Nine training workshops on the basics of journalism for district correspondents have been conducted by the Rural Media Network Pakistan (RMNP), with the support of UNESCO’s International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC). A total of 229 district correspondents, including 68 students of the Media Studies Department of the Islamia University of Bahawalpur and […]
By: Nadeem Zuberi While going through the paintings I feel the time, energy and ideas that Shazly Khan has invested in her unique paintings is worth it. She handles very beautifully the sensitive and delicate issues in a different manner that touches others. Her figurative work creates an engaging impact in an innovative style. When […]
By: JALIL HASSAN AKHTAR Law Minister Rana Sanaullah on Friday promised to resolve journalists’ problems, especially regarding the journalists’ colony in Lahore, within three days. The promise was extended during the Punjab Assembly session. Journalists were agitating in the Punjab Assembly premises against non-implementation of promises regarding their issues during the session. President of Lahore […]
By: TAHIR AMIN ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) is likely to hire a consultant of international repute soon after scrutinising the proposals of international and national firms who have expressed an interest to work as consultant for auction of the 3G spectrums, it is learnt. Official sources revealed that 65 international as well as national […]
By: Zahrah Mazhar KARACHI: The Ikat dupattas designed by the Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture students were sold out on Friday as nine curators from the United Kingdom gushed over the handwoven fabric. “The curators, unfortunately, couldn’t go to the markets in Karachi on such a short trip but they got to buy […]
By: Zahid Gishkori ISLAMABAD: Flash floods triggered by torrential rains have rendered around one million people in Balochistan homeless over the past week, without any relief in sight. An aerial view of the worst-affected districts of the province presents a gloomy picture of urban and rural areas in the province, which have been submerged four […]
KARACHI: Investors remained bullish towards the telecom sector on back of the official approval on formation of the international telecom gateway; however overall sentiments stayed wary due to political uncertainty with Supreme Court’s hearing just around the corner. The Karachi Stock Exchange’s (KSE) benchmark 100-share index climbed 0.93% or 143.09 points to end at 15,449.6 […]
By: A Khan KARACHI: I was searching for the website of Pakistan’s ministry of health to acquire some information. I could not find the website through Google or even through the official website of the government of Pakistan. This website gives the URLs of all ministries and divisions except the health ministry. It seems that […]
LAHORE: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Friday released the observations of a fact-finding team that visited Muridke last month to investigate a police action there on May 16 to disperse tenants protesting the arrest of four fellow workers from Dera Sehgal Farms earlier the same day. One person was shot and killed […]
KARACHI: Shura Hamdard Karachi chapter has urged the electronic media to design a code of conduct on its own and implement it accordingly, said a release issued here on Friday. The Shura meeting was held on the theme ‘Media’s role in reconstruction of Pakistan’ and presided over by Haziqul Khairi, former Chief Justice, and Federal […]
QUETTA: Special Flood Relief Focal Person Akbar Hussain Durrani on Friday said the recent heavy rains and floods have affected 12 districts of Balochistan. Addressing a press conference with by Balochistan Home Secretary Naseebullah Bazai and Balochistan Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) Director General Tahir Muneer Minhas, Durrani said Loralai, Kachhi, Qila Saifullah, Zhob, Harnai, […]
By: Ammar Shahbazi Karachi: The Karachi School of Art’s (KSA) 44th annual graduate thesis exhibition, held here on Friday, could be interpreted as an ominous warning for the conventional forms of fine art that have been preserved for centuries. Today’s fine art graduates seem particularly eager to explore new mediums and to look ‘different’. In […]
Karachi: The number of females working in the Pakistani media is fairly large now as compared to the past. But even then it seems that a female-oriented story is still not given priority in the news/media, unless it is glamorous or related to crime/abuse. Is this the editors’ fault or the fault of the female […]
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Interior Rehman Malik on Friday constituted a team to carry out round the clock monitoring of all anti-Islamic sites and take remedial actions. The team would be headed by Member (legal) in Ministry of Information Technology while Member (technical), Director General, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) and Director, Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) would […]
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