An endangered green turtle was spotted at a beach near Sandspit, Manora on Monday morning. An official of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Aijaz Ahmed said the turtle which reportedly visited the beach to lay an egg, measured 41 inches in length and weighed approximately 0.066 tons. An IUCN official said beach […]
ISLAMABAD: A possible showdown between the media and government was averted on Wednesday evening, after the information minister brokered reconciliation between her cabinet colleague Anusha Rehman and a reporter covering Supreme Court proceedings. The two came face to face earlier in the day when Azam Gill, a reporter for a private TV channel, began filming […]
KARACHI: The draft of the bill for protection of intellectual property rights (IPR) of goods and products popular among masses for their peculiar geographical origins in Pakistan has been prepared and submitted to the government, a government official said on Wednesday. “The draft of Geographical Indication Protection Bill has been prepared and submitted to the […]
Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) in a letter to the H.E. Danilo Medina Sánchez President of the Dominican Republic, expressed concern over the murders of radio broadcaster Luis Manuel Medina Pérez and producer Leónidas Antonio Evangelista Martínez during live broadcast on February 15, 2017 in the southeastern city of San Pedro de Macorís. PPF Secretary General Owais […]
QUETTA: The Balochi Labzanki Deewan, a literary body, held a function about the significance of regional languages to mark International Mother Language Day on Tuesday. Former chief minister Dr Abdul Malik Baloch and Baloch, Pashtun, Punjabi and Hazara writers attended the function. Chairman of the Balochi Labzanki Deewan Yar Jan Badini said they had been […]
2016 was a record breaking year for Pakistani cinema: 34 local releases hit theaters and several films recorded strong box office collections; Actor in Law raked in over 20 crores and Janaan earned over 15 crores. The 47th Nigar Awards are coming back after 12 years but the nominations have left people scratching their heads. […]
CHARSADDA: Three suicide attackers and seven civilians were killed and 22 others injured in a clash between police and bombers who tried to enter the tehsil courts here on Tuesday. The attack was the latest in a wave of militant assaults across the country that has killed over 100 people since last week. According to […]
Lahore – The All Pakistan Newspapers Society has thanked Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif for approving 15 percent increase in the government advertisement rates for newspapers. “APNS President Sarmad Ali and Secretary General Umer Mujib Shami, on behalf of the society officebearers and members, have expressed profound gratitude to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif for his kind […]
KARACHI: A group of students in Shah Faisal Colony hope to bring about a change in their society through their own kind of journalism. Just recently, the students of class eight and nine at Women Refugee Rehabilitation Association (WRRA) Secondary School decided to come up with monthly newspapers and, on Tuesday, they successfully took out their […]
HYDERABAD: Speakers have stressed the need to reform the Sindh Textbook Board (STB) syllabus through a board of education experts while adding that no encroachment of the curriculum be allowed by the Centre as it is a provincial subject under the 18th Amendment. They were speaking at a two-day conference on ‘The role of mother […]
KARACHI: The Spinner’s Tale, a novel by Senior Superintendent of Police Omar Shahid Hamid, is being translated into Italian. The story, which looks to understand the transformation to the militant mindset, should be relevant in this day and age, especially for European readers, who are still struggling to understand the radicalisation of local youth there. […]
Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb’s reply to Senator Kalsoom Perveen confirmed something which should already be understood – the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) has powers to clamp down on channels and anchors promoting sectarian differences or propagating hate speech. Both the PEMRA Ordinance 2007 and the Code of Conduct […]
Speakers say PFUJ and other such organisations will have to take ownership of journalists’ safety; abduction of four bloggers shows people on digital media too at risk Since 1990, 115 journalists have been killed and 185 injured in Pakistan while performing their duties, which shows that they are working in a dangerous environment where they […]
Saba Qamar, who is in the news for an old video footage in which she branded Bollywood star Salman Khan a “chhichhora” (indecent), says she loves the Indian film industry and finds the “Dabangg” star humble. In a two minute-plus long video from an old episode of Pakistani morning show, Saba comments on Hrithik Roshan, […]
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