By: Dr Irfan Zafar The easiest solution to any problem is to order its shutdown and then go on to defend its absurdity, unless one reaches a point of consciousness realising one’s folly, but failing to take any blame for it as that requires moral courage – an attribute we lost long time back! Our […]
Human Rights Watch, an international watchdog body on Thursday urged Pakistan to act to protect the Shia community and not stand by as members of the country’s religious minority are “slaughtered.”“Deadly attacks on Shia communities across Pakistan are escalating,” Brad Adams, Asia director at Human Rights Watch, said. “The government’s persistent failure to apprehend attackers […]
By: Saadia Qamar KARACHI: If you happen to be sitting at the Nadia Coffee Shop at the Marriott Hotel and indulging in some sweet and savoury treats with a piping hot cup of chai in the daytime, you will notice a pleasant sound of music. Tabla player Aijaz Khan and sitar player Asif Mehtab diligently […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) is in the process of acquiring a modern system to curb grey telephony – the use of illegal gateway exchanges to bypass legal PTCL gateways and terminate/originate international traffic – causing losses of billions of rupees to the national exchequer. The primary objective of acquiring the new system is to […]
By: Ali Zafar The Supreme Court has decided to formulate a ‘code of conduct’ for journalists, observing that “an implementable code of conduct was necessary for media”. If this is an attempt to muzzle the press because some within it have become outspoken critics of the Court, then I fear we may soon experience a […]
By: Sonia Malik LAHORE: There is a huge scar just above one of S Sajjad Hussain’s eyebrows. On June 18, he was among the 70 students on a bus leaving for the Balochistan Information and Technology University when a bomb exploded, leaving five Hazara students aboard dead and 56 others injured. “For the entire week […]
By: Prakash Belawadi The news story that Bollywood movie star Katrina Kaif turned down an offer of Rs25 million from a Karachi millionaire for a single show is, perhaps, apocryphal. Whether such a deal was offered or not, what is important to note here is that the actress could not possibly have risked it. The […]
By: Mohammad Zafar QUETTA: The Supreme Court has ordered to the authorities to freeze a ‘secret account’ of the ministry of information and broadcasting till the next date of hearing of a case pertaining to the formation of a media accountability commission. A division bench of the apex court, comprising Justice Jawwad Khawaja and Justice […]
ISLAMABAD: NADRA asked to prepare electoral rolls for presiding officers. The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday told the Printing Corporation of Pakistan (PCP) and National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) to be ready to print ballot papers and to prepare electoral rolls for presiding officers, respectively. This was decided in a meeting of […]
By: MUBASHIR MAHMOOD During the last few months, Pakistani media, especially electronic media, has given special airtime to Bollywood. Indian movies and actors’ news have been given prominence in the news channels. It would be nice if Pakistani channels also aired news reports regarding Pakistani heroes. On August 20, the death anniversary of the Nishan-e-Haider […]
By: Sohail Khan ISLAMABAD: Defence of Human Rights Chairperson Amna Janjua Thursday submitted another list of some 136 missing persons before the Supreme Court. Filed through a Civil Miscellaneous Application (CMA) in the pending missing persons case before the court, Amna Janjua submitted a list of another 136 missing persons with the Registrar Office of […]
By: Munawer Azeem ISLAMABAD, Sept 6: A taxi driver’s daughter was abducted and subjected to gang rape and torture for four days by a group of three persons, police said on Thursday. Later, the accused brought the victim to the women police station and handed her over to the police there along with an amount […]
KARACHI: The All Pakistan Newspapers Society has decided to suspend publication of advertisements brought out by the Sindh information department if it fails to clear all dues by Sept 15, according to a press release. The Sindh committee of the APNS, at a meeting held under the chairmanship of Kazi Asad Abid, expressed dismay over […]
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