Noting an improved environment in the subcontinent and resumption of India-Pak dialogue, the journalist community in a statement on Wednesday called upon the two governments to liberalise the visa policy for journalists. The community has been demanding access to and free flow of information and free movement of journalists and the people across South Asian […]
KARACHI: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) achieved a milestone in 2008 by launching ‘eServices’ for easy, cost effective, faster, secure and efficient medium of interaction with the corporate sector. “Almost 60 percent of the new companies are registered online and 22 percent of the returns are filed online, showing increasing popularity of […]
LAHORE: The killing of Sindhi nationalist leader Muzaffar Bhutto, one of the prominent victims of forced disappearance in Sindh, and the brazen attack on a peaceful political rally in Karachi on Tuesday that claimed at least 16 lives, appeared to be the latest manifestations of violent suppression of political debate, and in the absence of […]
KARACHI: Senior journalist Naseem Rajput said that reporters should conduct reporting under the law of country and in this regard constitutions are present all over the world, except Pakistan. Rajput expressed these views while addressing students in the Mass Communication Department, Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology (FUUAST) on Wednesday. He stated that […]
ISLAMABAD: Survivors of acid attacks whose plight became the focus of an Oscar-winning documentary now fear ostracism and reprisals if the film is broadcast in Pakistan. Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy made history earlier this year when she won Pakistan’s first Oscar, feted across the country for exposing the horrors endured by women whose faces are obliterated in […]
Ikram Junaidi ISLAMABAD: Despite being 52 per cent of the world total population, the women lack recognition in male-dominant society and have to face worst situation in case of a widow or a single woman. The widows and single women do not get right of inheritance in property. There are laws to strengthen the women […]
Ibrahim Shinwari LANDI KOTAL: A local doctor accused of helping the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) acquire DNA samples of members of Osama bin Laden’s family was sentenced on Wednesday to 33 years in prison for treason. Officials said Dr Shakil Afridi who worked as a government surgeon was also fined Rs320,000 and in case of […]
ISLAMABAD: The federal executive council (FEC) of Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (Dastoor group) has strongly condemned the sacking of journalists and other staff from various news channels, and delay in payment of their salaries. The FEC at its meeting, presided over by its president Idrees Bakhtiar, took stock of the difficulties being faced by […]
KARACHI: There is a new Regulation 14 inserted in the National Database & Registration Authority’s application for national identity card, Regulation 2002, on the directions of the Supreme Court of Pakistan. As per the notification, an applicant, who is a married Pakistani Hindu woman, needs only to provide an affidavit as proof of her marriage […]
Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) With the Support of IPDC (UNESCO) Workshop with Radio Professionals On Producing News and Current Affairs Program: Gender Sensitive Reporting May 21-23-2012 Lahore Speakers and participants of a workshop developed a consensus on the independent role of the media to overcome the critical social issues relating to gender-based imbalances and women […]
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