KARACHI: The All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) has urged the federal government to incorporate its proposals into the forthcoming budget to what it says shield the newspaper industry from the effects of economic meltdown and financial crunch. A press release issued on Friday said the executive committee of the APNS discussed the problems faced by […]
I write a weekly column for this newspaper, an English language daily and at times it becomes difficult to comment on things with a perspective that is fresh, relevant and not dated — week after week. Not only that, but one is also required to be coherent and appear sane most of the time (there […]
Founding Chairman Department of Mass Communications National University of Modern Languages (NUML) Syed Saulat Raza has urged the young journalists to focus on the sense of responsibility, media ethics and positive reporting to provide guidelines to the people in present scenario. He was addressing ‘Alumni gathering’ of former and present students of NUML Mass Communication […]
Jamal Khurshid KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Friday directed the Sindh government to hold the local government elections within 90 days and ordered the Election Commission to announce the schedule for the elections. The SHC gave these orders on the petition of former district Nazims, Nasir Hussain Shah and Dr Raheela Magsi. The […]
Karachi: The body of a missing girl was found in the Gulshan-e-Iqbal police limits on Friday. The body of eight-year-old Fatima, daughter of Ahmed Ali, was discovered in bushes in a plot in Block 6 of Gulshan-e-Iqbal, 15 days after she had gone missing from Mobina Town. When some residents of the area spotted the […]
Our correspondent LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has given approval to enhancing quota for women in government jobs from five per cent to 15 per cent whereas the age limit for women in all government jobs has also been increased for three years.The presence of a woman member in selection committee of all […]
Naeem Tahir Radio was the only source of information, entertainment and education. If your voice was broadcast over the radio, you became known It was the zero hour between the night of August 14 and August 15, 1947, which is the most significant moment in the history of this subcontinent. Those who have lived in […]
LAHORE: The Legislative Watch Programme of Aurat Foundation for Women Empowerment urged the government on Friday to make necessary amendments in the honour killing laws and declare the act a non-compoundable offence. The demand was made at a provincial consultation meeting on “the proposed amendments in the honour killing law” organized by the Aurat Foundation. […]
NEW YORK: The Human Rights Watch has urged President Asif Ali Zardari not to sign a bill creating a national human rights commission until it is revised to authorise investigations of the military and the intelligence agencies for human rights violations. The National Human Rights Commission Act was passed by the National Assembly on May […]
OUR Fourth Estate offers such rich pickings that there is every temptation to convert this into a media column but sanity prevents that from happening. Well not really sanity, if you prefer honesty. Self-preservation is closer to the truth. But occasionally one succumbs to a rush of blood, an adrenaline surge. So here goes. Look […]
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has given an approval to enhancing quota for women in government jobs from five to 15 per cent whereas the age limit for women has been increased for three years. The presence of a woman member in the selection committee of all provincial departments has been made compulsory. The chief […]
KARACHI: Wivists, intellectuals, media persons, friends and fans joined hands to pay tribute to senior journalist Zubeida Mustafa at a programme organised by the Women Action Forum at the Karachi Press Club on Friday evening. The guest of honour, Zubeida Mustafa, who recently won the prestigious International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF) Lifetime Achievement Award, was […]
KARACHI: The Dawn Media Group won the award for ‘Best in Media’ for its Jinnah 2011 campaign at the Pakistan Advertisers’ Awards on Friday night. The campaign revolved around Mr Jinnah’s vision for Pakistan which the group believes is still relevant today and it is gratifying that the judges have recognised the relevance of his […]
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