By Chauburji In an earlier column titled Star studded city, I wrote about Lahore’s film studios, cinemas and roving theatres in general. But visiting a modern Cineplex, a few days ago, motivated me to take my readers on an exclusive nostalgic trip to a Lahori cinema hall of yore. Watching a film in movie theatres […]
RAWALPINDI: Various political and religious leaders, members of the civil society, students, lawyers, journalists and labourers on Wednesday strongly condemned the closure of Geo Super by the government and demanded its immediate restoration. Prominent among those who condemned the government action included Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman, Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan, President Jamhoori […]
By Syed Irfan Ashraf IN February, about 50 journalists who report from the tribal conflict zones of Pakistan and Afghanistan met in Kabul. They discussed issues related to war reporting and the need for a cross-border network to help media professionals overcome the growing challenges they are facing. The speakers complained that combatant forces had […]
By Iftikhar A. Khan ISLAMABAD: In what is seen by many as a dropscene of the row between the judiciary and the executive, Federal Investigation Agency Director General Waseem Ahmed resigned on Wednesday. On March 1, the Supreme Court had directed the government to remove Mr Ahmad within three days, observing that transparent investigation into […]
By Habib Khan Ghori KARACHI: Tuesday’s strike by traders against the deteriorating law and order situation and the increasing trend of extortion in Karachi forced Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah on Wednesday to reshuffle his cabinet and let his proactive and controversial Home Minister Dr Zulfikar Mirza go on leave. Mr Shah himself will look […]
LAHORE – In the 2-day photography Competition & Exhibition “My Lahore”, Nawaz Alam and Farhan Zohaib won the first prizes of Rs 1 lakh each in the professional and students categories, respectively, while Umer Shahid and Fahad Khan secured second and third positions in the students’ category. Israr Ahmad Chishti, Ejaz Fareed Mirza, Guddu Shani, […]
KARACHI – The Standard Chartered Bank print campaign captioned ‘We respect and value your beliefs’ has been awarded the Runner Up Award for the year 2009-10 by the All Pakistan Newspaper Society, says a press release. The advertising campaign was launched by SCB’s agency, Manhattan International (Pvt) Ltd to promote and popularise the Islamic Banking […]
KARACHI: The All Pakistan Newspapers Society has announced that the Regional Press Convention, scheduled to be held on April 09, 2011, has been postponed, stated a press releases. The APNS has stated that the Convention was to be held with the prime minister of Pakistan, Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani, as chief guest. However the prime […]
KARACHI: The country’s most popular and exclusive sports TV channel – Geo Super – stands punished by the government for its overwhelming popularity and incessant efforts to promote sports. At the government’s behest, the Pakistan Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has ordered Geo Super to stop airing from Pakistan. The orders have come from those at […]
Ahmad Noorani ISLAMABAD: While Pemra Chairman Mushtaq Malik is on leave and will be back in his office by the end of April, acting Chairman Dr Jabbar in an indecent haste and over-stepping his authority, has recommended to the federal government that seven members for the authority of the Pemra should now be appointed immediately. […]
ISLAMABAD: Geo is levelling baseless allegations against the government and the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) regarding blocking of transmissions of Geo Super, said PEMRA acting chairman on Wednesday. “Neither PEMRA nor the government has anything to do with the blocking of the transmissions. As per law the channel has to be uplinked from […]
6 rape cases involving four minors were reported during the past week. FAISALABAD / THEKRI WALA: Faisalabad residents have demanded that an alleged serial rapist in police custody be lynched in public. Over the past week, six separate rape and mutilation cases were reported within four police stations precincts. Police officials have suspected a serial […]
By Peerzada Salman KARACHI: After the passing of the 18th amendment, the central board of film censors has been devolved to the Sindh culture department with the wherewithal to give the green (or red) signal to any film for screening. The censor board watches films and decides what the public should or should not watch. […]
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