LAHORE- Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) in its meeting here on Sunday rejected all those steps of the government that could put fetters on journalism and right of expression. The meeting of the Standing Committee of the CPNE chaired by CPNE President Jamil Athar Qazi was also attended by veteran journalist and Editor-in-Chief Nawa-i-Waqt […]
HYDERABAD: Radio Pakistan is “facing deficit of over Rs2,000 million and needs funds to improve its vital services,” says Director General, Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation PBC Murtaza Solangi. Addressing news conference here on Saturday, he urged civil society and media to extend full support in making Radio Pakistan a financially viable and efficient national institution. He […]
By Jamshed Khan ISLAMABAD: Wood carving, a unique form of art displayed on doors and windows, is dying fast. Practiced since ancient times, especially in Swat, Punjab and Kashmir, wood carving can be traced back to the early Buddhist period under the Kushan rulers. One can still glimpse traces of the Graeco-Buddhist style in the […]
By Jahanzaib Haque The writer is Web Editor of The Express Tribune and tweets @[email protected] First they came for the Baloch websites, silently, without any justification. Then they banned YouTube and Facebook for weeks in the name of blasphemy. Then came the crackdown on online porn, with over 13,000 sites blocked. Then came the end […]
KARACHI: I would like to draw the attention of readers towards the problems that the women of Karachi have to face on a daily basis — and all because the city lacks a proper public transport system. Public transport is meant for the convenience of the masses, but this is not the case in Karachi. […]
KARACHI: Director General of Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation (PBC), Ghulam Murtaza Solangi, has said that the organisation was facing resource constraint and needs assistance for making it a financially viable entity. He was talking to media persons at the Karachi Press Club on Sunday. Murtaza Solangi said that Radio Pakistan is a public sector institution that […]
Yasser Latif Hamdani When Dr. Salam came up with his breakthrough in theoretical physics regarding the electro-weak model, our geniuses claimed that Salam got the Nobel Prize only because he was an Ahmedi. Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy’s Oscar triumph is one thing every Pakistani can and should be unhesitatingly proud of Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy’s Oscar has […]
DERA MURAD JAMALI: A man gunned down his wife and her alleged paramour on suspicion of siakari in the area of Naseerabad district on Sunday. According to police, the accused Gull Zar opened fire on his wife and her alleged paramour on allegedly having illicit relations. Soon after the incident, police arrested the accused. Bodies […]
Waseem Ahmad Shah The issue of disenfranchisement of women once again surfaced during the by-elections in several constituencies on Feb 25. According to media reports, women were barred from voting in some areas of Mardan and Mianwali through agreements reached on local level between representatives of different political groups. The Free and Fair Election Network […]
Peerzada Salman KARACHI: Ustad Hamid Ali Khan’s masterful display of classical and semi-classical singing proved to be the worthy climax of the two-day ninth annual music festival organised by the All Pakistan Music Conference at the Arts Council Karachi on Saturday. The ustad, who was the last artiste of the evening, started off with an […]
KARACHI: A teenage girl was subjected to gang rape in a Manzoor Colony locality within the remit of the Baloch Colony police station, police said on Sunday. They said that the incident occurred on Saturday in Manzoor Colony’s Junejo Town and a case (FIR 67/2012) was registered late on Saturday night at the Baloch Colony […]
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Information and Culture Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain has said an art academy is being established near the Nishtar Hall in Peshawar to impart training to young artists. He said problems of artists and singers would be solved on priority basis. He was speaking as the chief guest to a gathering organised […]
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