Karachi: A man lodged a complaint with the Baloch Colony police that his teenaged daughter was raped by the son of a cop. However, the police lodged the FIR under the charges of maltreatment or assault, saying that rape-relevant section would be inserted in case the medical report confirms so. It was Saturday night when […]
LAHORE: Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Saturday said the government believed in an independent judiciary and free media, and only parliament, judiciary and executive could steer the country out of the ongoing crisis. He was addressing a gathering of lawyers after inaugurating Passport Office at the Lahore High Court Bar Association. He also announced issuance […]
By Noman Ahmed KARACHI:One day, dictator Ziaul Haq’s information secretary General Mujibur Rehman called up director Shehzad Khalil demanding an explanation: In his drama, why did the hero choose a church and not a mosque while seeking refuge from a mob out to lynch him? Such was the oppressive atmosphere in which Pakistani television worked […]
Well, Pakistan has won an Oscar. As part of the usual rite and ritual, a major hype was created by our most vibrant electronic media. There was an instant barrage of congratulatory messages by our politicians. The event was hailed as a huge achievement and something to be celebrated nationwide. Patriotic songs aired non-stop. Vital […]
HYDERABAD: Director-General of the Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation (PBC) Murtaza Solangi has called upon the government, public representatives and political leadership of the country to evolve an effective strategy to rid PBC of financial constraints. He said that Radio Pakistan has not decided anything on license fee yet and National Assembly’s standing committee has only given […]
By Sabina Khan The US Congressional Committee, chaired by Representative Dana Rohrabacher, which held a hearing on Balochistan must not have heard about a few areas such as Kashmir and Palestine. Why the sudden debate surrounding human rights issues in Balochistan? How did these congressmen vote on a recently passed US security bill that allows […]
By Owais Jafri / Shamshad Qureshi MUZAFFARGARH: As part of a ‘revenge’ plot, a mob disrobed a woman and paraded her naked around a village in Muzaffargarh district, after accusing her son-in-law of kidnapping a married girl. The incident took place in Missan Kot Buaa village of Ali Pur sub-district, Muzaffargarh district, and is part […]
NAWABSHAH: Speakers have urged the government to promote information technology in rural areas. They were speaking at the inauguration ceremony of an information technology centre established in Sakrand by Pai Forest Action Network in collaboration with WWF’s Indus for All Programme. Programme Coordinator of WWF Nasir Ali Panhwar said the power of information technology should […]
KARACHI: The anti-intellectual and regressive trend in current television dramas and talk shows was decried by media experts on Saturday in a day-long colloquium on ‘Television in Pakistan’. Organised by the Department of Media Sciences, Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology (Szabist), the event took a critical look at the past, present […]
ISLAMABAD: Rukhsana Yasir, acid burn victim and one of the lead characters in the Oscar winning documentary Saving Face, has called upon the government to do more than just criminalise acid throwing. “I call upon the provincial assemblies legislators to also pass the Acid and Burn Crime Bill 2012,” said a slightly hesitant Rukhsana Yasir […]
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