KARACHI: The European Union has signed a five-year engagement plan with Pakistan that foresees interaction between the two on political, security and trade levels and human rights is the core component of this plan. These thoughts were articulated by Antoine Madelin of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) on Sunday at the second day […]
KARACHI: Within a few days of its launch, Geo’s exciting family show ‘Inaam Ghar’ is being hailed as a milestone in the history of game shows aired live on the local media. The viewers have given a positive feedback about the show hosted by Dr Aamir Liaquat Hussain, one of the eminent anchorpersons of the […]
Pakistan’s telecom industry is set to break its sound barrier with the expected launch of the 3G band spectrum. President/CEO of the Telenor Group and Current Chairman of GSMA, Jon Fredick Baksaas sat down with The News to talk about the telecom industry and how the auction of next generation spectrum licence is the next […]
Karachi: They were born in the days when a telegraph was the fastest way of long-distance communication — and when they separated, there was no way to reconnect. Alice Cutler and Joseph Stephen, though uncle and niece, were more like cousins. Born only three years apart, they grew up in an old house in Mehmoodabad […]
KARACHI: Environmentalists believe that it is vital to address issues related to climate change on an urgent basis, especially keeping in mind how the country has been affected by them in recent times. Pakistan is extremely vulnerable to the impacts of climate change because of its geographical location, high levels of pollution, low technological and […]
Sialkot: The government will take effective measures to provide security to journalists, Science and Technology Minister Zahid Hamid said on Sunday. He was addressing the media at Badiana, Pasrur. Hamid said that the media shoud promote a softer image of Pakistan. Hamid presented a cheque for Rs. 0.5 Million to the Badiana Press Club. Express […]
ISLAMABAD: There were conflicting media reports about the embattled Pemra chief Chaudhry Rasheed Ahmed on Sunday, as one report said he had decided to move a petition to Islamabad High Court (IHC) against the pressure being put on him to quit, while the other said he might step down like the Nadra chief Tariq Malik. […]
ISLAMABAD: Twelve years after the gruesome murder of American journalist Daniel Pearl, his four convicted killers, who were found guilty of kidnapping and beheading him in Karachi in January 2002, are keeping their fingers crossed to get their sentences reversed when the Sindh High Court finally decides their appeals against convictions. The 38-year-old reporter of […]
The masses were barred from getting an education and so they could neither read nor understand the Bible. The high illiteracy rate of the poor people was exploited by the religious class, which would extort money from them by lying about Biblical commands Pakistan has a 95 percent strong Muslim population, with the same religion […]
Karachi: Senior journalists have demanded restructuring the Press Council of Pakistan and renaming it “Media Council” by extending its scope to the electronic media to monitor the content in terms of ethics. A roundtable conference was held on “Ethical Journalism and the Print Media” was organised by the Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) and Pakistan Coalition […]
Pakistan’s journalists are feeling the after-effects of a brutal attack on Express Media, the third and most lethal attack on the media group and its staff in the last six months. The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack, and has issued a fatwa (decree) warning of further attacks against media outlets that they say […]
By: Tahir Mehdi Musadiq Sanwal did not want to make it big as he cherished the liberty he got in his smallness The day Musadiq Sanwal passed away I received many calls from common friends. I made some myself too. We wanted to condole with each other but most of us were out of words. […]
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