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Monthly Archives: May 2011

Importance of responsible reporting highlighted

LAHORE: Stressing the need for more security and protection while in field, senior journalists and media persons have called for responsible and accurate reporting, especially in the domain of investigative reporting. The journalists were attending a media workshop organised by Individualland, a non-partisan consultancy in collaboration with Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung fur die Freiheit. A group of eminent […]


A tribute to an icon

LAHORE: An exclusive art show titled `Icon` that encompasses the film career of distinguished actress Rani (1946-1993) through paintings opened at Alhamra Art Gallery on The Mall on Friday. Dedicated to Rani and Hassan Tariq, the parents of Rabia Anwar, a 90s graduate of National College of Arts and the moving spirit behind the activity, […]


Sportsmen, civil society protest Geo Super ban

Obaid Abrar Khan RAWALPINDI: Cricket teams and clubs of the city as well as civil society groups Friday staged protests in front of the Jang building against restrictions on Geo Super and youth channel, Aag. Members of sixteen sports clubs including New Pindi Gymkhana Cricket Club, West Indies Cricket Club, Anwar Cricket Club, Victory Cricket […]


Man convicted of killing wife, daughter

Karachi: A sessions court awarded 20 years’ imprisonment to a man on double counts for killing his wife and three-year-old daughter after suspecting that his wife was indulging in infidelity developing suspicion of infidelity in 2002 within the remit of the Model Colony police station. The convict was awarded a total of 40 years sentence […]


Arrest all Jirga members, SC orders

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court Friday directed the Sukkur District Police Officer to arrest all remaining accused involved in giving away, under the tradition of Sangchati, 12 teenaged girls and Rs2.2 million as compensation to the families of four murdered people. Sangchati is a mode of dispute settlement in which young girls of the offender’s family […]


Man kills four little daughters

HYDERABAD: A man killed his four minor daughters by throwing them into a canal in the Baldia area here on Thursday, while saved his own life. He also visited police station to lodge a report about missing of his daughters. The man told police that he also jumped into the canal but somehow managed to […]


Bilawal to become Zardari tribe chief

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari has decided not to become chief of the Zardari tribe, passing on the title to his son Bilawal Bhutto Zardari instead. “President Zardari has decided not to become the chief of his tribe,” president’s spokesman Farhatullah Babar said on Friday. “He has decided to pass on the mantle of tribal […]


Significance of human rights’ education stressed

Karachi–Human Rights Education and its effectiveness is a tool for building societies and that training workshops on different human rights issues are of vital importance for capacity building of police personnel, FIA and local administration. Consultant on Planning, Policy, Public Relations and Home Affairs, Sharafuddin Memon, observed this while speaking at a training workshop for […]


Budget Proposals for 2011-12: PCA seeks drastic reforms in IT sector

by Ahmed Rayyan IT sector in Pakistan is still nascent and needs to be patronized for a reasonable time period therefore the government ought to introduce drastic reforms and curtailed the tax rates on computer hardware equipments and accessories in the upcoming budget. Pakistan Computer Association (PCA) in its budget proposal suggested the government to […]


Two KP journalists embark on peace journey

Peshawar: Two young journalists, Wali Khan and Salman Shahzad from conflict hit Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Thursday initiated their journey from Peshawar to Karachi to draw attention world community toward the growing security challenges faced by journalists’ community in terrprism affected areas of Pakistan. The basic aims of their journey on motorbike is to put the security […]


Of electronic media and ethics

THIS is apropos of Zubeida Mustafa’s article ‘Television and mental health’ (May 11). I endorse her stance that the electronic media and anchors are instrumental in worsening the state of collective anxiety in the country. I believe that best solution to this unethical and irresponsible media practices is to stop watching news channels. What can […]


Pemra refuses to obey BHC’s order

QUETTA: In a brazen example of confronting the Balochistan High Court, which issued clear-cut orders on May 19 to suspend the March 2 orders of repatriation of Gul Muhammad Kakar, Acting Chairman Pemra Dr Jabbar has ordered his Balochistan office staff not to hand over the charge to Kakar in any case. Gul Muhammad Kakar […]


Roll credits: Bambino Cinema to shut down

KARACHI: The first Pakistani cinema to have a 70mm screen, Bambino Cinema, is closing down as, the owner claimed, he cannot keep up with the latest technology. “I surrender as a cinema owner,” said Sheikh Adeel Imtiaz, the owner. “Cinema is no longer a feasible business, at least in the niche that Bambino once had. […]


Consequences of questioning a major: Lady Lecturer detained for night by police

Ahmad Noorani ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad Airport Police on Tuesday night illegally detained a lady lecturer for the whole night just because she had a minor traffic argument with a Pakistan Army major who called the Military Police and ordered her arrest without any charge or FIR. Waqar Nisar, Station House Officer of the Airport Police […]