LAHORE: Renowned watercolourist Pirzada Najmul Hassan passed away here on Monday. He was 64. A painter of nature who had his own style when it came to painting trees, clouds and skies, he met an unexpected tragic death. Fifteen days ago, he sat in a rickshaw. The moment the driver turned the ignition key an […]
It has become a matter of routine for liberal and moderate voices to receive death threats for merely being exactly those two things; liberal and moderate. Many a times, it is not even a question of opinion that certain sections may strongly disagree with or even find abhorrent, but of verifiable facts. An opinion can […]
By: Ali Usman LAHORE: His pen created masterpieces that changed the face of Urdu literature. Many of the thoughts that must have brewed in his mind in the last seven years of his life were here, in this modest house a few hundred yards off Mall road in the neighbourhood of Lakshmi Mansion. This is […]
Sir: Many parents are enthusiastic about the role of television in their lives and how it affects their children though many also feel guilty about how much television their children watch. Parents may have the noblest of intentions and consider television and video programmes to be a rich source of education for their children but, […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has received four sealed bids for spectrum auctions of 3G and 4G from the five operators, working in the country with the expectation against expectation of the government, no new entrant is going to participate in the upcoming bidding. All existing cellular companies have submitted their sealed bids till Monday at 4pm. “The […]
The Chinese Central Television (CCTV) and Pakistan Television Corporation Ltd, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on mutual co-operation in the field of broadcasting here that would enable CCTV News and CCTV 9 documentary channel landing rights in Pakistan. The MoU was inked by Vice President of CCTV, Zhu Tong and Managing Director of Pakistan […]
ISLAMABAD: Sana Bucha who used to host current affairs talk shows on Geo and Dunya Television will be featuring in a forthcoming movie, media reports said. The film Delta Foxtrot is produced by Waqas Rana, whose earlier production was the popular Waar. The cast of the new film announced in December 2013 has now been […]
By: Mazhar Abbas It was a bloody start to 2014 for the journalists in Pakistan when a Larkana-based correspondent of Ab Tak TV, Shan Daher, was shot dead on the eve of New Year. Since January, six media workers had been killed in targeted attacks while over a dozen have already received ‘death threats’, including […]
Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed presented Pakistan’s first ever bill on cyber security, named Cyber Security Council Bill 2014, in the Senate on Monday. The bill seeks establishment of a National Cyber Security Council and defines its functions and powers as to develop and draft policy, guidelines and governance models related to ever emerging cyber security […]
CAPE TOWN (South Africa): International Press Institute (IPI), one of the world’s oldest global press freedom organisations, has expressed grave concern over recent threats to Pakistani media persons including senior journalists of The News and has urged the government to ensure protection of free speech in the country. “The recent threats to newsman will have […]
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