Ansar Abbasi ISLAMABAD: Investigations into the Benazir Bhutto murder case have found not even an iota of evidence about the involvement of former Dictator General Musharraf, Pervez Elahi or any other person nominated by the slain PPP leader during her life. No grand conspiracy involving any of the former rulers or the establishment could also […]
LAHORE: A judicial inquiry conducted by a Lahore High Court judge in 1974 had declared the then prime minister, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, innocent in murder of Nawab Muhammad Ahmad Khan, says Abdul Sattar Najam, a former assistant advocate general. In a brief interview with Dawn, Mr Najam said, “I had defended Mr Bhutto before Justice […]
Prof Ijaz Khan The real issue is not HEC or devolution but the appropriate level of autonomy of the university campus. Academia fears intrusion by the provincial bureaucracy and politicians. There is a need for the creation of an alternate system that addresses this apprehension. The implementation of the 18th Amendment has generated a debate […]
ISLAMABAD: High-profile alleged rape victim, Sonia Naz was almost beaten to death by six young brothers of a cop, Amir, in Lahore, who happens to be the former husband of her divorced younger sister. Sonia has been admitted to a hospital in critical condition with broken arms. A mother of two kids, Sonia was arrested […]
LAHORE/KARACHI: National sports legends and officials of national and provincial sports associations have condemned the closure of Geo Super, the only sports channel of Pakistan, and termed it a black day for Pakistan’s sports history. The termed the refusal to issue a license to Geo Super to air from Pakistan a fatal attack on national […]
KARACHI: Police claimed on Thursday to have arrested nearly half a dozen suspects for their alleged involvement in the killing of Wali Khan Babar, a Geo News reporter, who was gunned down in Liaquatabad in January. Senior officials at the Central Police Office described the arrest of Faisal Mahmood alias Nafsiati, Syed Mohammad Ali Rizvi, […]
KARACHI: Emotional scenes were witnessed as some speakers couldn’t control their tears at a condolence reference held in memory of actor, comedian and writer Liaquat Soldier, who died of a heart attack on March 30, at the Arts Council Karachi on Thursday. Actor and Liaquat Soldier’s close friend Shazad Raza said though Liaquat Soldier had […]
By Nilofar Ahmed TELEVISION can be seen positively as the most powerful instrument used today for teaching, creating awareness, swaying opinions and the influencing of minds, especially of the young. In fact, the media has provided our country with many outlets for debate and discussion which are necessary. It has the added advantage of speedy […]
Mumtaz Alvi ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan on Thursday called the incumbent National Assembly bogus, which ‘brought forward a bogus leadership that is now out to punish the Higher Education Commission (HEC) for declaring their degrees as counterfeit’. The PTI chairman also came hard on the rulers for shutting down the sports channel […]
Muhammad Anis ISLAMABAD: The Senate was informed on Thursday that sports journalists working with different newspaper organizations and television channels were paid over $70,000 in cash apart from travelling expenses to cover the ICC cricket World Cup and other cricket series in the last three years. The payment made in dollars if converted into rupee […]
Asim Yasin and Ahmad Noorani ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) acting Chairman Dr Abdul Jabbar on Thursday blamed the Interior Ministry for non-issuance of security clearance to Geo Super because of which the broadcasting licence was not being issued in favour of Pakistan’s first sports channel. “It’s not Pemra but the Interior […]
KARACHI: The All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS), Pakistan Advertisers Society and Council of Pakistan Newspapers Editors (CPNE) demanded of the government and the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) to immediately lift the restrictions on the telecast of Geo Super so that the masses of the country could enjoy healthy sports. APNS President Hameed Haroon […]
LAHORE: Different factions of the Pakistan Muslim League have strongly condemned the decision of Pemra to shut down the transmission of Geo Super. They termed it an attempt by the federal government to target a select media group and punish it for showing the truth. All wings of the PML including the PML-N, PML-Q, PML […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has submitted an adjournment motion in the National Assembly Secretariat against ban on Geo Super by Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra). PML-N MNAs Mrs Nisar Tanveer, Rana Mahmoodul Hassan, Shireen Arshad, Raja Asad, Wasim Akhtar and others submitted the adjournment motion. The adjournment motion stated: “it is clear now […]
” 
” 
” 
” 
” 
