ISLAMABAD: Secretary General Pakistan Broadcasting Association (PBA) Syed Sarfraz Hussain Shah, on behalf of PBA members, has rejected the accusations levelled by the Pemra against entire broadcasting industry. He gave his remarks in response to the press release titled “Pemra to take action against derogatory programmes, excessive advertisements and foreign content,” says a PBA press […]
WASHINGTON: Seventy-two journalists from around the world who died covering some of the worst conflicts in 2011 were honoured Monday in Washington as their names were added to a memorial wall. Among them were seven journalists killed in Pakistan and another seven killed in Iraq – the two countries with the highest death tolls last […]
By Muhammad Yasir KARACHI: Pakistan’s local information technology (IT) companies have enhanced their productivity standards and output at par with global level, which showed its increasingly penetration in the local market that reached up to 40 percent share in the country’s largest financial sector in providing applications, solutions and services. Pakistan Software Houses Association for […]
ISLAMABAD: The Japanese government on Monday decided to extend cultural grant assistance of $0.6 million to Pakistan to improve audiovisual equipment of the National Institute of Folk and Traditional Heritage (NIFTH), Lok Virsa. The official notes for the grant were signed and exchanged between Japanese envoy Hiroshi Oe and Economic Affairs and Statistics Ministry Secretary […]
* Commission urges government to stay hanging, announce moratorium on executions LAHORE: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Monday noted with alarm that, despite an informal moratorium on executions, a man on death row is scheduled to be hanged in a Karachi prison on May 23. The HRCP has urged the government to […]
LAHORE: Chanan Development Association (CDA) has condemned a fatwa issued by Maulvi Abdul Haleem, a former Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal MNA, on Saturday, threatening women workers of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Kohistan. CDA Executive Director Muhammad Shahzad Khan said that the fatwa against female NGO workers and girls’ education was not only against human rights, but also […]
Sir: This is in reference to the Pakistani journalist killed. Being a journalist myself, I condemn the murder of a local Pakistani journalist, his brother and his friend, and call on authorities to immediately investigate and bring the perpetrators to justice. A group of about 20 armed men shot Aurangzeb Tunio, a TV reporter for […]
CHITRAL: A new Jastakhan (dancing hall), equipped with modern facilities, was inaugurated in Rumbur valley of the district on the occasion of famous Kalash festival Chilim Jusht. Funded by the government of Norway, the dancing hall was constructed by Chitral Integrated Area Development Project (CIADP). Addressing the inaugural ceremony of the Jastakhan here the other […]
Baqir Sajjad Syed ISLAMABAD: A day before the government enters a decision mode on ties with the United States, key civil and military leaders at a meeting at the Presidency on Monday approved, in principle, a face-saving deal that would allow both sides to move beyond the Salala issue which has been holding up the […]
KARACHI: At an event organised by the Karachi Union of Journalists on Monday, audience members had the opportunity to meet four journalists who symbolised the civil society’s struggle against Ziaul Haq’s military dictatorship. Masoodullah Khan, Nasir Zaidi, Khawar Naeem and Iqbal Jafferi were flogged on May 13, 1978 for protesting for the freedom of the […]
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