 | | Qatari women set to launch fashion magazine |
 MAKING
a foray into the fashion and lifestyle world, three young Qatari
women have joined hands to launch an English magazine from Doha.
Named HauteMuse, the magazine will be published quarterly. Talking
to Qatar Tribune, Fatma Hamad al Thani and Noor Rashid al Thani,
both owners of the magazine, said that each issue would be theme-based
with an innovative layout. "We will... |
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|  |  | | UK Monarchy: How Relevant? |
 AMID
the flag-waving and the street parties to celebrate the marriage
of Prince William and Kate Middleton on Friday, bigger questions
about the relevance of the monarchy to modern Britain lurk like
uninvited guests. Extravagant living in a time of austerity
abrades public sensibilities; unearned privilege is resented,
while snobbery and elitism are seen as dangerously outmoded.
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DELUSION |
| COL Moamar Qadhafi is a vain man. Like
the other Arab dinosaurs he has his dyed hair, his designer
shades, his spoiled children and his compound full of sycophants.
He doesn´t want, one day, to be dragged from a rat hole
like Saddam Hussein or hauled from a bunker like the Ivory Coast´s
Laurent Gbagbo. So what´s his calculation? Does he have
one at all? Here in liberated eastern Libya, where the tricolour
Qadhafi banished now flies... |
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PPP govt committed to media freedom: Gilani
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LAHORE PRIME Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Saturday said that the Pakistan People’s Party-led government in the last three years has transformed media freedom into a reality instead of raising hollow slogans.
He was addressing the All- Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) Regional Press Convention-2011 in Lahore, where Punjab Governor Sardar Latif Khan Khosa, Federal Information Minister Firdous Ashiq Awan, members of National Assembly, members of provincial assemblies, APNS President Hameed Haroon and other office-bearer, newspapers owners of national and vernacular press and veteran journalists were also present.
Gilani hoped the media would play an effective role in creating national consensus on operation against terrorism and extremism and all challenges being faced by Pakistan.
“I believe the nation and press rise and fall together,” he said.
He said the government had encouraged all initiatives of the media which gave a hope, courage and confidence to the people of Pakistan, besides promoting a self-regulation system for media organisations.
The government, he said, had made amendments to various press laws to ensure a vibrant, free and an effective media.
“I am proud that the Pakistan People’s Party is the only political party that always strived for the freedom of media and the vision and approach of great leaders Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and Benazir Bhutto had actually provided the basis for the freedom of expression the Pakistani media is enjoying today,” he maintained.
The prime minister said that they had long been fighting for rights of the people, supremacy of the constitution and democracy under the able leadership of Benazir Bhutto, adding, now democracy in Pakistan had been revived and “We believe that a vibrant and strong media is inevitable to strengthen democracy and promote democratic values.” Gilani observed that like national newspapers, the vernacular press had equal importance which could not be ignored, citing that regional newspapers despite having meager resources were playing a key role in the promotion of local talent as well as highlighting issues and problems at grassroots level.
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