013. According to official sources, on the instructions of GB Chief Minister Khalid Khurshid, Senior Minister Lt-Col (retd) Obaidullah Baig invited Chief Information Commissioner Punjab Mahboob Qadir Shah to visit Gilgit-Baltistan […]