KARACHI: At least three people were killed in separate incidents of target killing in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi over last 24 hours, bringing the death toll to 55 over the last week, police said on Sunday. Unrest prevailed in the city during the last week where at least four people were killed in […]
KARACHI: More than 3.1 million people have been affected during recent heavy rains in Sindh, said provincial minister for revenue, Jam Mehtab Hussain Dahar. In a media briefing on Sunday, he said 12000 villages with no less than 400, 000 were fully or partially damaged in the province. Eight districts including Ghotki, Sukkur, Khairpur, Kamber-Shahdatkot, […]
ISLAMABAD: National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) has so far issued 1, 15,000 Computerized National Identity Cards (CNIC) to persons with disabilities (PWD) enabling them to avail special medical, education and transport facilities. These cards would help the disabled persons to avail facilities and special incentives announced for them by the government for their empowerment […]
By: Ahtesham Azhar KARACHI: The Artscene Gallery recently organised a painting exhibition titled ‘Whirling and Healing’ of an artist Dr Mohsen Keiany, at its premises in the metropolis. Dr Keiany is an artist from Iran, whose personality comes through his paintings based on the philosophy of Sufis and his experience in the Iraq-Iran war. His […]
KARACHI: An activist of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) among four people was killed in separate acts of violence here on Sunday. In the first incident, an activist of MQM was shot and killed at Masjid-e-Talha gate in New Karachi area within the precincts of Bilala colony police station. An official said that two unidentified armed […]
By: F Z KHAN According to an exclusive report, the Taliban have threatened various top-ranking journalists and television anchorpersons to either stop spitting out venom against them or get ready for the consequences. This means: the war on terror has further expanded. The threat is not restricted to the security forces or general masses but […]
By: Zehra Husain KARACHI: If people believe that media is watching over the society, then they need to question who is watching the media. Dispelling notions about media looking after the best interest of the people, renowned scholar Ayesha Siddiqa called for a regulating body to keep a check on the “corrupt” practices in the […]
LAHORE: The Pakistani press is poor at doing follow-ups and today’s big stories, like the attack on Malala Yousafzai, will likely be forgotten tomorrow, said Yasmeen Aftab Ali at the launch of her book, A Comparative Analysis of Media and Media Laws in Pakistan, at Nairang Gallery on Saturday night. The writer, who teaches media […]
By: Saba Imtiaz KARACHI: A proposed piece of legislation – the Investigation for Fair Trial Bill 2012 – is set to formally pave the way for the government to tap phones and use e-mails and text messages as proof in trials. While the phones of politicians, government officials and journalists have been tapped for decades […]
By: Tariq Ahmed Saeedi Social commerce is a business thriving mainly on word-of-mouth of internet users on social networking websites. Those who operate business-to-consumer (B2C) companies as well as business-to-business (B2B) ventures pitch new offers to visitors of these sites to spark a debate. This, in turn, helps them generate new customers, increase sales and […]
FAISALABAD: A youth shot his sister dead on suspicion in Sadar Jhang police limits on Sunday.According to police, Irfan alias Kaka of Patoana village suspected that his sister Asima Bibi had illicit relations. He shot her dead on the issue and fled. Police, on the complaint of her husband Fateh Khan, registered a case. The […]
By: Asna Ali As the story of the attack on Malala Yousafzai unfolds and journalists chew on its many angles while Malala herself fights to live, the question that has been nagging me is: why aren’t there more boys like her? No teenage male bloggers are recounting their experiences of living in Swat or elsewhere. […]
By: Asif Ezdi The attack on Malala Yousafzai was an act of primitive barbarism and is utterly reprehensible. Equally condemnable is the “justification” offered by the Taliban for the gruesome deed and their threat to repeat it. They have now claimed that she was targeted not for her advocacy of girls’ education but because she […]
NANKANA SAHIB: A 30-member delegation of Indian journalists visited Gurdwara Janamasthan here on Sunday. They performed their rituals, including Matha Taki, at the Gurdwara. Later, talking to journalists at the Gurdwara, group leader and Press Club of India Secretary General Anil Anand said that the Jang Group and Times of India had laid a solid […]
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