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Maya Loses her Bread in Guarding "Public Morality"

      By: Haroon Baloch It is a saying in English "As you sow, so shall you  reap."  It may be a bit earlier to write but I cannot refrain myself because my sources in Samaa TV have confirmed that Maya Khan Show will not go on-air from Monday. Certainly, a bad news for an employee, but this is fact that masses wanted the same since the very next moment after Maya Khan's 17th January show ended. Sorry Maya Khan, I know you're a good actor, but you bang the rights of public and I guess they didn't like your approach. I’m a reporter whether reporting objectively or opinionatedly, my ethics while writing blog or a news report must be same, facts are integrated and authentic, I’m responsible for what I claim. Being a strong believer of social responsibility of media, freedom of expression is my right, but to harm someone other’s right is not my right. One can express his/her views on any topic, phenomena, and/or issue, but minding the laws and ethi...

Memo commission give final chance to Ijaz

By Haroon Baloch ISLAMABAD, Jan 16: Memo commission ordered Mansoor Ijaz to be present on next hearing on Tuesday, January 24, 2012 and consider it the final chance, otherwise commission will formulate its report for the apex court on the basis of available facts. A three-member commission headed by Chief Justice of Balochistan High Court, Qazi Faez Esa while investigating the Memogate Scandal evaluated the facts of both sides here in Islamabad High Court on Monday. Advocate Akram Sheikh, the counsel of Mansoor Ijaz, told the honorable commission that his client has yet not received visa to travel for Pakistan because he is receiving life threats from government officials. "Since Mansoor Ijaz is threatened of being trialed under article 6 for toppling the previous Pakistan Peoples Party government. Media published the statement of interior minister Rehman Malik's statement in this regard", Akram Sheikh told the commission while referring to the story of Jang Newspape...

China exchanges culture with Pakistan

  By: Haroon Baloch ISLAMABAD, Jan 13: Chinese Troupe performed its heart touching and tremendous cultural performances in commemoration of Chinese Spring Festival and witnessed a huge applause from the twin cities audiences. Chinese performers maintained an excellent three hours show and amused the crowed with their strong body movements on their traditional folk music here in Pakistan National Council of Arts (PNCA) on Friday. The troupe of Guang Dong province was visiting Pakistan in relation with celebrations of 60 years Sino-Pak ties where both the countries have declared the 2011-12 the year of friendship. During the show, not only Chinese performers presented items but Pakistani students of a local school system also participated in it. The school system during the last two years have trained 2000 students in Chinese language.

Security parameters remained dominant factors in 2011 Pak Foreign Policy

By: Haroon Baloch ISLAMABAD, Jan 1: Pakistan witnessed historical ups and downs in its roller-coaster with United States during the whole 2011 where private CIA contractor Raymond Davis proven to be the first blow to their romance. Osama bin Laden operation on May 2nd halted the process of cooperation between both nations in war against terror whereas NATO-led-ISAF strikes on Salalah check posts in Mohmand Agency on November 26th did the real damage to Pak-US ties, not respecting the joint parliamentary resolution passed on May 14 against OBL hunt in Abbottabad.