By: Bushra Shehzad LAHORE: A three-day long International Mystic Sufi Music Festival organised by Rafi Peer Theatre Workshop (RPTW) came to end on Sunday at Al-Hamra Arts Council. The festival being held in collaboration with the Lahore Arts Council and Royal Norwegian Embassy brought together almost 200 Sufi music singers from all over Pakistan at […]
KARACHI: The franchises of different cellular companies have ‘restrained’ or in some cases temporarily suspended sales activities in the wake of raids by personnel of law-enforcement agencies and arrests of sales agents on charges of selling illegal SIMs. Perturbed at what they termed as ‘harassment’, five leading cellular service operators of the country have sought […]
ISLAMABAD: At the heels of millions of apps come droves of innocuous -looking requests that might breach the users’ privacy. With this weighing on in all the discussions at the third annual “Cyber Secure Pakistan Conference” which concluded here on Sunday, discussants urged the government to legislate to protect itself and its citizens against cyber […]
Karachi: It’s 15th August. A handful of soldiers are hoisting an Indian flag to officially commence the Independence Day celebrations in Srinagar, the capital of Indian occupied Kashmir. Apart from the soldiers and a handful of journalists, Red Square, a thoroughfare which remains busy on a usual day is eerily empty. Not a single Kashmiri […]
Sir: It is pathetic to see that the media has, so callously, leaked the medical report of ex-general Pervez Musharaf. The reports were supposed to be confidential. I keep on asking myself how the media even managed to get hold of these reports in the first place. Now every television anchor and layman is posing […]
LAHORE: The National College of Arts’ (NCA) annual thesis display started on Sunday at the college premises. The annual thesis show is the largest display of art works in Pakistan under any roof. It showcases the works of a 160 students from the graduating batch of the Fine Arts, Design, Architecture, Multimedia, Interior Design, Film […]
KARACHI: Former Minister for Information and Broadcasting Javed Jabbar said at a roundtable discussion that there is a need of establishing an independent watchdog “News Broadcast Standard Authority” comprising senior media professionals and civil society to oversee and monitor ethical journalism practices in media in Pakistan. He said that there should be an independent body […]
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