MUMBAI: India’s Enforcement Directorate (ED) has confiscated eight properties and five parking spaces owned by Pakistan-origin singer Adnan Sami Khan under the Foreign Exchange Management Act. This means that the same has become government properties. The ED imposed a Rs2 million fine on the singer on the grounds that being a Pakistani national he was […]
KARACHI: When Saqib Abro’s school shut down for more than five months after the floods washed over his tehsil Warah in Kambar, he managed to still keep up with his Matric syllabus – by watching television. His parents could hardly object because he was actually studying, with the help of a one-hour programme that worked […]
MULTAN: Cable Operators continued to suspend their cable services in southern Punjab for six hours at the call of All Pakistan Cable Operators Association (APCOA) and CLAP against the exorbitant increase in CD tariff and issuance of 300 new licenses by Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) despite stay order of the court. Chaudhry Tahir […]
LAHORE: Fourth death anniversary of renowned Urdu and Punjabi poet, Munir Ahmed Niazi, was observed on Sunday with traditional reverence and solemnity. He was born in Khanpur, a village near Hoshiarpur, India, on April 19, 1928. He hailed from the famous Niazi tribe. He got primary education from Khanpur and migrated to Sahiwal after creation […]
ISLAMABAD: The 16th death anniversary of noted poetess Parveen Shakir was observed on Sunday. She was born on November 24, 1952 in Karachi. She was a noted Urdu poetess, teacher and a civil servant. She did her masters in English Literature and Linguistics from Karachi University, and served as a professor at Karachi University and […]
ISLAMABAD: The 16th death anniversary of noted poetess Parveen Shakir was observed on Sunday. She was born on November 24, 1952 in Karachi. She was a noted Urdu poetess, teacher and a civil servant. She did her masters in English Literature and Linguistics from Karachi University, and served as a professor at Karachi University and […]
KARACHI: Four and a half years after he was injured in the Nishtar Park blast, photographer Shoaib Hasan Siddiqui is able to walk again, but he is unable to earn a living for his family. He can communicate but with effort, leaving his brother, Junaid Hasan Siddiqui, also a photojournalist, to recall the horrid images […]
LAHORE: A delegation led by Media Advisor to President of Iran and Managing Director of Iranian News Agency (IRNA) Ali Akbar Javanfekr, called on the Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif at Chief Minister’s Secretariat on Saturday. Ambassador of Iran in Pakistan Mashallah Shakri, Iranian Consul General Ali Naikan and Zaeem Qadri MPA were also […]
LAHORE: A delegation led by Media Advisor to President of Iran and Managing Director of Iranian News Agency (IRNA) Ali Akbar Javanfekr, called on the Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif at Chief Minister’s Secretariat on Saturday. Ambassador of Iran in Pakistan Mashallah Shakri, Iranian Consul General Ali Naikan and Zaeem Qadri MPA were also […]
Qaiser Zulfiqar Does the media fulfil the responsibilities it claims to? In present times, Pakistani media is known as a vibrant, revolutionary and overwhelmingly powerful tool in shaping society’s opinion on a host of issues and for serving as a watchdog of government actions. However, the question remains whether the media fulfils the responsibilities it […]
LAHORE: Fourth death anniversary of renowned Urdu and Punjabi poet, Munir Ahmed Niazi, was observed on Sunday with traditional reverence and solemnity. He was born in Khanpur, a village near Hoshiarpur, India, on April 19, 1928. He hailed from the famous Niazi tribe. He got primary education from Khanpur and migrated to Sahiwal after creation […]
LAKKI MARWAT: Free and Fair Election Network (Fafen) arranged a briefing for local journalists on its publications for Oct-Nov 2010 regarding monitoring of health and educational institutions and parliament watch. A statement issued here on Saturday said Fafen coordinator Fauzia Khan presented the briefing and told the media representatives that the publications had already been […]
LAHORE: Malik Shafiq Awan has won the first prize for the best photograph on the issue of child labour by the International Labour Organisation (ILO). The awards were given in a special ceremony organised by the federal minister of information and broadcasting and ILO in Islamabad on Friday. Hundreds of entries were received from different […]
KARACHI: The Democrats Panel swept the Karachi Press Club elections for 2011 on Saturday. According to the results announced by the election commission, Tahir Hasan Khan of The News was elected president with 493 votes. His rivals, Khalid Farshori of Akhbar-i-Jahan got 275 votes and Khurshid Abbasi of Daily Awam 203. Fazil Jamili of Daily […]
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