By Umer Farooq Reporters disregard proper safety precautions while covering terrorism. PESHAWAR: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) and the tribal areas along the Pak-Afghan border often generate big headlines in the national and international media. Journalists in the region also remain under intense pressure to cope with the raw quantity of breaking news, which ultimately leads to an […]
Karachi: The Department of Mass Communication, University of Karachi (KU) on Saturday (today) is organising a seminar to pay tribute to the legendary actor, late Moin Akhtar. The event would preside over by Vice-Chancellor, KU, Professor Dr Pirzada Qasim Raza Siddiqui at the Arts Auditorium, University of Karachi at 10:30am. Source: Dawn Date:5/14/2011
By Peerzada Salman KARACHI: A baithak featuring sitar recital by Ashraf Sharif Khan organised by the All Pakistan Music Conference in collaboration with the music society of Institute of Business Administration (IBA) enthralled music lovers at the institute’s city campus auditorium on Friday. The maestro’s first act was a soul-stirring rendition of raag bheem pilasi. […]
KARACHI: Much to the disappointment of many moviegoers, the Atrium cinema’s 3D equipment developed a problem on Wednesday and needs help from abroad to be fixed. “With deep regret we inform everyone that on Wednesday, May 11 (night time) we encountered a technical fault with our D-Cinema projector,” an official statement said. “While efforts were […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) Chairman Mushtaq Malik resigned from his post here on Friday. As per details, Mushtaq Malik sent his resignation to Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani, who accepted his resignation. The notification of Mushtaq Malik’s resignation is likely to be issued soon. It is relevant to mention here that […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) Friday issued a show cause notice to Geo News for, what is called, airing programmes in sheer contravention to patriotism as well as in disregard to the Code of Conduct. Geo News on May 12 around 7:56 pm aired a considerably derogatory song “Kon Sacha Kon Jhuta” maligning […]
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on Friday urged satellite TV channels to exhibit maturity and utmost caution while debating or propagating any issue related to national interest, security, sovereignty and integrity of the country. “Pemra has always emphasised on ‘self-regulation’ policy and all the electronic media has been given enormous freedom of […]
By Fazal Khaliq SWAT: While anti-American sentiments appear to soar in Pakistan, an American social worker has diligently continued her work for uplift of women in Swat. Barbara Rabia O’Loren came to the Swat valley in March 2005 and fourteen months later, she established the Roshni Centre for Women to provide educational and financial opportunities […]
Karachi: A complaint cell for women will be established at the provincial ombudsman’s office, said Sindh Ombudsman Asad Ashraf Malik on Friday while speaking at the conclusion of a two-day workshop held here. The workshop was organised to train relevant staff with regard to complaints of children. Malik while addressing the representatives of NGOs and […]
By Amir Wasim and Iftikhar A. Khan ISLAMABAD: In an unprecedented move, the country’s military offered itself to parliament on Friday for accountability over the intelligence failure and deficiencies that came to light in the wake of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden’s killing in a covert US commando raid in Abbottabad. In an in […]
ISLAMABAD: Human rights watchdog Amnesty International has said that human rights abuses continue in Pakistan despite the country`s new commitments to safeguard rights. The report said extra-judicial killings, arbitrary arrests and detentions, and forced disappearances at the hands of security agencies continued, while lashkar (armed groups) sponsored by the army killed hundreds of civilians without […]
ISLAMABAD: The crime against the women has shown upward trend in Punjab, as 21 percent increase was seen in officially-recorded crimes in February 2011 compared to January 2011. A total of 578 crimes against women were recorded in January 2011, which mounted to 700 in February, 2011. The offices of District Police Officers (DPOs) in […]
Karachi: City District Government Karachi (CDGK) will establish the City Information Technology (IT) Institute where employees of the city government, their children and common citizens will be provided with the opportunity to get quality training. This was stated by Executive District Officer (EDO) IT, Mushtaq Hussain Rizvi while speaking at the certificate distribution ceremony of […]
ISLAMABAD: Federal Secretary for Information Technology and Telecom Saeed Ahmad Khan has inaugurated an application enabling general public, telecom operators and investors to view availability of telecom services coverage all across Pakistan. The application named ‘Pakistan Telecommunication Coverage Footprint’ has been developed by Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) and is available on its website. Chairman PTA […]
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