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Daily Archives: October 10, 2021

The foreign office removes ‘Wi-Fi’ to block data leakage in social media

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ISLAMABAD   – The foreign office has removed official internet facility “WiFi” from its premises in order to block the leakage of information and documents to social media. There were two main WiFi servers in new and old block from where internet signal has been disconnected. Each floor of the foreign office has WiFi facility which […]


Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis to join Asports, Pakistan’s first HD sports channel

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On Saturday, cricket stars Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis announced that they are joining Pakistan’s first HD sports channel, ASports, set to launch on October 16. The legendary cricketers made this announcement through their official Twitter accounts. “Delighted to announce that I have joined Pakistan’s first HD sports channel A-SPORTS as President. I would like […]


Arrest of culprits behind attack on journalist demanded

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The various journalist bodies, press clubs and unions on Saturday expressed their concern over Police failure to trace and arrest the culprits behind attack on their colleague one week ago and called upon relevant authorities and law enforcement agencies to bring the culprits to justice without any further delay failing which they would launch a […]


A Nobel for journalists

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With democracy under threat across the globe from various quarters, it is refreshing that the Nobel Prize Committee felt obliged to award its coveted peace Prize for 2021 to two reporters. Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov from the Philippines and Russia respectively are ‘representatives of all journalists’ as the Norwegian Nobel Committee put it. This […]


Stakeholders convention rejects Pakistan Media Development Authority as draconian law

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MULTAN: A multi-stakeholders convention of the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) Saturday rejected the Pakistan Media Development Authority (PMDA) as a draconian and black law. It demanded the government immediately withdraw its draft, otherwise the civil society and trade unions would back the PFUJ plans to launch a countrywide agitation. The convention endorsed the […]


TV reporter killed in bomb attack near car in Balochistan’s Hub

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A television reporter was killed in an explosion near his car in Balochistan’s Hub area, bordering Karachi, on Sunday night, police said. Shahid Zehri, 35, who was associated with Metro 1 News, was travelling in a car in Hub when he was attacked reportedly with a homemade grenade, Eidgah Station House Officer Nadeem Haider said. […]