In a major step towards establishing transparency and accountability, the Senate has unanimously passed ‘Right of Access to Information Bill, 2017’. Based on well-recognized principles of maximum disclosures and minimum exemptions, the bill strikes a right balance between national security and public interest. The result of months of deliberations by experienced and rights-oriented members of […]
Mekaal Hasan rescues episode three from oblivion. Three episodes and 12 songs later, Coke Studio, Pakistan’s most disputed music production that is presently in its tenth incarnation, feels congested and out of ideas. The multiple music director(s) format introduced last year and pursued vehemently again this year has led to a sonic landscape that feels […]
LAHORE: The National Vocational and Technical Training Commission (NAVTTC) has launched competency-based training and assessment (CBT&A) to focus on skills, knowledge, understanding and attitudes/values of students across the country. The NAVTTC, technical education & vocational training authorities (Tevtas), trade testing boards (TTBs), Punjab Vocational Training Council (PVTC), Punjab Board of Technical Education (PBTE) and a […]
Perth, the capital of Western Australia, recently hosted a global meeting of high-level public and private-sector leaders to discuss plans for the eradication of modern-day slavery, forced labour, and human trafficking, the latter of which, in particular, has been a popular topic of late across the spectrum. Recognising all three as crimes, the Bali Process […]
ISLAMABAD: The Asia-Pacific region has failed to control pollution of its rivers, more than 80 per cent of which are considered to be in ‘poor health’, a new United Nations report reveals. The report, prepared by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) for the second forum of ministers and environment authorities of Asia-Pacific region opening in […]
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