Islamabad–Pakistan Science Foundation (PSF) will organize Science Media Forum to brief the journalists about achievements, ongoing activities of PSF and its subsidiary organizations, here on Thursday. Chairman PSF will brief the media representatives, which will eventually help in the mass awareness about PSF activities. Talking to APP Spokesperson PSF Rehana Batool said the main objective […]
Says media perception of Pak-US ties does not match ground realities Muhammad Saleh Zaafir ISLAMABAD: The US ambassador has conceded that Pakistan suffered the loss of precious personnel and two exceptionally prized Orion 3 PC multi-role naval planes in the attack on Mehran Base in Karachi Sunday evening due to its frontline role in the […]
By Aakar Patel The writer is a director with Hill Road Media and a former editor of the Mumbai-based English newspaper Mid Day and the Gujarati paper Divya Bhaskar [email protected] More than newspapers, news television knows the popular mind. This is because it responds to daily ratings and can calibrate pitch and tone accordingly. What […]
RAWALPINDI: Traders of Rawalpindi have announced that if the chief justice of Pakistan can be got restored, they would also get the transmission of Geo Super restored. “The injustice with the Jang and Geo should be stopped. The cheap tactics of the government and Pemra (Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority) against the Jang Group are […]
LAHORE: A protest demonstration was organized against ban on Geo Super TV channel under the aegis of Adlia Bachao Committee here at the Lahore High Court Bar. Dozens of lawyers who participated in the demo were holding placards in their hands. They also shouted slogans against ban on Geo Super that has been in place […]
By Fazal Khaliq Mussarat Ahmad Zeb set up a vocational training institute for the women of Swat. SWAT: When all symbols of progressive forces had been crushed by the Taliban in the once serene valley of Swat, Mussarat Ahmad Zeb stepped up and fought for the rights of women in the area. “It was the […]
ISLAMABAD: Women Caravan while concluding its two-day ‘Long March’ to highlight the miseries of the flood affected women, held a protest demonstration in front of the Parliament House asking for special budgetary package to address women’s suffering. The unique visual stunt put together by flood-hit rural women culminated here on Wednesday. The women’s caravan that […]
RAWALPINDI: Airport police detained a teacher of a private university for several hours after she argued with a serving army officer for overtaking her car dangerously at Amaar Chowk on Tuesday night, sources told Dawn. She was allowed to go home after reaching a compromise with the officer on Wednesday, the source said. The teacher […]
By Bina Shah WHEN I was a student in Boston, I rode the subway almost every day. There was a woman who I saw more than once on the Red Line; her face was unforgettable, but not because she was a great beauty. Her features were, in fact, grotesque: her nose deformed and melted, her […]
QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Aslam Raisani has withdrawn the portfolio of communications and works from provincial Minister Mir Sadiq Ali Umrani, bifurcated it and allotted the two new departments to two legislators belonging to the PPP. The ministries have been allotted to Mir Madad Ali Jattak and Dr Agha Irfan Karim who had taken […]
ISLAMABAD: Senate Committee on Rules of Procedure and Privileges has summoned the Senior Advocate Muhammad Akram Sheikh today for his remarks against the parliamentarians during the hearing of 18th amendment case. Sheikh says he argued the case before the Supreme Court while the senator says Sheikh uttered derogatory remarks against the parliament before media. A […]
By Amir Wasim ISLAMABAD: The opposition Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Wednesday asked the government to call an “open joint session” of parliament to discuss terrorist attack on a naval base in Karachi and said it had decided not to attend any in-camera session in future. “We demand of the government to convene another joint […]
* CHRE managers say electoral rolls should be updated to make them error-free * Demands govt to ensure that chief election commissioner should be impartial LAHORE: The Centre for Human Rights Education (CHRE) has demanded the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to ensure publication of computerised voters’ lists at least six months prior to any […]
MUHAMMAD SALEEM Lahore: Business Recorder Logo The total size of the information technology sector is estimated at about $2.8 billion in the country, which can reach $5 billion within one year, provided payment gateway facilities are available in Pakistan. Sources told Business Recorder that IT sector has made considerable progress during the last few years […]
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