By Hassan Shehzad Life will, can never be normal after relay of the footage of two underage brothers beaten to death in Sialkot. Embedded deep in stonewalls of the newsroom over years, I could not break myself from the objectivity, but the role of media in this episode made me write in first person ‘singular’ […]
KARACHI – Interior Minister Rehman Malik Monday clarified that there was no trust deficit and controversy between the government and NGOs regarding the funds distribution donated by the world community. Talking to media persons, he said the government was very thankful to the Saudi Arabia for providing relief assistance for the people stuck in floodwaters. […]
* Term extended ‘until further ordersÂ’, subject to decision of 18th Amendment case * AG tells court judges can be allowed to continue performing their duties By Masood Rehman ISLAMABAD: Averting a possible judicial crisis, the Supreme Court on Monday extended the tenure of 32 additional judges of the four provincial high courts “until further […]
By Tahir Siddiqui KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Monday granted two-week time to the authorities to recover an 18-year-old girl, who wanted to marry a man of her choice without the consent of her parents. A division bench comprising Justices Amir Hani Muslim and Syed Hassan Azhar Rizvi was seized with the hearing of […]
By Habib Khan Ghori KARACHI: The National Commission for Human Development has chalked out a programme for the rehabilitation of flood-affected women in Sindh in collaboration with the Benazir Bhutto Shaheed Youth Development Programme. Speaking at a press conference at the Chief MinisterÂ’s House on Monday, NCHD chairperson Nafisa Shah said that 8,750 women aged […]
KARACHI: Media insiders expect cut-throat competition in the English print media market as two new publications enter the once stagnant market that has already witnessed one launch this year (The Express Tribune). The first is the Pakistan edition of US based Newsweek Pakistan which is set to launch today despite facing ongoing losses in the […]
ISLAMABAD: The US is launching a new $40-million Gender Equity Grants Programme in Pakistan to advance women’s rights and support the government of Pakistan’s policies against gender inequities. “The US and Pakistan are focused on empowering women and advancing women’s rights,” Ambassador Anne W Patterson said. The US will work with the Aurat Foundation, in […]
MUHAMMAD SABIR Sustainable development of nations begins with the development of its human resources. It is a generally accepted belief that access to education and health services are among the basic human rights of each individual, which contains several positive externalities. Moreover, a large proportion of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) cannot be achieved without […]
By Uzair Amir LAHORE: Whenever one hears the term ‘cyber gaming’, one cannot help but blurt out that “playing games is something that children do”. What has remained unknown to most of Pakistan is that not only does cyber gaming provide a much needed distraction from the deteriorating law and order situation and inflation plaguing […]
Hafiz Muhammad Imran, reporter of “Dunya News” TV channel, Sialkot was assaulted by unidentified persons outside his residence on August 29, 2010. The attack was allegedly because on August 15, Imran filmed the beating to death of two brothers by an enraged mob. The mob then hung their bodies on the trees. According to press […]
Karachi: Over 150 media persons representing print and electronic media were displaced during current floods in Jacobabad district where district headquarter town Jacobabad and its two Taluka headquarter towns Thul and Garhi Khairo are still marooned by the flood water. The displaced journalists also include some staff members of FM105 radio, whose transmission is suspended […]
TANWEER SHEHZAD KHATTAK Economy is the backbone of a country’s progression and development. Different sectors play their vital role in overall gross domestic product (GDP) growth. In Pakistan, no doubt, the telecommunication sector has played a vital role since last decade. During this period, the competitive environment reached its zenith by creating hundreds and thousands […]
They say guilt is absent when an act is justified. Today I felt guilty because I could not justify sipping branded bottled water as our car moved some kilometers beyond Khan Garh. People from this fertile land were without any kind of drinking water as we were asked to halt by army personnel on the […]
ISLAMABAD — To implement an MOU signed during the visit of President Asif Ali Zardari to China in July this year, Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation (PBC) and China Radio International (CRI) signed a statement of collaboration here on Saturday for cooperation between the two organisations. Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Qamar Zaman Kaira, Chairperson National […]
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