Murtaza Ali Shah & Anjum Mir LONDON/BRADFORD: Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf says Pakistan’s problems are not as severe and volatile as portrayed in the media, especially on TV channels where the good work done by the government is not shown. “The media is ridiculing us and criticises us all the time, but we believe […]
Muhammad Qasim RAWLPINDI: Provision of computerised national identity card (CNIC) is mandatory to get treatment at the Benazir Bhutto Hospital even in emergency. It is causing problems to patients and their attendants. A number of people complain of the difficulties they have to face in case they forget to bring their CNICs while rushing to […]
ISLAMABAD: Pemra Officers Welfare Association (POWA) has selected its office-bearers and nominated members of the POWA executive body in its second meeting held here in Islamabad on Saturday. Dr Mukhtar Ahmad will be the president, Amjad Ali Afridi, general secretary, Khurram Siddiqui, vice president and Sheikh Tahir joint secretary of the association. Besides the above […]
Fauzee Khan Mohmand GHALANAI: The residents of Mohmand tribal region have said that they will allow female members of their families to cast votes in the upcoming general elections if separate polling stations are set up for them. The tribesmen would allow their women to cast votes if government ensured their security and established separate […]
A media monitoring report analyzing news content from April to August 2012 Author: Sadaf Baig Editor: Aurangzaib Khan This report is part of an ongoing project to monitor various types of conflicts as covered by select samples of media in Pakistan, including newspapers and TV channels. In this report, the focus is […]
November 2012 Reporting Afghanistan Mapping Afghan conflict in Pakistani media A media monitoring report analyzing news content from April to August 2012 Author: Sadaf Baig Editor: Aurangzaib Khan This report is part of an ongoing project to monitor various types of conflicts as covered by select samples of media in Pakistan, including newspapers and TV channels. In this […]
KARACHI: A three-day training workshop on ‘Reporting Gender and Labour Issues’ was organised by Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) in collaboration with the International Labour Organisation (ILO). The workshop was aimed at creating awareness regarding gender and labour issues, and soliciting media’s feed back on how to promote gender sensitive reporting. The event was […]
KARACHI: Saturday Studio, which started out as a weekend programme for children between four to 14 and went on to become a full-fledged arts school holding classes throughout the week, held its first exhibition, ‘Art for Young Minds’, at ArtChowk Gallery from February 8. Artists, students and members of civil society were present at the […]
A group of 17 Pakistani artists showcased their work in Mumbai alongside four leading Indian artists, in an exhibition organised by Gallery 6 which opened on Wednesday at the spacious gallery of PL Deshpande Maharashtra Kala Academy. Being the first collaborative exhibition with any country, Gallery 6 aims to make it memorable. The show has […]
The short film, shot as a dark conversation between the protagonist and his friend, leaves much to the imagination of the viewers. DESIGN: AMNA IQBAL/FILE The day began at the LUMS International Film Festival with a screening of the film The Blue Veins, based on Saadat Hasan Manto’s Neeli Ragein. Director Zeeshan Kazmi, who also […]
KARACHI: Two sisters, who had been kept in an apartment in Karachi since a month against their will, were traced by the police and the captors, Banu and Chanzaib, arrested during a raid in Tauheed Commercial, near Clifton police station, on Sunday. Clifton SSP Nasir Aftab told The Express Tribune that Banu, brought them to […]
KARACHI: Council of Pakistan Newspapers Editors (CPNE) conference, held on the topic of “Democratic Transition, Free & Fair Election” at a local hotel on Saturday, was attended by representatives of various political parties, editors, senior journalists, columnists, intellectuals, human rights activists and civil society personalities. The participants of the conference unanimously approved a memorandum to […]
KARACHI: The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) has urged the Ministry of Education to include human rights as a subject in the curriculum of schools, colleges and universities to educate the masses about their rights and duties. President UNISAME Zulfikar Thaver said in a statement that it was very important to create awareness […]
Imtiaz Ali Karachi: A literary reference held on Sunday for late author, scholar, linguist and lawyer Sirajul Haq Memon (1933-2013) renewed calls to set up a modern university the late editor of Hilal-e-Pakistan had envisioned. Memon had even donated his property in Hyderabad, where Sindh Education Trust was housed, and also deposited Rs2million as seed […]
” 
” 
” 
” 
