LAHORE – On the occasion of the International Day of Action Against Internet Censorship, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and its member organisation, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan have expressed deep concern over an attempt by the Ministry of Information Technology in Pakistan to further restrict freedom of expression, creativity and peaceful […]
Islamabad—Renowned poet and writer Zia Jalandhri died after protracted illness here on Tuesday morning. Zia Jalandhri started his writing career from All India Radio. After doing CSS he joined the radio in 1948. He also served as Managing Director (MD) of state Television during General Ziaul Haq era. Zia Jalandhri authored many books. His books […]
KARACHI: This is with reference to Jahanzaib Haque’s article “How to say yes to online censorship” (March 13). I believe that no system that gives power to the state to censor content on the internet should be allowed to be called ‘developed’. Any such system or firewall will only be used by the government to […]
Mass Communication classes commenced in Hashmi Media Institute on March 12, 2012. The institute has been named after the advertising legend (late) Syed Haseen Hashmi and aims to provide quality media education to scholars, professionals and students. Before the classes commenced, there was an inauguration ceremony which was attended by the Chairman of the Institute, […]
Sir: We are living in real exciting times, not really knowing the end in mind while creating history, rather living history. Media has mostly got bashing and negative views from across the society, parents, families, town committees, women, trade unions, institutions, artistes, etc. The list is endless. Legal cases are often filed against media persons […]
ISLAMABAD: Canadian High Commissioner to Pakistan Ross Hynes on Tuesday announced ‘Canadian Award’ for Pakistani journalists for their contribution in national interest. Briefing the media during his visit to the National Press Club (NPC) on Tuesday, the ambassador said these Canadian awards had been allocated for journalists belonging to English and Urdu print, electronic networks […]
Jamal Khurshid The Sindh High Court issued a notice to the advocate general on Tuesday on an application seeking the shifting of Syed Salman Saqib, a convict in US journalist Daniel Pearl’s kidnapping and killing conspiracy case, from Hyderabad to a Karachi prison. The court was hearing the appeals filed by main convict Ahmed Omer […]
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan said Tuesday that the successful holding of Senate elections in the country was a clear indication of the governmentís commitment to upholding the democratic process. Chairing a meeting of media chiefs to highlight the four-year performance of the democratic government, the minister said, “The credit […]
KARACHI: The FM Radio is to be launched soonunder the e-policing project. This was stated by the Sindh Minister for Information Technology,Muhammad Raza Haroon. He was presiding over a meeting of the e-policing project’ssteering committee here on Tuesday. The Minister further stated that the police FM Radio would airinformative programmes to guide the people regarding […]
Kalbe Ali ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission decided on Tuesday to take steps for timely procurement of material for the upcoming general election, but deferred a plan to place electoral rolls on its website after the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) voiced concern over the proposal. A meeting of the commission, presided over by Chief […]
Rafia Zakaria ON International Women’s Day, while the world was spending time ruminating on all the evils one half of its population is subject to, some residents of Rahim Yar Khan district were busy with something else. According to newspaper reports from the Basti Ramday area, about 150 citizens gathered to hold a jirga. The […]
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