ISLAMABAD, July 25 : Vice Chancellor, Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU), Dr. Mehmood-ul-Hasan Butt Wednesday said that AIOU’s FM radio stations would start broadcast from five major regional campuses and offices of the country during the next financial year. Speaking at the inaugural ceremony of FM radio station’s test transmission, he said that AIOU would […]
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan People’s Party on Wednesday demanded that it should also be given licence for setting up FM radio particularly in those areas where rival political groups had been “allowed” to operate FM radio stations by respective governors or by the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) authorities. In a statement Wednesday, the PPP […]
THATTA:The Pakistan Press Foundation in collaboration with the German-based Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) organisation organised a three-day workshop on photojournalists at Thatta in which some 20 photographers took part. On behalf of the Pakistan Press Foundation Raza Haider and Senior Network coordinator Maqsood Shahid explained about the latest techniques in photojournalism. On the concluding day […]
ISLAMABAD – Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Muhammad Ali Durrani and the journalist community of twin cities Wednesday lauded the valuable services of the journalists during the operation against the militants of Lal Masjid/Jamia Hafsa. The minister also visited the residence of late cameraman Javed Khan and offered profound condolences to his father and […]
KARACHI, July 25: The growing trend of suicide in children has been noted with serious concern in a report compiled and released by an NGO, Protection of the Rights of the Child (SPARC), which appears alarmed by the “sudden and sharp rise” in child suicide figures in Pakistan last year recorded at no less than […]
ISLAMABAD: Leading journalist and host of a private TV channel Khalil Malik received serious injuries after he was subjected to violence by the lawyers in the presence of additional session’s judge for writing an analytical column in a local news paper. Khalil Malik had drawn up an analysis about lawyers which was published in a […]
HYDERABAD: A woman alleged on Tuesday that the cashier of a bank had raped her in her house in Tando Mohammed Khan. Addressing a news conference at the press club here, Nighat accused the cashier of a bank in Tando Mohammed Khan, Muneer Memon, of raping her. She threatened to commit suicide if Memon was […]
SIALKOT, July 24: Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in Sialkot have formed a network to fight against violence on women. All CSO representatives met on Tuesday at a consultation hosted by Baidarie, a non-government organisation. They decided all CSOs will meet once a month to discuss the situation of human and women rights, plan strategies to […]
PESHAWAR, July 24: Speakers at a day-long workshop on child labour have appealed to media personnel to help eradicate the menace through contribution of articles and documentaries and awareness campaigns. The workshop on “Activating media in combating worst forms of child labour in Pakistan” was jointly organised by the ministry of information and broadcasting and […]
HYDERABAD, July 24: A group of journalists from Dokri on Tuesday accused a Sindh minister of intimidation and said that as ‘our lives are in danger, we have left our town and sought shelter in Hyderabad’. The journalists alleged that the minister had sent some armed men to the Dokri press club a few days […]
LARKANA, July 24: The Qambar-Shahdadkot district council passed the surplus budget for the fiscal year 2007-2008 amidst the boycott of the members of Awam Dost Panel (ADP) on Monday. The ADP members pressed for granting time to study the budget document and opposed its passing in a hurry. As the convener Atta Hussain Junejo refused […]
In the competitive world of offshore outsourcing, Pakistan doesn’t get much attention. The main reasons can be found in any quick scan of news headlines about that country: terrorism and political instability, including two unsuccessful efforts to assassinate President Pervez Musharraf. Nonetheless, Pakistan has a developing offshore IT services industry. And in many areas of […]
Rahimyar Khan, July 24 : Photojournalism reserves a significant position in electronic and print media in this modern era of information. In the past news items in print media were denied due to lack of proof, but now photojournalism had filled that gap and made news items supported by pictures almost undeniable. This was stated […]
PESHAWAR, July 24: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has expressed with concern that participants of some of the TV talk shows wrongfully accused the authority of granting permission to Maulana Fazlullah of Swat to run his FM radio station in Fazagat. According to a press release, the Pemra Ordinance did not extend to […]
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