LAHORE: The Lahore High Court stayed on Tuesday the DTH (direct-to-home) licence bidding process by the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority till a decision on petitions challenging Pemra rules for grant of licences. A three-judge bench headed by Justice Ayesha A. Malik and comprising Justice Abid Aziz Sheikh and Justice Shahid Karim issued the order […]
Legislation for journalists’ protection soon: Information Minister While speaking at a program “Meet the Press” at Lahore Press Club State Minister for Information Maryam Aurangzeb said that incumbent government is giving due attention to safety and training of journalists. She further added […]
It has been nine years of the murder of Zubair Ahmed Mujahid, correspondent of daily Jang Urdu language newspaper in Mirpurkhas, Sindh province of Pakistan and his case has not yet been submitted in any court by the police. In fact, it is being pending in Crime Branch Hyderabad. The family of Mujahid had knocked many […]
KARACHI: The country needs to accept the ever-changing nature of culture, said the secretary of the culture, tourism and antiquities department, Ghulam Akbar Leghari, on Tuesday, while discussing the impact of culture on society. He was addressing the audience at a workshop held by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) at Pakistan Institute […]
ISLAMABAD: In the suburban area of the federal capital, the transgender people have started building a mosque for themselves, which will have capacity for 1,000 people to offer prayers at a time. According to foreign media, a madrasa would be part of the mosque. Nadeem Kashash, who pursuing the cause of a mosque for transgender […]
PESHAWAR: The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Right to Information (RTI) commission in its annual report has expressed dissatisfaction over not extending the RTI act to the Provincially-Administered Tribal Areas (PATA) and requested the federal government to extend the law to the region. The annual report, a copy of which is available with The Express Tribune, stated that “with utmost […]
PAKISTANIS have many strengths but taking the long view, it seems, isn’t one of them. This is evident in decisions made with regard to politics, sports, urban planning and now, the arts. Last week local cinema owners and distributors announced they would consider bringing Iranian and Turkish movies to the big screen after mulling over […]
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