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Daily Archives: September 5, 2022

Activists demand release of missing persons

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LAHORE: Human rights activists and various student bodies on Tuesday reminded the state of its responsibilities towards its citizens and demanded immediate release of all the missing persons in the country besides action against their abductors. On the occasion of International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, observed annually on Aug 30, the Human […]


Telecom services in affected areas largely restored: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA)

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ISLAMABAD: Telecom services in flood-hit areas have largely been restored, as the number of affected mobile sites across the country has dropped to 568, just 1.1 per cent of the total sites, the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) said on Saturday. Besides, 80 more sites were restored over the past 24 hours and work was in […]


Media asked to play role in countering tobacco campaigns

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ISLAMABAD: Health activists on Sunday said media could play a vital role to counter the deceptive campaigns of the tobacco industry to promote harmful emerging tobacco products among Pakistani youth. They were expressing their views during a consultation organised by the Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (Sparc). Experts and senior […]


Jokhio friend’s plea to join trial as witness dismissed

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KARACHI: A session’s court has dismissed an application moved by a lawyer friend of slain Nazim Jokhio to join his murder trial as a ‘witness’ against an interned Pakistan People’s Party lawmakers and others. MPA Jam Awais along with his servants/guards — Haider Ali, Meer Ali, Muhammad Mairaj, Mohammad Saleem Salar, Mohammad Doda Khan, Ahmed […]