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Drap chief removed over fake PhD degree

The Ministry of National Health Services (NHS) on Thursday removed the head of Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (Drap). `Dr Sheikh Akhtar Hussain was appointed as the chief executive officer…

Trump, Truth And Fake News

Trump, truth and fake news

America’s septuagenarian president, Donald Trump, in his New Year tweet scolded Pakistan for only offering ‘lies and deceit’ in return for aid money, that he put at a staggering $33…

Fake News

Fake news

Political communication has a new tool. The new tool is: fake news. The medium: conventional as well as the social media. The users of this new tool are: the government,…

The Use Of Fake News

The use of fake news

These days, ‘fake news’ is regularly evoked against inconvenient reporting not just by the usual authoritarian suspects, such as in Russia, Syria and Venezuela, but also by governments in relatively…

Fake Boom

Fake boom

It’s now almost a decade since the last fiscal crisis, launching what was dubbed the ‘Great Recession’. It wreaked havoc on the US banking system and the housing market, leaving…

Fake news vs fact in online battle for truth

Since US President Donald Trump weaponised the term "fake news" during the 2016 presidential election campaign, the phrase has gone viral. Increasingly it is used by politicians around the world…

Media blues

THE crisis afflicting Pakistan’s mainstream print and electronic media sphere is escalating. Apart from a series of high-profile resignations and sackings, there are also reports of several print publications cutting…

Social Media And Elections

Social media and elections

For a stable democratic society, the importance of a free and fair election cannot be denied. The credit for raising political awareness among people after a long struggle goes to…