By Sher Khan LAHORE: In Pakistani cinemas, you may not watch a movie that is an outlandish caricature of the country’s premier intelligence agency but you may watch one where an avowed atheist sues God, played, in a glittering human form, by Akshay Kumar. Who decides what is kosher for public viewing and what is […]
WASHINGTON: Struggling in the Internet age, the woes of the print publication industry just became as plain as the nose on your face. In the latest example of how print media has had to adapt to changing reading habits, Newsweek, the venerable US weekly current affairs magazine, will publish its final print edition on December […]
By Ayeda Husain The writer has been a journalist for 19 years and has previously worked for The Friday Times Two young girls. Two different cultures. One subjected to life under Taliban rule, the other to cyber-bullying on Facebook. Not much in common on the surface. But scratch the plastic veneer and one uncovers, in […]
Faisalabad: Media, being the fourth pillar of state, needs to enhance its role for increasing literacy rate and make it at par with developed nations by motivating the public about education, which is a base of progress, said Professor Dr Zakir Hussian, Vice Chancellor, Government College University Faisalabad. He was talking to a delegation of […]
Shakeel Anjum ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Rehman Malik Thursday said that security of media houses would be ensured at all costs. Talking to media here, he said soon a plan would be devised in collaboration with TV channels for security, and in this regard the Interior Ministry would provide them all out support, including training. Replying […]
Shahid Husain Karachi: Although as many as 3.18 million people and 12,005 villages were affected by the recent downpours in Sindh, no efforts were being made to drain the stagnant water, a highly placed source informed The News on the condition of anonymity. As of October 17, around 3,184,743 persons had been affected by the […]
KARACHI: The Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) has vowed to protect media persons and establishments from the threats of dire consequences of TTP. In a joint press statement issued here on Thursday by President CPNE Jamil Athar Qazi, Senior Vice-President Ilyas Shakir and Secretary General Amir Mahmood have expressed serious concern over the threats […]
Amin Ahmed ISLAMABAD: Released in the wake of an armed attack on teenage education activist Malala Yousufzai, the Education for All Global Monitoring Report shows that Pakistan’s progress in getting poor girls into schools is less than half that of India’s and Nepal’s and a quarter of Bangladesh’s. The report released by Unesco here on […]
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court directed on Thursday the federal government to block access to blasphemous material available on internet. Justice Ijazul Ahsan issued this order on a petition filed by the Jamaat-i-Islami and also sought a detailed reply from the government by Nov 8. The JI filed the petition through its secretary-general, Liaquat Baloch, […]
PESHAWAR: The Provincial Commission on the Status of Women (PCSW) is preparing a draft of women empowerment and gender equality policy that will be finalised by December this year. “We are going to incorporate suggestions of the government departments and civil society and finalise the draft,” said PCSW chairperson Zubaida Khatoon. The PCSW in collaboration […]
KARACHI: Ten people — among them an FC constable, two police officials, a Pakistan Qaumi Razakar volunteer and a PPP activist — fell prey to targeted attacks mostly by motorcycle-riding assailants in different areas of the city on Thursday. At least five other people who were associates of the deceased or were at the wrong […]
I.H Raashed LAHORE: A joint report prepared for the UN Human Rights Council by various NGOs about the human rights situation during the past four years and a half has stated that the killing of 49 journalists during the period has made Pakistan with highest fatalities of journalists in the world. They include 20 in […]
LAHORE: Journalists have spoken out strongly since the Taliban attempted to kill Malala Yousufzai on October 9. The Taliban, in return, are threatening the media over their coverage, according to journalists and news reports, The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has reported. “Media houses, TV anchors and some well-known journalists are under serious threat,” one […]
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