ISLAMABAD – Information Minister Firdous Ashiq Awan said on Thursday that media needs trained professionals and media organisations should concentrate on training of their staff. She was speaking at a seminar titled “Media Ethics in Disaster Reporting” organised by Department of Media and Communication Studies, International Islamic University Islamabad. Dr. Firdaus Ashiq Awan was the […]
Islamabad: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said Thursday he would rather go to jail than obey a court order and ask Switzerland to re-open graft cases against the president. Gilani’s remarks revive speculation that he would rather risk losing his job than capitulate in a two-year showdown with the judiciary that culminated last month with […]
Asim Yasin ISLAMABAD: Senior Federal Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi on Thursday announced a comprehensive insurance package for the working journalists. “The working journalists throughout the country will be provided life and health insurance from the Workers Welfare Fund,” he said while speaking at a luncheon meeting with officer-bearers of the National Press Club and senior […]
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) have solved the mystery of how registered voters abnormally increased in District Loralai, Sanghar, Khairpur and Tehsil Dukki and some other districts. On receiving complaints from Deputy Speaker Balochistan Assembly, Syed Mattiullah, and MNA from NA-263, Sardar Yaqub Nasir, the […]
Saher Baloch Karachi: With the discovery of yet another female foetus from a sewerage drain in Sharafi Goth, Landhi Town, on Thursday, the number of “unwanted babies” — both foetuses and newborns — found in the city this month has now hit 20, Edhi spokesperson Anwer Kazmi informed The News. This is the second baby […]
KARACHI: An anti-terrorism court reserved on Thursday its order on a plea of the defence counsel in a case pertaining to the murder of a journalist. Faisal Mahmood alias Nafsiati, Syed Mohammad Ali Rizvi, Shahrukh alias Mani, Naveed alias Polka and Shakil alias Malik with their absconding accomplices have been charged with the murder of […]
SAHIWAL: Noor Shah police on Thursday foiled marriage of two minor girls under the Vani tradition in 71/4-R village (Jhoke Sanwal). Police also arrested nine people, including two bridegrooms, their father and the man who had been called to solemnise the marriage. Shah Baig (27) and Zafar (25) were being married to Musarrat (7) and […]
Faisal Quraishi KARACHI: In recognition of the impact women have on the economy of Pakistan, the 4th Ladies Fund Women’s Awards were held on the lawns of the Mohatta Palace Museum on Thursday. Among others, the awards ceremony honoured the world’s youngest certified Microsoft professional Arfa Karim and the Academy Award-winning documentarian Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy. At […]
Imran Ali Teepu ISLAMABAD: A recent move by Information Communication Technology Research and Development Fund (ICTRDF) of the Ministry of Information Technology has got rights groups worried. It has called for proposals to install a national level website filtering system which may be used to forward political agendas and curb freedom of expression. The “National […]
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