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Pak Exaggerated Response to Rohrabacher's Resolution

By: Haroon Baloch Dana Rohrabacher, Californian legislature in House of  Representative  -  United News Pakistan. Republican congressman Dana Rohrabacher introduced a House Concurrent Resolution on February 17 th demanding the right of self-determination for Balochi nation. Earlier this month, US House of Representative's sub-committee on foreign affairs oversight and investigated the prevailing situation of Balochistan in view of human rights' violence. Pakistan responded furiously to the US government on this move of congressman and termed it interference in Pakistan 's internal affairs. Newly appointed ambassador to Washington , H.E. Sherry Rehman feared it may lead to further worsening of Pakistan – United States ties. Balochistan – southwestern province of Pakistan , rich with minerals and other natural resources, is the richest part of the country . Contrary to facts, Balochistan has seen no prosperity during the past 65 years. Since i

Second Annual Mango Conference

By: Haroon Baloch 2nd Annual Mango Conference with the slogan "From the US People"   ISLAMABAD, Jan 31: United States Agency for International Development (USAID) organized the 2nd Annual Mango Conference to facilitate Pakistani farmers, upgrading the mango processing in Pakistan so to bring the quality of mangoes to international exporting standards. My Facebook Login Page My Facebook Login Page

Link it, Instead of Plagiarizing

By: Haroon Baloch Online journalism has made plagiarism easier than ever, but believe me your efforts against the ethics would earn you bad. Link it, whatever you want to utilize in your blogs and online writings, is the best practice in the world of online journalism. More or less, ethics for online journalism and traditional print media are same. With technological progression, especially internet's role of connecting with huge pool of knowledge, has given a new dimension to journalism in following ways: Journalists enjoy the liberty to select information from anywhere. Supporting stuff e.g. pictures, graphics and videos can also be accessed. All types of information are readily available for the subscribers. Information can easily be ascertained through various sources. Ethics of Utilizing Graphics or Videos However, ethics of utilizing stuff from other sources bind us to follow them. For example, I'm utilizing a picture to support my blog; I need to credi