ZAHEER ABBASI ISLAMABAD: The government has upwardly revised fiscal deficit projection for the next fiscal year to 4.9 percent from 4.2 percent owing to highly anticipated higher expenditure on subsidies for power sector, increase in salaries as well as expenditure on a special programme outside the pale of Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) for election-related […]
By Mudassir Raja Ex-minister Hamid Saeed Kazmi, former Hajj DG Rao Shakeel and Raja Aftabul Islam plead not guilty. RAWALPINDI: A trial court on Wednesday indicted former federal minister for religious affairs Hamid Saeed Kazmi and two others in the Hajj corruption scam. Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Central Special Judge Khalid Shabir indicted Kazmi, former […]
KARACHI: Shafiuddin Ashraf and Ikram Bukhari were elected unopposed as chairman and secretary general, along with all other candidates in the All Pakistan Newspapers Employees Confederation election for the years 2012-2014 held at the press club on Wednesday, says a press release. The other office-bearers declared elected are: Dara Zafar (Senior Vice Chairman), Kaleem Shamim […]
Ayesha Shahid ISLAMABAD: These days, Manto is in the air. And in a quest to celebrate Manto’s centenary, Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) put up a rendition of his short story Ten rupees on Wednesday in a simple but effective production. Directed by Sabir Khan and written by Arshad Chohan, the play took […]
KARACHI: An exhibition of artworks by Shanzay Subzwari, Saadia Shahid, Nazar ul Islam, Rabia Dawood, Zohaib Khan, Tahir A. Bhatti and Ali Abrar opens at Grandeur gallery on Wednesday at 5pm. The group show will remain open till June 10, daily from 11am to 8pm. Dawn
Shazia Hasan KARACHI: Speakers on day two of the international ‘Media Agenda 2012’ conference discussed the medium of language and its usage, sources and their protection, and objectivity and the news media at the Arts Council here on Wednesday. Speaking in the morning session about the medium of language and its usage, BBC Urdu’s senior […]
Mohammad Asghar RAWALPINDI: A lady schoolteacher was allegedly killed by her brother over her marriage issue in the limits of Airport police station on Wednesday. The police said 22-year-old Sajida Bibi, resident of Dhoke Gangal, was allegedly murdered by her brother, Mohammad Ehsan, when their parents were not at home. Sajida Bibi, the daughter of […]
QUETTA: Media persons under the auspices of the Balochistan Union of Journalists held a demonstration here on Wednesday and called upon the government to arrest the killers of Abdul Qadir Hajizai, the reporter of a private TV channel at Basima in Washuk district, who was murdered two days ago. The protesters holding placards and banners […]
LARKANA – The mobile vans of National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) Regional Headquarters Sukkur have started visits of various districts upto June 8, to issue Computerized National Identity Cards (CNICs) to people of rural and remote areas. These mobile vans will visit various union councils of Larkana, Kamber-Shahdadkot, Kashmore-Kandhkot, Shikarpur and Jacobabad districts up […]
By Fouzia Saeed The writer recently completed her three year term as a member of the National Commission on the Status of Women and as the chairperson of the anti sexual harassment watches committee Implementation has been one of the weakest links when it comes to our country’s law enforcement. This limitation in our legal […]
HYDERABAD: Professor Mashoor Alam Shah, the Vice Chancellor Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences Jamshoro has expressed that the electronic and print media can play a vital role for the health awareness of the community, which can help in prevention of so many diseases. While addressing at the inaugural session of “Renovation/ Upgradation of […]
Shoaib A Raja ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Qamar Zaman Kaira on Tuesday said that the FC would work under the control of chief minister Balochistan and would have no role other than the restoration of law and order. He said a high-level meeting chaired by Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani had […]
LAHORE: Use of social media has been rapidly growing in Pakistan which is useful in awareness creation among the public but also creating problems due to misuse of it. The trend of reading books has been declining with growing use of Facebook among the youth while all the political and religious parties are using the […]
**The application deadline for the 2013 program is August 1, 2012** In 2013, the Alfred Friendly Press Fellowships will be creating several specialized fellowships and working exclusively with partner institutions. We are only accepting applications from journalists at our partner media companies or Muslim journalists from the following countries who are eligible for the Daniel […]
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