By Amir Wasim ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister Mian Raza Rabbani has quit the charge of human rights, informed sources told Dawn on Friday. The move came a day after the release of Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) report describing 2010 as a bad year for the state of human rights in the country. Presenting the […]
Karachi: The Sindh High Court on Friday issued notices to the Pakistan Electronic Media Electronic Authority and the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority on a petition seeking a ban on obscene material and websites on the Internet. Petitioner Iqbal Kazmi submitted that obscene material and websites are available on the Internet, but Pemra and PTA failed to […]
Karachi: The Sindh High Court on Friday issued notices to the Pakistan Electronic Media Electronic Authority and the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority on a petition seeking a ban on obscene material and websites on the Internet. Petitioner Iqbal Kazmi submitted that obscene material and websites are available on the Internet, but Pemra and PTA failed to […]
NEW YORK: The News’ investigative journalist, Umar Cheema, the winner of 2011 Free Speech Award, has formally received this honour in a ceremony organised at Syracuse University by The Tully Free Speech Centre that each year selects a journalist, from a pool of nominees, who would have bravely faced threats to free speech. Other nominees […]
Islamabad: Realising the sensitivities of female journalists, the National Press Club is organising a two-day national convention on women journalists starting from today (Saturday). Around 200 women journalists from all over the country will participate in the convention titled ‘Conference on Gender Discrimination in Media and Capacity Building Sessions for Female Journalists’. Federal Minister for […]
Syed Kamran Hashmi Certain talk show guests have become infamous for their characteristic rude behaviour, and every mainstream political party has trained some roosters for this purpose. The popularity of the electronic media was gained with wide approval after its milestone coverage of the 2005 earthquake, which wrecked the northern areas of Pakistan. Private television […]
By Umar Waqar The modern media has achieved the capability to effect collective change in the psyche of people or group of people and drive agendas, according to the desire of media masters, by continuously feeding minds with false or true pictures. It is up to the media whether it sides with truth or falsehood. […]
By Nadir Hassan The writer is a journalist based in Karachi and has worked for Newsline and The Express Tribune Magazine In late 2009, I got an SMS from Kamal Siddiqi, who identified himself as editor of the yet-to-be-launched The Express Tribune, asking for a meeting. At the time I considered myself thoroughly unemployable so […]
Shahid Aslam LAHORE: The young in the city have termed the ban on transmission of Geo Super a drone attack on sports-lovers across the country. Talking to The News, the young said governments avoid such acts in democratic societies but the PPP, the so-called ‘champion’ of democracy, was following the line of action of Musharraf. […]
RAWALPINDI: Forcing the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to vacate the girls’ hostel of Rawalpindi Medical College (RMC) is back on the agenda of young doctors. “We have called a meeting of RMC students on Saturday to discuss how to get the hostel vacated,” Dr Umer Saeed, Rawalpindi president of Young Doctors Association, told Dawn. The […]
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