BAHAWALPUR: A man was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly killing his second wife over an argument about not divorcing his first wife. Police said Ghulam Yaseen, a resident of Ghanna village, had married Malookan Mai in 2012. He had a daughter from this marriage and Mai was six-month pregnant with a second child. They said […]
ANWAR KHAN Social media has emerged as a smart tool in Pakistan’s electoral history, which parties are phenomenally using for electioneering but with a limited reach to the countrywide electorates. Analysts believe the social media is growing as an attractive tool for political parties’ daily activities and a cheap medium of communication to propagate against […]
SIALKOT – The local journalists were not allowed to attend the meeting of the US Ambassador in Pakistan at the Sialkot Chamber of Commerce and Industry office, as the SCCI building was totally sealed by the security officials during the Ambassador’s one and half hours stay there. Mr Richard Olson also visited Sialkot Chamber of […]
Sikander Shaheen ISLAMABAD – The Election Commission of Pakistan has suggested a ‘code of ethics’ for media for the coverage of the general elections. The code of ethics is prepared following creation of a Media Accountability Commission by the Supreme Court that gave its recommendations to the ECP on Tuesday. The code is prepared in […]
The speakers at a panel discussion held during a workshop on ‘Role of Media in Current Political Scenario’ viewed that the political parties and their candidates were using the media for their election campaign instead of visiting their respective constituencies for canvassing. “The candidates used to visit their constituencies and conduct electioneering through corner meetings […]
ISLAMABAD: Secretary Election Commission of Pakistan Ishtiq Khan said on Wednesday that code of conduct covering the upcoming general election 2013 to ensure dissemination of credible and unbiased news has been finalized. Addressing a press conference he said,”It is very encouraging as first time in the history of the country media representatives forwarded their suggestions […]
Anil Datta Karachi: The Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture was host to two totally diverse kinds of exhibitions on Wednesday evening, with, perhaps, the only point of convergence being that both were very unconventional. One of these exhibitions was a real brain-teaser, requiring an overly fertile imagination to make head or tail of […]
KARACHI: A teenage girl was killed and her mother and sister were wounded in their house in Hussain Hazara Goth in Gulistan-i-Jauhar on Wednesday, police said. Gulistan-i-Jauhar SHO Irshad Gabol said that suspect Mehram Ali had divorced his wife, Latifa Bibi, 37, some four years ago and she had since been living at her brother’s […]
ABBOTTABAD: A man killed his daughter and her alleged paramour in Lora village of Havelian on Wednesday. Sources said the accused came to the Lora police station and stated he had killed his daughter and her friend when he found them together in the cattle pen in the house. The police registered the case and […]
KHAR: Badam Zari, the first woman candidate in tribal areas for the upcoming general polls, has launched her election campaign after acceptance of her nomination papers by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). An official of ECP said that Asad Sarwar, the returning officer, accepted the nomination papers of Badam Zari for contesting election for […]
Dr Mohammad Taqi Loss of objectivity remains a serious concern regarding those who make a move from journalistic to political careers “Journalists should stand apart from institutions that make news.” The above advice contained in The New York Times Company Policy on Ethics in Journalism reflects an institutional maturity that still remains elusive for many […]
BAHAWALPUR: A man was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly killing his second wife over an argument about not divorcing his first wife. Police said Ghulam Yaseen, a resident of Ghanna village, had married Malookan Mai in 2012. He had a daughter from this marriage and Mai was six-month pregnant with a second child. They said […]
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