PESHAWAR – A one-day seminar on the freedom of information was held at Lincolns Corner Central Library University of Peshawar on Monday. The event was held after the inauguration of the refurbished Lincoln’s Corner completed at a cost of $16,000 provided by the Consulate General of the United States of America. Vice Chancellor UoP Prof. […]
KHAIRPUR: Speakers at a seminar have called for giving due rights to women to help develop a vibrant society. According to a press release, the one-day seminar on ‘Gender Equity & Poverty’ was jointly organised by USAID, Aurat Foundation and Institute of Gender Studies of Shah Abdul Latif University (SALU), Khairpur, with varsity Vice-Chancellor Prof […]
LAHORE: A woman in her 30s suffered critical burns after an unidentified man threw acid on her near Miani Sahib Graveyard on Monday. The suspect escaped after dropping an empty can at the spot. Civil Lines SP (Operations) Dr Farrukh Raza told Dawn that Naziran Bibi of Mangtanwala (Nankana district) was passing through the shrine […]
EVERYONE in Pakistan knows about the importance of alternative/renewable energy in order to lessen loadshedding. This can only be achieved by setting up plants within the country. In the case of solar energy, the main component is solar panel, which is being imported now and is not cost-effective. The cheap solution is to establish the […]
Forty-three people were killed and 63 injured in 17 incidents of political violence from March 9 to 15, 2013 across the country, showing a sharp decrease as compared with preceding week’s casualties – 106 killed and 156 injured in 27 incidents, says the Free and Fair Election Netwrok (Fafen). Civilians constituted majority of the 106 […]
KARACHI: Eminent Urdu poet Amirul Islam Hashmi passed away after a long illness here on early Monday morning. He was 83. Mr Hashmi was known for his humour-laden Urdu poetry. He was one of those poets whose humour embodied literary allusions and references. His books ‘Gar Tu Bura Na Maane’, ‘Waliakumus Salam’, ‘Zarb-i-Zarafat’, ‘Ye Arz […]
THIS is apropos of Hajra Mumtaz’s ‘Social media pitfalls’ (March 11). The writer has only brought to light the shortcomings of the social media and has overlooked its achievements. This gives an uneven image of the case. We all have recently witnessed how the social media could be proved useful for accelerating a cause. In […]
KARACHI: Syed Kamal Pasha, a sub-editor working for Dawn, died of heart attack late on Tuesday night. He has left behind three daughters, two sons and a wife to mourn his death. According to family members, Mr Pasha suffered a heart attack at about 12.15am. He passed away before he could be taken to hospital. […]
THE All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) has rejected the Press, Newspapers, News Agencies and Books Registration Rules 2013 framed by the federal Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, giving the Press Registrar arbitrary powers to disqualify a publisher or refuse to authenticate a declaration. The APNS executive committee, says a press release, termed the rules a […]
PESHAWAR – Peshawar based Afghan journalist Pir Rahamdil Shah disappeared in the wake of frequent threats to anonymous telephonic calls and letters from unknown persons. A son of Pir Rahamdil Shah told journalists that his father became target of militants when he had assisted a journalist from Jalalabad a couple of years back. After getting […]
The federal government here on Monday accused national media organisations of misreporting the activities of President Asif Ali Zardari and also of not entertaining clarifications issued by the presidency in this regard. A law officer, Abdul Hayee Gillani, made these allegations before a full bench of the Lahore High Court during the hearing of a […]
LAHORE: Journalist bodies, trade unions and civil society organisations on Monday took out a procession against “threats to the press club and some individual journalists” by outlawed Lashker-i-Jhangvi. Carrying placards, they condemned life threats to senior photographer Azhar Jafri and his family as well as to the Lahore Press Club (LPC). The pointed that alleged […]
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