ISLAMABAD: On Wednesday, the All Pakistan Newspaper Society inaugurated a two-day South Asia Media Summit. Media executives from India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka spoke about how the industry must change in response to rapid developments in both technology and media culture. Each session of the conference, held on the occasion of APNS’s 60th anniversary, was […]
By: Golnar Motevalli THE number of civilian casualties in Afghanistan has decreased for the first time in six years, said the UN, but targeted killings by insurgents — particularly of women, girls and government employees — increased dramatically. In its annual report on the protection of civilians in armed conflict, the UN recorded 2,754 Afghan […]
LAHORE: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has called upon President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Pervez Ashraf to take personal initiatives for guaranteeing security of life to the Hazara Shias. While requesting President Zardari to visit Quetta, HRCP Chairperson Zohra Yusuf said: “Within seven weeks of this year, two massacres of the […]
FOREST cover in Pakistan, particularly in Sindh, is shrinking at an alarming rate. In 1947, Sindh had at least 80 forests right from Kashmore to Karachi, spread over an area of 500 square miles on both sides of River Indus. Presently, 90 per cent of forests are either under unauthorised possession or leased to local […]
Karachi: Saaz Aggarwal, a writer and biographer from India, visited the Karachi Press Club (KPC) on Wednesday evening. Aggarwal’s book ‘Sindh: stories from a lost homeland’ was launched at the 4th Karachi Literature Festival (KLF), which ended on February 17. While Aggarwal refers to herself just as an Indian, with no ethnic trappings, her book […]
ISLAMABAD: The Jubilee Park in Sector F-7 is one of the better public parks in the federal capital. It does not have broken benches, there is a paved track in the park and trash is not strewn on the park’s boundary. Ironically, the Capital Development Authority (CDA) has chosen it to launch a new programme […]
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf Wednesday said that being opinion makers, journalists are better positioned to remove misunderstandings and help build an atmosphere of peace and friendship among the countries of the Saarc region. Addressing the South Asia Media Summit at Pak-China Friendship Building, the prime minister complimented All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) for […]
GENEVA: The gang rape victim who became an international icon for daring to stand up to her attackers insists education is the key to ending the oppression of women in Pakistan. “Education is really most important,” Mukhtaran Mai, who has founded several schools in Pakistan since her ordeal over a decade ago, told AFP in […]
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notices to two Urdu-language newspapers to explain about a news item they published, suggesting appointment of a commission by the government to probe into how the media had obtained the copy of a letter written by NAB chairman Admiral (retd) Fasih Bokhari to President Asif Ali Zardari. “How […]
SUKKUR: A man was killed on the pretext of Karo-kari by armed men on Wednesday in Mohib Jatoi village within the remit of the Abad police station near Jacobabad. Niaz Ahmed Jatoi was sitting in a restaurant when he was attacked. Later, the armed attackers went to the house of another man, Ali Gohar aka […]
PESHAWAR: The Cultural Gala of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa held at the Pakistan National Council of Arts late Monday night was a unique one that thrilled the people of the province who were mostly terrorized by a chain of terror-related activities. The cultural gala was the combination of excitement, thrill, amusement and a variety of folk cultural […]
Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf Wednesday urged the media to play its due and pivotal role in removing misunderstandings and build an atmosphere of peace and friendship among the countries in the region. Addressing first ever South Asia Media Summit organised by All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) here Wednesday, the Prime Minister said the region […]
As if we already do not have enough to mourn in this country, the dark spectre of sexual violence still looms large. The most recent act of brutality perpetrated against a female is even more savage because the victim was a minor — just 11 years old. The incident took place in Islamabad where the […]
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