KARACHI: A seasoned sports journalist from Pakistan has been inducted in the International Cricket Council (ICC) Award Voting Academy (AVA). Saleem Khaliq, sports editor of the Daily Express will continue to be the member of the body for two years where he will select outstanding cricketers for the ICC awards along with other members. The […]
Intel Pakistan launches its Intel powered notebook “Tablet” across Pakistan to bring a technological revolution in the country, said Naveed Siraj, a country manager while briefing the media here on Thursday. He said Intel imparted training in information technology to 0.3 million teachers while 50 research workshops were conducted in Pakistan. Adult IT literary programme […]
Sir: Nowadays, the most significant news in the media and in all the newspapers is about the barbaric incident in which a minor girl was subjected to rape after being abducted outside her house. This incident was followed by half a dozen similar cases, all reported widely in the media, especially on television channels, as […]
It is most unfortunate to witness a cobweb of conspiracies surrounding one of the most well established state institutions. But what is even more frustrating is the fact that those who orchestrated this game are happily reaping the fruit of their schemes, after making flagrant use of the judiciary to their advantage and blatantly bending […]
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA)’s orders to crack down on “immoral” love chat services offered by mobile phone companies has only been compiled with by one cellular company, The News has learnt. The regulator tightened the ban late last month, ordering telecommunication companies to scrap immediately “all kinds of chat services, irrespective of the […]
KARACHI: The executive committee of the APNS at its meeting held on September 19, 2013, has expressed profound grief over the sad demise of mother of Waseem Ahmed, Finance Secretary of the APNS and publisher of Daily Awam and Daily Public, Quetta.The APNS executive committee expressed their condolence and prayed that the Almighty Allah may […]
KARACHI: The new chairman of the Sindh Board of Film Censors, Fakhr-e-Alam, announced ambitious plans for the SBFC at the Karachi Press Club on Thursday. The well-known TV personality said that his first priority was to remove the word ‘censor’ from the name of the SBFC and have it renamed as the Sindh Film Certification […]
“GET out. Find people who are like you.” This was a parting whisper from Farjad Nabi to his colleagues on the day of his escape. He was one who did get out of it — journalism or newspaper journalism — with his dream still alive and compelling. Zinda Bhaag, the film he has co-directed with […]
LAHORE: A judge dealing with the petition challenging ban on YouTube on Thursday referred the matter to Lahore High Court chief justice Umar Ata Bandial with recommendations to constitute a full bench to hear this matter. The court during previous hearings had remarked that it was important to understand the nature of the problem. In […]
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