• November 19, 2016
• Arts and Entertainment

LAHORE: The Faiz International Festival 2016 was inaugurated on Friday with rich tributes paid to the revolutionary poet, leftwing intellectual and journalist. The opening ceremony of the three-day festival held at the Alhamra Art Gallery was inaugurated by Salima Hashmi, the daughter of Faiz Ahmad Faiz, along with Alhamra Chairman Kamran Lashari, renowned actor Usman Peerzada, […]

• November 19, 2016
• Information Technology

LAHORE: While most technology is designed primarily for the one billion people living in the developed world, affordable smartphones may become a powerful tool for solving core problems in poor countries, said g (ITU) Vice-Chancellor Dr Umar Saif while delivering his keynote lecture at the University of Washington (UoW) in Seattle, US the other day. The speaker […]

• November 19, 2016
• Arts and Entertainment

The ongoing Karachi Theatre Festival 2016, sponsored by the Arts Council, staged two plays, one after the other, on Thursday evening, dealing with death and the futilities of life. The first one was about death. Titled, “Marney se pehley jannat”, it had Khalid Ahmed playing an elderly man named Mumtaz and his obedient, caring daughter, […]

• November 19, 2016
• Broadcasting

ISLAMABAD: The country’s media industry is poised to get a $400 million injection – the biggest ever investment in the sector – as the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) is set to auction three licences for digital satellite television services next week. The successful launch of Direct-to-Home (DTH) services will be a game changer for […]

• November 19, 2016
• Front Page

LAHORE: State Minister for Information Maryam Aurangzeb has said the incumbent government is giving due attention to safety and training of journalists and for this purpose relevant legislation would be made soon. Speaking at a program “Meet the Press” here at Lahore Press Club Friday, the minister said a draft of legislation for protection and […]

• November 19, 2016
• Social Media

IT is an indictment, but an unsurprising one. According to the Washington DC-based research firm Freedom House, Pakistan is at the lowest tier of its Freedom on the Net 2016 index. It stands in the company of several countries that have earned notoriety for tight controls over the dissemination of information and access to the […]

• November 19, 2016
• Environmental Journalism

A rare marine leatherback turtle was found dead in Miani Hor lagoon near Sonmiani, Lasbela district, Balochistan on Thursday. The leatherback turtle is among the rarest of marine turtles in Pakistan and recent studies reveal that this species is declining precipitously throughout its distribution range, including Pakistan. Muhammad Ilyas, a local fisherman and member of […]

• November 19, 2016
• Freedom of Expression, Protest Letters by PPF

Pakistan Press Foundation has written a letter to Augustin Matata Ponyo, Prime Minister of Democratic Republic of the Congo to express concerned over the murder of Radio-Television Nationale Congolaise journalist Marcel Lubala Kalala in Mbuji-Mayi. PPF Secretary General Owais Aslam Ali in his letter urged the government of Congo to shed full light on this […]