My biggest high as a journalist is my byline. Having been a journalist for a fairly long time, the excitement has not lessened. The day I know a story of mine will be published there is a wave of anticipation from the night before. With half-open eyes, I snap off the rubber band holding the […]
CULTURAL exchange scholarship, taken care of by the Ministry of Inter- Provincial Coordination in Pakistan, has come a long way in achieving its objectives of empowering nations with higher academia. Indeed this scholarship is promoting mutual relations among nations, coexistence, and economic and human resource development. Previously, the ministry used to fund $400 a month, […]
KARACHI: The Pakistan Herald Workers Union (PHWU), the CBA Union for Dawn, in a meeting on Friday offered condolences to family of senior journalist and former PFUJ president I.H. Raashed, who passed away in Lahore last week. Paying tribute to the late Raashed Sahab for his struggle for justice and for the rights of newspapers […]
KARACHI: The Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology (FUUAST) observed the 52nd death anniversary of Baba-i-Urdu Maulvi Abdul Haq and organised a simple but impressive ceremony on its premises here on Friday. A large number of literary figures and educationists, including Vice Chancellor of FUUAST Prof Dr Zafar Iqbal, Javed Manzar, Prof Dr […]
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Home and Tribal Affairs Department on Friday banned five Pashto films and directed the police to act to stop screening of these movies, a source said.The source said the Home Department had received complaints that these films are being shown in cinemas without getting the required censor certificates. The films included […]
QUETTA: The chief justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry expressed resentment over the irresponsible coverage of the private TV channels and directed the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) to take action against the management of these channels. The chief justice issued these direction during the hearing into the suo moto case regarding deteriorating law and order […]
PESHAWAR: The government has amended its draft on the Right to Information (RTI) Ordinance, after the initial blueprint was criticised for certain inadequacies. K-P Governor Engineer Shaukatullah Khan, who signed the ordinance forwarded by the provincial government on August 13, was quoted by an official source as saying: “I have signed the ordinance because the […]
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