BEKAA VALLEY: Malala Yousafzai, the youngest winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, celebrated her 18th birthday in Lebanon on Sunday by opening a school for Syrian refugee girls and called on world leaders to invest in “books not bullets”. “I decided to be in Lebanon because I believe that the voices of the Syrian refugees […]
ISLAMABAD: The government and Pakistan Broadcasters Association (PBA) have agreed on a broad code of conduct for electronic media but differences on at least three critical issues still need to be ironed out. The code will be announced through a statutory regulatory order (SRO) by the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) if the two […]
It was January 2010. The venue was Punjab University Oriental College, Lahore. The occasion was Muhammad Hussain Azad’s 100th death anniversary. Prof Dr Tehseen Firaqi, the then head of Urdu department, had aptly requested Prof Dr Aslam Farrukhi to present the keynote address on the opening day as Dr Farrukhi is the scholar who has […]
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Climate Change has so far failed to enforce the National Environmental Quality Standards (NEQS) requiring it to introduce Euro-II compliant vehicles and diesel in the country. The NEQS for motor vehicles were notified in 2009 and the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources had committed to ensuring supply of Euro-II compliant […]
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif continues to avoid Pakistani media during his foreign visits, as seen also during his recent visit to Russia where he held an important meeting with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi. For some observers, it led to the success of Mr Modi, who kept the meeting, according to the communiqué issued […]
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