Murtaza Ali Shah LONDON: The centenary celebrations of poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz began in London on Saturday with media support from the Jang group and Geo TV. More than 1,500 people including politicians, students, artists and close associates of Faiz attended the celebrations, held at the Friends Meeting House, London, UK. Faiz’s daughters Muneeza and […]
ISLAMABAD: Spokesperson for Pakistan Television Corporation has termed a news report titled ‘MD’s got far more than 3 percent share of PTV going bankrupt’, which appeared in Daily Times, Islamabad (June 11, 2011) as factually incorrect. The spokesperson regretted that PTV was not contacted prior to filing of the news report as the report is […]
Karachi: A young woman was shot dead and her husband wounded when her father and uncle allegedly opened fire on them in the Baldia Town police limits on Saturday. Amra Bibi, 25, was killed and her husband, Ali Rehman, sustained wounds when her father, Abdul Haseeb Brohi, along with her uncle, Khadim Brohi, came over […]
Sir: The unfortunate killing of Saleem Shahzad seems to be an episode straight out of a mystery story. The only difference is that normally the sleuths have to find evidence of who the real killers are, whereas here the killers are known – or almost known – to be those who had issued a threat […]
THIS refers to the killing of journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad. It is a great shock to the world as journalists stand for the cause of people and their killing is deplorable. It is journalists who make policymakers accountable and influence them to work responsibly according to the public mandate. It is sad Pakistan is turning […]
By Mahnoor Sherazee KARACHI: Recent events in the Middle East have made the word ‘revolution’ almost synonymous with the term social media. Realising the power of citizen journalism, the US Consulate and some sponsors organised Pakistan’s first ever international social media summit called Network! on Saturday. The summit invited five bloggers from Egypt, Malaysia and […]
LAHORE: A banking court here in Lahore on Saturday indicted Pakistan Muslim League — Quaid (PML-Q) leader Moonis Elahi in the National Insurance Corporation Limited (NICL) scam. Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) authorities presented Moonis for the hearing in the court of Banking Offence Special Judge Malik Abdul Rasheed. Moonis lawyers sought the copies of the […]
By Mohammad Ali Khan PESHAWAR: Keeping in view the next general election, the coalition government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa presented on Saturday a Rs249.151 billion balanced budget for 2011-12, one-third of which is to be spent on the Annual Development Programme (ADP). Finance Minister Mohammad Humayun Khan presented the budget in the provincial assembly amid an […]
By Aziz Malik HYDERABAD: Well-known novelist, writer and poet Tariq Alam Abro died in a Karachi hospital on Saturday. He was suffering from serious liver and kidney ailments and died of kidney failure. His wife and brother will bring his body back here on Sunday, according to his family members. Source: Dawn Date:6/12/2011
KARACHI: Business Recorder Logo Journalists, civil society and political parties on Saturday slammed the Rangers for its act of cold-blooded killing of a young man, Sarfraz Shah, and condemned the threats to a private TV channel’s cameramen, wanting reining in of the paramilitary forces. A large number of protestors – representing journalists’ fraternity, civil society […]
Reality exposed, critics’ eyes should open now! ISLAMABAD: A spokesman of the Jang Group has contradicted the allegations levelled by the US Embassy in the shape of whatever has appeared in the press with reference to WikiLeaks in the last few days. Jang Group has made it clear that Dawn had furnished a list of […]
ISLAMABAD: The independent journalism being practised by the Jang Group offended both the Pakistani establishment and United States. Referring to American diplomatic correspondents, WikiLeaks disclosed that on Geo TV, criticism of the American government and its policies is increasing. The channel is also involved in anti-Jewish activities. Despite insistence by the American Embassy, the Jang […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani investigative reporter Syed Saleem Shahzad has been posthumously awarded an Italian journalism prize after he was abducted and killed by unknown assassins in Pakistan last month. Italy’s Ischia Prize Foundation granted Shahzad its International Journalism Award in a unanimous decision by the jury. The annual prize honours excellence in journalism and communication. Shahzad […]
KARACHI: Business Recorder Logo Journalists, civil society and political parties on Saturday slammed the Rangers for its act of cold-blooded killing of a young man, Sarfraz Shah, and condemned the threats to a private TV channel’s cameramen, wanting reining in of the paramilitary forces. A large number of protestors – representing journalists’ fraternity, civil society […]
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