By Jamal Shahid ISLAMABAD: In his second book launched on Saturday, journalist Zahid Hussain argues the war against al Qaeda and the Taliban, particularly the US drone strikes killing civilians, has spurred number of new recruits to the extremist cause. “The war has come to Pakistani heartland with terrorists targeting cities with impunity. I think […]
By Peerzada Salman KARACHI: In an event that featured enlightening speeches enjoyed by a roomful of literature buffs, a selection of critical essays compiled into a book titled Urdu – Intikhab 1921 ta 1925 , taken from the historic quarterly journal Urdu was launched by the Anjuman Taraqqi-i-Urdu on the organisation`s premises on Saturday. Noted […]
LAHORE: The role of the media should be now changed to promote new ideas for educating the children of the country, UNESCO Pakistan, specialist Arshad Saeed said on Saturday. He was addressing a forum for the promotion of literacy in Pakistan at a local hotel, organised by the Pakistan Association for Continuing and Adult Education […]
[email protected] The expansion of print media, especially in English, is inconsistent with the number of English newspaper consumers. Apparently, there are about 150,000 buyers of all English papers put together. An extended readership will surely not be more than 500,000, which is peanuts in a population of 175 million. Besides the three or four papers, […]
LAHORE: The role of the media should be now changed to promote new ideas for educating the children of the country, UNESCO Pakistan, specialist Arshad Saeed said on Saturday. He was addressing a forum for the promotion of literacy in Pakistan at a local hotel, organised by the Pakistan Association for Continuing and Adult Education […]
[email protected] The expansion of print media, especially in English, is inconsistent with the number of English newspaper consumers. Apparently, there are about 150,000 buyers of all English papers put together. An extended readership will surely not be more than 500,000, which is peanuts in a population of 175 million. Besides the three or four papers, […]
By Nasir Iqbal ISLAMABAD: The Judicial Commission, headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, on Saturday approved the name of Justice Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhry to succeed Justice Khwaja Mohammad Sharif, Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court, who is due to reach superannuation on Dec 8. The second meeting this month of the seven-member commission […]
ISLAMABAD: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has checked for authenticity degrees of 658 members of national and provincial assemblies while authenticity of 370 degrees is yet to be ascertained. HEC official Dr Rahim Bux Channa said on Sunday that out of the total verified degrees, 604 are genuine while 54 are declared invalid or fake […]
LAHORE: THE Punjab University Academic Staff Association (PUASA) seems to have divided over alleged sexual harassment case involving a senior faculty member. The split is evident from two press statements issued separately by PUASA President and Secretary on Saturday. PUASA President Dr Mahr Saeed Akhtar claimed that the association’s executive council had demanded the varsity’s […]
By Latif Baloch KARACHI: Speakers at a consultative meeting on Saturday called for necessary legislation for protecting the socio-economic rights of home-based women workers. They welcomed a recent resolution of the Sindh Assembly demanding protection of home-based workers and ensuring proper laws for their registration. The consultative meeting was organised by the Labour Education Foundation […]
Women donated cash, jewellery and even young children to the Taliban movement SWAT: While men were directly involved in violence in Swat, the valley’s women supported the movement in whichever capacity they could — cooking, cleaning and donating. The women of Nekpikhel district in particular and the entire valley in general were active members of […]
LAHORE — Veteran journ-alist Salim Bo-khari took over as Editor TheNation on Sa-turday. Mr Salim Bokhari brings with him an experience of four decades. Bokhari has been Editor of The News, The Muslim, The Sun and The National. He received President’s Pride of Performance Award in 2005 and the Best English Reporting Award of the […]
ISLAMABAD: The women journalists of twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad on Saturday formally announced Women Journalists Pakistan (WJP) forum to address professional problems faced by them and find out ways to nurture their skills. The ceremony was organized at the National Press Club, Islamabad in which Javed Akhtar, Director News Associated Press of Pakistan, […]
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