By: Murtaza Ali Shah LONDON: Tennis star Aisam-ul-Haq’s wife Faha Makhdoom has launched legal action against the social networking site Facebook for failing to close the fake account that has been used to spread “false news” on her behalf, creating confusion and rumours about the couple’s marriage. Currently visiting her parents in East Anglia, Faha […]
By: Bina Shah ‘WHAT is this social media, and why is it so important?’ Variations of this question rang out all weekend as news spread of the Social Media Mela, a conference that brought Indian journalists, writers, and activists to Karachi to discuss with their Pakistani counterparts how the social media has affected various aspects […]
ISLAMABAD: Senior Advisor to Prime Minister on Interior Rehman Malik on Wednesday directed Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to take legal action against those who pasted objectionable material on Shia Website. Issuing directions, he warned all such elements to remove objectionable material from the Web pages immediately. He further directed Director General FIA to submit a […]
ISLAMABAD: While negotiations have reportedly begun to bring in an interim government to overlook the upcoming parliamentary polls, social media has unleashed a frenzy of opinion polls regarding the most favoured choice for a caretaker prime minister. A survey conducted on the social networking website Facebook revealed on Wednesday that a majority of respondents are […]
Karachi: Certain elements within the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), police, Rangers and the information ministry are trying to push the Shia community to the wall, the spokesman for the Jafaria Alliance said on Wednesday. Commenting on the report that Adviser to the Prime Minister on Interior Rehman Malik had ordered the FIA to probe the […]
By: Barkha Shah An exciting initiative by young Indians and Pakistanis seeks to change mindsets through virtual interaction, testimonials and more Had a conversation today with someone across the border. Sure, he belongs to a country that my nation has been in war with before. And sure, I had a few reservations. But a few […]
Twitter friends Shiraz Hassan and Chintan Girish Modi continue their email exchange From: Chintan Girish Modi Date: Sat, Jul 14, 2012 Subject: Continuing our e-exchange for Aman Ki Asha To: Shiraz Hassan Dear Shiraz I am doing well. It was a hectic week, with enough fun packed in though. Being a school teacher is exciting, […]
ISLAMABAD: Private telecom and internet companies have expressed reservations over the National Telecommunication Corporation’s move to requisition a feasibility report for laying a submarine cable between Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates. The NTC published an advertisement in national media in May for “Hiring of consultancy services for techno-commercial study and financial advisory services for […]
KARACHI: At least three passenger vehicles were set on fire on Tuesday evening when a heavy police contingent tried to stop the participants of a rally organized by the Shia Action Committee (SAC) to stop them from going towards the office of the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on Sharae Faisal. They were protesting against the […]
By: Ansar Abbasi ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has taken notice of the applications filed by former Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) amir Qazi Hussain Ahmad and retired judge and PTI leader Justice Wajiuddin against growing vulgarity and obscenity in the society through electronic media, illegal Indian channels, cable network and internet. Following the complaints from the […]
By: Saher Baloch Karachi: Adviser to the Prime Minister on Interior Rehman Malik, who complained the other day about receiving abusive comments on Twitter, was all smiles on Sunday as he met with the organisers of the Social Media Mela 2012 for a chit-chat. Malik became a hero for the social media when he stepped […]
By: Sana Jafrani KARACHI: At Saturday’s session on Twitter in the newsroom, a consensus seemed to emerge that social media cannot replace mainstream media; rather, they have to work in tandem to be effective. The session was moderated by popular tweeter who goes by the handle @mighty obvious, Hassan Belal. The panel included Indian journalist […]
By: Usman Liaquat KARACHI: Just had a bitter break-up? Scramble to protect your accounts on Facebook, Twitter and Gmail. According to Sabbah Haji, an avid writer and director of Haji Public School, there are many whose private information on social networking sites has been misused by spiteful exes. This was just one of the many […]
By: Yousuf Saifuddin KARACHI: The idea of promoting the rights of the labour class through music at a top tier five-star hotel hosting a social media ‘mela’ might come across as an oxymoron, but Dr Taimur Rahman of Laal the band is quick to refute that notion in the same breath by adding that today’s […]
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