Karachi: “The readers of The News have witnessed history! Started 25 years back, the paper was a breath of fresh air in the print media. It served as a breeding ground for journalists back then, and indeed remains one till this day.” This was stated by Sarmad A Ali of the Jang Group of Companies […]
ISLAMABAD: Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg was ecstatic a year ago. His dream of bringing two-thirds of the unconnected world (including a billion Indians) on to his Facebook was appearing to come to life! The ‘Free Basics’ initiative (originally internet.org) was officially launched in India on February 10, 2015. Ironically, it was exactly a year later when […]
KARACHI: ‘Line and length’ as a phrase seems simple but, the exhibition at Chawkandi Art Gallery under the same title brings out the complexity of society. The exhibition features the works of three artists, including Arif Hussain Khokhar, Arif Ahmed Ali Manganhar and Munawar Ali Syed. Syed’s straight lines crossing each other in a meshwork […]
ISLAMABAD: A special screening of Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy’s documentary ‘A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness’ will be held at the Prime Minister’s Office today. The documentary nominated for the 88th Academy Awards in the Documentary (Short Subject) category. ‘A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness’ is Chinoy’s second documentary to be […]
KARACHI: The trade in information technology goods and services is one of the fastest growing sectors in the global trading system. In case of trade in goods, IT products are 10% of the global merchandise trade. The increase in trade of IT goods has been possible after World Trade Organisation (WTO) members through plurilateral arrangements […]
ISLAMABAD: In a bid to secure funds from the government for its regular operations, the national watchdog on human rights violations has decided to scale down some of its activities. In exchange for limiting its role, officials at the ministry of human rights say the government has assured that funds for the body will be […]
LAHORE: A joint team of Punjab Wildlife Department and rangers caught a male blue bull after it entered Pakistan from India Sunday. The officials said the team was constituted by Director General, Wildlife & Parks, Punjab, Khalid Ayaz to monitor border area with the help of rangers. They said the team received information that a […]
DESPITE the apparent thaw in the Indo-Pak relations, the movement of intellectuals and writers across the border is as restricted as it was: many Pakistani scholars could not get visa to attend the conference on ‘200 Years of Urdu Journalism’, arranged by Delhi’s National Council for Promotion of the Urdu Language. The council had invited […]
PESHAWAR: The top internet search engine Google.Com enlists Pashto one of the many world languages. Now any text of the languages available in Google.Com search engine translation mode could be found being translated in Pashto script. Pashto literary and cultural circles have widely appreciated the step and have termed it a big milestone in the […]
ISLAMABAD: Ali Ahmed Qamar is a writer from Gilgit-Baltistan, who has written two books in the Balti and Potohari languages. In 2010, he submitted both to the Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL) to be considered for the Kamal-e-Fun award. However, PAL said neither of the languages was being considered for the award, and suggested he […]
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