KARACHI – Media is a vehicle to project the products which the academia produces. Media, academic and policy-makers constitutes a strategic triangle, the outcome of which is a balanced and well-built country with a knowledge-based society, these views were expressed by Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Muhammad Qaisar and others during their address at the panel […]
Sahar Bandial Horrific memories have a staying power, easily rekindled upon the appropriate trigger. The tragic end of Fakhra Younus in Rome last month was one such trigger. It took me back to the summer afternoon, some years ago, at the Mayo Hospital in Lahore: a dark room with a hospital bed covered by a […]
Tehmina Qureshi KARACHI: The timing of the launch of the ‘History Media Policy’ project by the University of Karachi’s history department was impeccable. Just before it happened, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani was convicted of contempt by the Supreme Court. In the university itself, classes were cancelled by activists of political parties. The university’s administration […]
HYDERABAD: A man killed his elder sister in a case of honour killing in Liaquat Town area in Tandojam, Hyderabad Rural, on Thursday. The victim Nawabi Mirjat, 40 years old, was a widow and a mother of 4 children. The doctors at Tandojam Taluka hospital said the victim was shot thrice and pronounced dead on […]
KARACHI: Sindh has a whopping 192 press clubs, with Khairpur, Thatta and Dadu topping the list of districts with the largest number of press clubs at 22, 19 and 15 respectively. Sindh Information Minister Shazia Marri told the Sindh Assembly on Thursday that the government was committed to working with press clubs, based on directives […]
LAHORE: The Commonwealth Broadcasting Association (CBA) members unanimously elected Hum Network International Relations General Manager Moneeza Hashmi as the CBA president for the second time in a row. The decision was taken in a conference in Brisbane, Australia, on Wednesday. Moneeza, daughter of renowned poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz, is the first Pakistani and the only […]
Shaheen Sehbai DUBAI: After losing the case of their chief executive in the apex court of the country and bringing to him the dishonour of becoming the first convicted PM of the country, top notch lawyer Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan and chief spokesman Qamar Zaman Kaira, have turned their guns on a section of the media, […]
ISLAMABAD: A dark chapter was written in the political history of Pakistan on Thursday when a seven-member bench of the Supreme Court convicted Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani for his willful intent of not complying with its order regarding writing a letter to the Swiss and other authorities for the reopening of illegal wealth cases […]
LAHORE: Commenting on the Supreme Court verdict in the contempt case against the prime minister, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has called for an end to confrontation between the state organs. The HRCP believed that, while it was gratifying to note that the Supreme Court had held its hand while sentencing the PM, […]
THIS is with reference to the article ‘A giant in decline’ (April 9). I fully support the suggestions put forward by the writer for the revival of Radio Pakistan — a public service state organ. It is time to inject the much-needed funds to pull the organisation out of its financial crunch and help it […]
ISLAMABAD: Shrugging off any damage to him from his conviction by the Supreme Court for contempt, the government told a turbulent National Assembly on Thursday that Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani would remain in office, though the opposition demanded that he better resign to prove his innocence. Asserting that the conviction and a symbolic sentence […]
نیو یارک، 26 اپریل 2012ء/پی آرنیوزوائر/– نیوزویک اور ڈیلی بیسٹ اور اوپن ہینڈز انیشی ایٹو نے باصلاحیت افراد کو پروان چڑھانے اور نئی آوازیں تلاش کرنے کے لیے خطے کو کوریج دینے والے جنوبی ایشیائی صحافیوں اور لکھاریوں کے لیے ایک نئے انعام کا اعلان کیا ہے ۔ اس انعام کا مقصد ایسے فرد کے […]
NEW YORK, April 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Newsweek & The Daily Beast and the Open Hands Initiative announce a new prize for South Asian journalists and writers covering the region to celebrate and nurture raw talent and find fresh voices. The aim of this prize is to promote and support the work of an individual […]
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