Three media professionals were killed and three others injured in bomb blast in Quetta, the capital of the restive Balochistan province of Pakistan. The journalists were reporting on an explosion that had occurred about a few minutes earlier, when the second bomb exploded, killing and injuring many, including the journalists. Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, a militant group has […]
ISLAMABAD: A Supreme Court bench on Thursday approved the formation of a two-member commission for upholding the principles of media regulation. The bench, headed by Justice Jawad S Khawaja, announced that the commission would comprise a former judge of the Supreme Court Justice (Retd) Nasir Aslam Zahid and ex-information minister Javed Jabbar. The commission has […]
NEW YORK: The Pakistani government’s persistent failure to protect the minority Shia community from sectarian attacks by militant groups is reprehensible and amounts to complicity in the barbaric slaughter of Pakistani citizens, Human Rights Watch said on Thursday. In a statement, the HRW said the government should immediately hold accountable those responsible for ordering and […]
SHEIKHUPURA: District Police Officer Rana Abdul Jabbar terminated from service three police officials including a Head Constable and two constables posted at Safdarabad Police Station on charges of involvement in a rape incident happened in Mandi Dhaban Singh locality. According to details, Roqia Bibi, a resident of Mandi Dhaban Singh, submitted a complaint to the […]
LAHORE: No society can achieve the goal of progress and prosperity until women in that society are given their rights, said Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Vice Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Thursday. Speaking at a meeting arranged by Aurat Foundation, Qureshi said the charter of PTI would guarantee women’s empowerment. He said that NGOs working for […]
By: Usman Cheema ISLAMABAD: It is expected that the mobile services will remain blocked in several areas of country on March 14 as a preventive measure to stop any possible terrorist activity in long march announced by Tahir-ul-Qadri. Industry would have to suffer a loss of Rs 1 billion again due to blockage of mobile […]
By: Gulmina Bilal Ahmad Police in Pakistan have always been considered as an organisation surrounded by controversies and allegations Today, I write about outsourcing of a different kind. Over the years, with the mushrooming of non-governmental organisations, governance it seems has been outsourced to NGOs. On any given day, hotels are booked by NGOs conducting […]
The Punjab government has filed an FIR against the company as well. The petitioner of the media accountability commission and anchorperson Hamid Mir has said that his employers were not exerting any pressure on him nor does he bow to any such pressures. Talking to Express News, he said that Midas Pvt Ltd had threatened […]
By: Aroosa Shaukat LAHORE: With the YouTube ban in place for almost four months now, Pakistan’s academia questions the efficacy of the step, which has not only hidden the blasphemous content on the world’s largest video sharing website, but also veiled all the other and possibly useful content available. The ban was imposed on September […]
By: Sehrish Ali ISLAMABAD: Gender equality and women’s leadership was on agenda at a one-day peace conference that brought together various stakeholders to engage in wide ranging discussions. The conference, split into three sections, was organized by the PAIMAN Trust, a non-governmental organization that aims “to serve as a link between people and their communities […]
KARACHI: The number of mobile cellular subscribers in Pakistan surpassed 121.6 million at the end of October 2012, according to latest statistics released by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA). Mobilink maintained the top position with 36.389 million subscribers at the end of October, adding 314,782 subscriptions for the month. Telenor, the second largest operator in […]
By: M. Waqar Bhatti Karachi: The Worldwide Fund for Nature – Pakistan on Thursday gave awards to conservationists and organisations for their role in conserving nature and biodiversity in the country. The awards were distributed during a ceremony held at a local hotel, where the Syed Asad Ali Conservation Award (SAAC), the Living Planet Award […]
By: Ali Akhtar The Pakistan Broadcasters’ Association’s (PBA) decision to frame an agenda to protect TV channels from government pressure is a commendable one. It is the primary responsibility of the media to keep the masses informed. Similarly, it’s the people’s right to know the truth. As elections are near, it is feared that the […]
Karachi: Even the smallest, otherwise most insignificant of items can become our link with things most sublime and representative of an individual’s place within the cosmos and the universe, his correlation with creation. This is amply reflected in the ceramics show at Chaukandi Art showcasing the works of emerging ceramists from Lahore, put together by […]
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