BANNU: Unidentified persons blew up a mobilephone shop at Zamani Karoona in the limits of Saddar Police Station on Saturday, sources said. The sources said the explosive device planted near the mobilephone shop owned Muhammad Arshad went off early in the day. The explosion destroyed the shop. Source: The News
White Ribbon Campaign Pakistan (WRCP) organized its 2nd National Conference on Gender & Media at the eve of International Women’s Day on March 8, 2013 in Islamabad. The event was aimed at “Engaging media in the campaign of ending violence against women”. During the 1st conference, the WRCP launched its Code Of Ethics for media […]
The number of killings and harassment of media people in Pakistan is the highest in the world, even greater than what it is in war zones By Aoun Sahi Pakistan remained one of the deadliest nations in the world for the journalist with 90 journalists killed in the country since 2000. The situation appears unlikely […]
conquered three 6000-metre peaks, within the space of seven days, and became the first ever humans to set foot on virgin Kuz Sar By Salman Rashid European explorers and mountaineers of the 19th century, in what is now Gilgit-Baltistan, held a disdainful view of the men they hired as porters and mountain guides. They felt […]
Echoes of a century of drama at Kinnaird College Lahore By Sarwat Ali As part of Kinnaird College’s centenary celebrations ‘Echoes: Bazghasght’ was staged on the premises of the college. When an institution is one hundred year old, the celebration is a recount of the salient features, some milestones and those remarkable individuals who helped […]
A rare and refreshing exhibition of women artists at the Lahore Museum By Quddus Mirza The Lahore Museum is having a show “Woman O Woman” (which will remain open till March 31, 2013) to celebrate the International Women’s Day. The show comprises artefacts, statues and paintings from the Museum’s own collection. A number of paintings […]
By: Umber Khairi This month marks seventeen years since the death of one of Pakistan’s greatest journalists, the editor Razia Bhatti. She died suddenly in March 1996 of a brain hemorrhage. Razia was an amazing editor and a pioneering journalist. In addition to this she was a very compassionate human being and a truly great […]
By Amel Ghani The re-emergence of television plays has coincided with depiction of women in a conformist mode, a patriarchal culture, and maintenance of the status quo A female figure with her bowed head covered in a dupatta, crying silent tears of anguish and misery, has become a common feature of Pakistani drama. While the […]
LAHORE: The Bangladesh government has honoured poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz and rights activist Asma Jahangir’s father Malik Ghulam Jilani. “The BD foreign ministry lamented that they were recognising these voices after many decades, but felt that to do so was essential as these individuals stood by Bengalis in their worst times,” said a release on […]
Shoaib Ahmed LAHORE: Film star Aasia passed away in Canada after a protracted illness. She was 61. Social media broke the news of her death. Aasia, whose real name was Firdous, joined the film industry as an actress in early 1970s and left it in mid-90s. She was introduced to Lollywood by film director Riaz […]
LAHORE: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan expresses deep grief and anger at the unchecked attack on over 100 homes belonging to the Christian community in Badami Bagh Lahore on Saturday. The shocking incident occurred after a Christian young man was accused of blasphemy. In a statement, the HRCP said: It is regrettable that the […]
LAHORE, March 9: Hundreds of media persons took out a procession on Saturday and condemned life threats to senior photographer Azhar Jafri and his family by the banned Lashkar-i-Jhangvi. Pamphlets inscribed with threats to Jafri and his family were dropped at his under-construction house in the Journalists Colony. Similar warnings had also been spray-painted on […]
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