Photo journalist dies
MULTAN: A senior photo journalist Khalid Tanveer, (50), died of cardiac shock on Wednesday. He was serving for foreign news agency Associated Press and daily newspaper. Business Recorder
Daily Archives: October 18, 2012
Abduction case: Actress, sister granted bail till Oct 25
LAHORE: Additional District and Sessions Judge Abdul Qayyum has granted pre-arrest bail to actress Khushbukht alias Sofia Mirza and her sister Maryum Mirza, who are accused of abduction. The sisters submitted that the charges against them were fabricated and they had nothing to do with the abduction of a female college student. The court granted […]
Parties urged to ensure women participation in polls
KARACHI: All political parties must rise above their ideological differences and ensure that no woman eligible to cast her vote in the next elections is deprived of her right guaranteed under the constitution of Pakistan. Participants of a program organised by Aurat Foundation to commemorate National Voters Day here on Wednesday also appealed to the […]
Noble prize recipients
By: Muhammad Asif There is much news about nominees for the Noble prizes for different field. Unfortunately, our media keeps announcing the birthdays of actors and actresses from the neighboring country, rather than who is being nominated for such laudable positions and what makes them eligible for it. The growing numbers of private TV channels, […]
Unscrupulous and unethical
With a petitioners’ plea in the Supreme Court that the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting was given Rs 4.98 billion to be spent on the ‘welfare’ of the journalists, it is in the fitness of things that details of how and to whom this largesse was distributed should be made public. As the SC has […]
All Pakistan Newspapers Society takes up security issue with Malik
ISLAMABAD: A delegation of All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS), headed by its President Sarmad Ali, on Wednesday called on Interior Minister Rehman Malik and discussed at length Taliban threats to certain media houses for highlighting the attack on Malala Yousafzai explicitly. The delegates included Business Recorder Chief Executive Arshad Zuberi and Nawa-i-Waqt Group Deputy Managing […]
Flood-hit people of Balochistan: steps taken by National Disaster Management Authorities disappoint Senate panel
The Senate functional committee on less developed areas has expressed disappointment over the steps taken by National and Provincial Disaster Management Authorities (NDMAs) for flood affected people of Balochistan. A meeting held with Senator Mir Wali Muhammad Badini was given a briefing by the official of NDMA on reconstruction/rehabilitation of work in the flood affected […]
Indian journalists visit Lahore today
By: Kashif Hussain LAHORE: A delegation of 34 Indian journalists reaches in Lahore on Thursday (today) on a five-day visit on the invitation of the Lahore Press Club. The delegation would be received by Lahore Press Club President Arshad Ansari and Reception Committee members, Baba Muzammil Gujjar, and Mohsin Akram at Wagah after the delegates […]
Shyam Benegal talks film and a pre-partition project
By: Sher Khan LAHORE: Although he is one of India’s most distinguished parallel cinema directors, there is nothing alternative about Shyam Benegal; no long hair or quirky habit — nothing out of the ordinary. Benegal is a legendary and prolific screenwriter and director. During the late ‘70s and ‘80s, he changed the parameters of Indian […]
75% businesswomen do not have access to microfinance
ISLAMABAD: Only one out of every four women entrepreneurs in Pakistan is a microfinance borrower as most businesswomen rely on savings, personal assets and family loans for starting or expanding a business, shows a latest study of the World Bank. The WB in its report, “Are Pakistan’s Women Entrepreneurs Being Served by the Microfinance Sector”, […]
Media provoking violence over Local Government law, claims Khuhro
Karachi: Speaker Sindh Assembly and acting governor Nisar Ahmed Khuhro on Wednesday alleged that a certain section of the Sindhi media was provoking violence among people over the Sindh Peoples Local Government Act 2012. In a statement, Khuhro said certain section of the media had given an ‘unnecessary hype’ to the issue of local government […]
Ex-rear admiral Saeed Sargana named NAB deputy chairman
By: Asim Yasin ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari has appointed Rear Admiral (retd) Saeed Ahmed Sargana as Deputy Chairman of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB). After being appointed the Deputy Chairman NAB, Rear Admiral (retd) Saeed Ahmed Sargana assumed the charge of office on Wednesday.Rear Admiral Sargana had served in the Pakistan Navy for 36 […]
Many girls stop attending Malala’s school due to threats, media attention
MINGORA: Most of the girls have stopped attending the school where Malala Yousafzai was studying as the parents and students were not comfortable with the extraordinary attention of the media and the threats given to the institution, the school administration said. When contacted, the school Principal Miss Maryam confirmed the threats given to the school […]
Government denies state TV will be used against judiciary
ISLAMABAD: A spokesman of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has strongly rejected contents of a news item published in dailies “The News” and “Jang” on October 17, 2012, alleging that government TV will be used to ridicule the judiciary. The spokesman said that the government and its institutions respect the judiciary as an important […]
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