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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. ...

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

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...

      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...

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...

  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.

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.