Karachi–Media plays an important role towards dissemination of information as well as the eradication of social evils from the society. This was stated by Adviser to the Sindh Chief Minister on Information, Ms. Sharmila Faruqui. She was speaking as chief guest at a seminar at Karachi University Campus on Wednesday. The moot was organized by […]
By: Ali Ousat KARACHI — Speakers at a ceremony paid rich tributes to the founder of Nawa-i-Waqt, Hameed Nizami over his struggle for safeguarding the ideological foundations of Pakistan and vowed to follow his path. The 12th Hameed Nizami Educational Awards distribution ceremony for the students of Matriculation and Intermediate, who got top positions in […]
KARACHI: A condolence meeting for veteran journalists Iqbal Jafri, M A Akhiar will be held at the Karachi Press Club (KPC) on November 12 at 4pm at the Club’s Ibrahim Jalees Hall. This was announced in a statement of the KPC issued on Wednesday. Source: Business Recorder Date:11/11/2010
* Journalists claim they were subjected to severe torture * Punjab CM apologises, orders arrest of officers involved in incident LAHORE: Police and officials of an intelligence agency thrashed and detained half a dozen media men over a minor issue near the CMÂ’s Secretariat on Wednesday. The journalists from print and electronic media staged a […]
I.A Rehman THE contribution public school textbooks make to the production of narrow-minded elements, even if all of them do not become suicide bombers, has not received due attention. It is time this attitude was abandoned. Many civil society initiatives have exposed the atrocious contents of textbooks. But the revised integrated curriculum has only confirmed […]
ISLAMABAD: The government has unveiled a three-phase plan to devolve functions of various ministries to the provinces as part of implementation of the 18th Amendment. Senator Raza Rabbani, the chairman of the commission tasked with overseeing the devolution process, separately told both houses of the parliament on Wednesday that initially the functions of five ministries […]
By Mubarak Zeb Khan ISLAMABAD: Facing possibly the toughest moment in the court of people, the PPP-led coalition government approved on Wednesday what is being described here as a ‘mini-budget’ which includes some politically risky taxation measures of over Rs65 billion. These will be taken to parliament for approval by the government in a bid […]
ALI HUSSAIN ISLAMABAD: Finally the Senate passed the long-awaited Sacked Employees (Reinstatement) Bill 2010 in the form of Act amid protest walkout of the opposition parties on Wednesday. The Bill moved by Advisor to the Prime Minister, Nawabzada Ghazanfar Ali Gul to provide relief to those employees who were dismissed, removed, terminated from service or […]
ISLAMABAD: The International Media Corporation (Pvt) Limited in a petition filed in the Supreme Court of Pakistan has sought relief against the malicious campaign launched by the PPP parliamentarians and its activists against the Jang group publications, Geo TV network, their owners and some of the senior journalists. The International Media Corporation (Pvt) Limited filed […]
A three-year, multi-phase program will bring 128 Pakistani media professionals to the United States and send 30 U.S. journalists to Pakistan. Journalists will study each others’ cultures as they are immersed in newsrooms in each country. English-speaking Pakistanis will receive four-week internships at U.S. media organizations, and non-English speakers will spend half that time. The […]
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