KARACHI: At least five people, including a father and his son, were shot dead and a 12-year-old daughter of a victim and a friend of another victim were wounded in four ‘sectarian’ attacks in different parts of the city on Friday, police said. The officials added that all the victims, except one who was an […]
By: SYED NAYYAR UDDIN AHMAD On the 48th anniversary of Pakistan Television Corporation, I salute PTV and all its former and current staff members for their contribution to making PTV a globally recognized institute with their toil and sweat. Whenever, the history of television will be written, the immense contribution of PTV in projecting the […]
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly’s Standing Committee for Information and Broadcasting on Friday called for a ban on advertisements featuring Indian models and suggested that it should be mandatory for female anchors on news channels to cover their heads with a dupatta. The suggestion was made by the committee during a meeting attended by Information Minister […]
By: YASIR BABBAR Sindh tourism department has miserably failed to free Keenjhar Lake of pollution despite showing expenses worth millions of rupees in its budget documents, it is learnt on Friday. The department has made tall claims on many occasions but the fact is that the lake still suffers from pollution and acute water shortage. […]
The White Ribbon Campaign Pakistan (WRCP) held a seminar followed by a candlelight vigil at Lahore Press Club on Friday to show solidarity with the women who are the victims of violence in any form and to show men’s pledge to end violence against women. White Ribbon day celebrations 2012 started in Pakistan with the […]
A recent report released by Columbia University’s Tow Centre for Digital Journalism — after large-scale research and study — has concluded that ‘new wave media’ will not end the need for true journalists. The report says that the paradigm of journalism has changed, its economy has changed and the way the news is reported has […]
By: Elf Habib The media’s reckless race for ratings and breaking news had fallen foul of the very Supreme Court they had so passionately exalted to crush the elected icons. Pakistan’s media, particularly the style, substance and slant of its silver screen anchors and programmes that had been long resented by and miffed a majority […]
By: Ijaz Kakakhel ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Human Rights has presented draft legislation on missing persons and decided to circulate it among stakeholders after which a concerted law will be presented in the Upper House of parliament. The committee decided to send the draft legislation on missing persons to ministries of defence, interior […]
By: Usama Humayun ISLAMABAD: ‘Industry’ is an exaggerated word when spoken in reference to the current state of Pakistani films. With lack of technical crew and an absence of infrastructural support, output of Pakistani film industry stands frail – a stark contrast to the golden days of cinema that reigned supreme a few decades ago. […]
By: Abdul Fattah Malik KARACHI: The Supreme Court has reserved its judgement on a suo motu case on the jirgas (tribal courts) working in Sindh. The Sindh High Court had declared jirga as illegal in 2005 but the practice continues despite hue and cry from the human rights organisations. Jirgas are assemblies of community elders […]
KARACHI: Married women spend most of their lives like widows. It is a familiar story: a young, beautiful girl has a fairy tale wedding. Soon after she arrives at her new home, her husband leaves for Dubai where he has to work to keep the family afloat. She lives a life of isolation with her […]
FAISALABAD: Faisalabad’s business community has welcomed Lahore High Court’s judgment directing the government to start construction of the proposed Kalabagh Dam. The dam will be built on river Indus and have a generation capacity of 3,600 megawatts (MW) of electricity. The project has been highly debated, cancelled multiple times yet has been deemed a necessity […]
Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) is the regulator not just of telecommunications but also of how we should live our lives. Better sense has prevailed and Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf has reversed recent government proposals to ban the sale of SIMs at retail outlets and disallow mobile phone number portability. That the prime minister deserves […]
If and when justice is delivered, it would further empower women into believing that they do, in fact, have rights and they will be protected by the system when they seek righteousness. Cruelty seems to know no bounds in our country with even fewer regards given to basic human rights. The latest such incident occurred […]
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