HYDERABAD, Dec 12: The University of Sindh has approved the revised syllabus of different institutes and departments of faculties of natural sciences, social sciences, arts and Islamic studies as well as LLM programme here on Wednesday. The revised syllabi were approved in the 33rd meeting of academic council here on Wednesday. The meeting was presided […]
KARACHI – Continuing its pursuit of acknowledging and honouring journalistic excellence in Pakistan and India, CNN International, the worldÂ’s leading 24-hour news channel, will host the fifth annual award ceremony of CNN Young Journalist Award (CNN YJA) on December 14. The awards will be given away at a gala ceremony in New Delhi. CNN YJA […]
KARACHI, Nov 12: The Sindh High Court adjourned on Monday a petition moved by a media organisation on behalf of its four television channels ‘to a date in office for want of time’. The petition, filed by the Independent Media Corporation against the ban clamped on its Geo News, Geo Super, Geo Entertainment and Aag […]
KARACHI, Dec 12: The Pakistan People’s Party on Wednesday condemned what it called, an “open threat to the media from the Pakistan Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra), saying that the authority would allow transmission of only approved political contents. The PPP deplored that a limited number channels were allowed to continue with their transmissions independently. “As […]
Peoples Resistance (PR) organised an outdoor version of “Live with Talat” outside the Karachi Press Club on Wednesday as a symbolic gesture against the ban on the media and the shackled imposed on the judiciary since the imposition of emergency in the country. The talk show was held in collaboration with the Karachi Press Club […]
ISLAMABAD (December 13 2007): Pakistan’s Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) on Wednesday condemned a new warning to stop live television broadcasts, saying the ban was aimed at silencing non-official media before next month’s elections. Private networks on Tuesday were threatened with jail terms as well as a five million rupee (82,000 dollar) fine for any […]
ISLAMABAD: The Independent Media Corporation Private Limited and Birds Private Limited have filed a civil petition (941/2007 and 942/2007) for leave to appeal in the Supreme Court of Pakistan on December 10 against the dismissal by the Sindh High Court (SHC) on December 4 of applications challenging closure of Geo Television Network transmission. Two urgent […]
The United Nations Education Science and Culture Organisation (Unesco) has invited member states and regional and international organisations, professional and non-governmental organisations working in the field of journalism and freedom of expression to nominate candidates for the Unesco/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize. The purpose of this award is to honour a person, organisation or […]
ISLAMABAD. The participants of a meeting on “violence against women” on Wednesday called for a positive change in the society’s approach towards women to end violence against them. The meeting was organised by Rozan, a non-government organisation in collaboration with Sungi Development Foundation to mark the Human Rights Day. The participants condemned the undue and […]
KHAIRPUR: One Ms Rozina 28 wife of Bashir Ahmed Merani was axed to death by an accused Gull Muhammad Merani brother of husband of deceased at village Ghulam Hussain kandhar near Piryaloi on Wednesday. The cause of murder is to be stated over Karo-Kari. Piryaloi Police dead body of deceased handed her husband Basher Ahmed […]
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday directed the Gujranwala police to recover two sisters abducted from Naushera Virkan some two years ago and gave six-week time to ensure their recovery. Deposed chief justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry had taken suo moto action on abduction of two sisters from Nowshera Virkan, Gujranwala, some two years back. […]
A 29-year-old woman was allegedly raped by a local of her area in the Shalimar police precinct on Wednesday. The police said Almas Yousaf, a resident of Deputy Yaqoob Colony, Shalimar, was alone at her house — her husband was at work and her children were at their schools. Police said a local of the […]
JHANG, Dec 13: A newly-wed girl, who was burnt allegedly by her husband and brother-in-law two days ago, died at a hospital late on Wednesday night. Khatoon of Sillanwali, Sargodha district, wed Nadeem of Kot Isra Shah, Jhang district, about six months ago. She left her house just 15 days after her marriage because of […]
LAHORE, Dec 12: Veteran film actor Ilyas Kashmiri passed away at his Gulberg-III residence after a long illness on Wednesday. He was 83. One of the most senior actors in the Pakistan film industry, Kashmiri had been ill and bed-ridden for the past six years, suffering from diabetes and other complexities stemming out of it. […]
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