By the time businesses learnt to make use of websites and e-mails for the purpose of marketing and promoting their product, the proliferation of Web 2.0 subjugated every other way of promoting a product, making it must for a business to have social media presence. The ubiquitous and multi-faceted nature of social media compels the […]
By: Ansar Abbasi ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Pervaiz Ashraf intends to speak to the Speaker National Assembly Dr Fahmida Mirza for early constitution of a parliamentary committee to devise a strategy for the protection of society from obscenity and vulgarity as has been unanimously resolved by the lower house last week. A source close to the […]
According to a BBC Urdu service report, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Hakeemullah Mehsud has issued ‘special directions’ to his subordinates in different cities of Pakistan to target Pakistani and international media groups. This is the TTP’s response in anger at the critical coverage the media across the board has given to the assassination attempt on […]
By: MUHAMMAD AQIB SHAHZAD BHATTI The down side of media is that sometimes it shows a tunnel vision. In Pakistan, the media has focused so completely on the Malala issue that they have taken their eyes off other atrocious happening in the country. There seems to be a conspiracy of silence on drone attacks in […]
MULTAN: Two low intensity locally-assembled bombs went off near Nag Shah Chowk on Saturday night, sources in Bomb Disposal Squad confirmed. Although no injury or life loss was reported from the spot, the blasts spread panic in the city. The Bomb disposal, Police and Rescue 1122 personnel as well as officials of other secret law […]
KARACHI: Tariq Malik, Chairman National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA), unveiled Pakistan’s new Smart National Identity Card (SNIC), Smart National Identity Card for Overseas Pakistanis (SNICOP) and Smart Pakistan Origin Card (SPOC) design, and overt and covert features at the Eighth Symposium of International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) on Identity Documents, Biometrics and Security Standards. […]
KARACHI: Urbanite.pk, a fresh name in service sector, has been enjoying a boom, since their inception, as contrary to other Internet shopping malls, Urbanite.pk provides food items, including frozen items and ice cream as well, along with a wide range of several other items. Urbanite.pk for Karachities, recently celebrated receiving its 4000th online order, which […]
ISLAMABAD: To mark International Day of Rural Women, a two-day festival-cum-conference was arranged at Lok Virsa Complex, Garden Avenue, Shakaraparian on Sunday under the aegis of National Institute of Folk and Traditional Heritage and Potohar Organisation for Development Advocacy (PODA). The festivities included women artisans-at-work featuring female master artisans from different parts of the country […]
KARACHI: The Majmua Art Gallery recently organised an exhibition entitled rich traditions of culture and arts. The exhibition features calligraphy, jewellery and works of abstract art. The event was inaugurated by fashion maestro Nadia Mystry, who congratulated the organisers for putting so many creative beings on one platform. The collections display masterpieces of well-known creative […]
By: Anis Haroon KARACHI: The Women’s Action Forum (WAF) considers the cowardly attempt to assassinate Malala Yousufzai as the ultimate symbol of the male militants’ pogrom to murder any and all women’s and girls’ basic rights in the country. It is significant that the female victims of such designs range from Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto […]
By: Mushtaq Yusufzai PESHAWAR: Enraged by widespread media coverage of Malala Yousafzai, who was shot and critically injured by the militants in Swat, the Pakistani Taliban led by Hakimullah Mehsud reportedly planned to target media organisations, particularly television channels and some journalists in the country, well-placed sources told this correspondent on Sunday. According to sources, […]
QUETTA: At least three people were killed and one injured in an incident of firing in the provincial capital on Sunday night. Deputy Inspector General Investigation Police Hamid Shakil said that unknown armed men riding a bike opened indiscriminate fire on a Suzuki car near the City police station, killing one person and injuring three […]
QUETTA: Four armed men kidnapped a girl from Killi Muhammad Hasni area of Quetta, police said on Sunday. Unidentified men barged into a house in the jurisdiction of Shalkot police station and took away the 18-year-old girl. In a separate incident, a police constable was injured when his colleague reportedly opened fire after an exchange […]
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly and Senate will be facing an extraordinary situation on Monday when the two houses will be required to vote on two bills on the same subject — the Drug Regulatory Authority Bill 2012. According to the agenda of the two houses, the bill seeking an independent and permanent regulatory authority to […]
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