Every day I pick up the newspaper, daring to hope that perhaps today is the day when I will not see a news item that has become as much of a permanent fixture in the newspaper as the date on top. The headline usually says “man kills wife” but is by no means limited to […]
ISLAMABAD – A workshop will be organised to support the future development of 3G broadband networks from Monday to provide a forum for telecom operators to review monetization strategies for new network infrastructure in Pakistan. A global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, Huawei, will organise the first-ever 3G series five-day workshop till July […]
KARACHI: On July 3, Bodhicitta Works, in association with Ice Animations, announced that the world premier of Pakistani feature film Lamha will take place at the annual New York City International Film Festival (NYCIF), being held in Manhattan’s Time Square from August 9 to August 16. The Pakistani feature film, produced by Meher Jaffri and […]
SUKKUR: Transgenders will have to learn different skills to be able to earn a respectable livelihood, said Sanam Fakir while speaking at the inauguration of a computer training centre at her house on Thursday. “We will have to break the begging bowl,” she said. “My mission is to educate transgender people so that they become […]
KARACHI: In a giant step to curb sexual harassment, the Sindh government has appointed a provincial ombudsperson to redress women’s complaints against harassment as well as discrimination at the workplace – becoming the country’s first province to do so. With the public disillusioned in the current political scenario, especially because of the regressive clash between […]
ISLAMABAD: The telecom sector in Pakistan is a major contributor to government revenues. During the last decade, Pakistan has made tremendous progress in the telecom industry because of deregulation and privatization of the sector. Unfortunately, for the past 3 years, unwarranted complacency and vested interests have arrested rapid growth in the telecom industry. According to […]
More than a quarter million internet users across the world are to be affected by a DNS (Domain Name System) malware called DNS Changer which will curtail internet access from today (Monday) onwards, according to cnet.com. The cutoff is scheduled for 12:01am Eastern Daylight Time. Following this time, computers affected by the malware will witness […]
SHIRKAT GAH, KARACHI: Women play a significant role in the management of natural resources in Pakistan and have profound traditional and contemporary knowledge of nature. They are not only the victims of climate change but are also effective agents of change. Women in Pakistan, for instance, are already on the frontline of adapting to climate […]
PESHAWAR: The Women Business Development Centre (WBDC) will organise a three-day exhibition ‘Summer Trade Fair-II’ from Tuesday (tomorrow), showcasing products of skilled women entrepreneurs from different parts of the country. Briefing media persons here on Sunday, the centre’s project manager, Ms Nabeela Farman, said that the event had been designed to promote handicrafts prepared by […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s media managers prefer to talk to the foreign media instead of local outlets when major news breaks in the country. But this comes at a cost. These foreign media outlets report the news with a slant or without context, leaving Pakistani officials to clean up the mess that is caused as a consequence. […]
TOKYO: After a bad patch in their roller-coaster relationship, Pakistan and the United States have started warming up to each other at last. They have agreed to bury the bitterness of the past seven months caused by a deadly Nato air raid on a Pakistani border post and subsequent punitive actions by Islamabad. “The two […]
* Writer Khurrum Ali Shafiq beautifully jotted downs story of Manto’s life immaculately turned into play by Shankar KARACHI: The biography of Saadat Hussain Manto, a well-known fiction writer was recently displayed in an 80-minute stage play ‘Mantorama’ by the students and alumni members of the National Academy of Performing Arts (NAPA) at the Arts […]
* During first six months of 2011, figure was 1,138 KARACHI: Despite tall claims of government and police, there is no respite in the targeted killings in Karachi, as according to the data of Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), targeted killings and other crimes have claimed at least 1,257 lives in Karachi during last […]
KARACHI: The 32nd International Education Exhibition, organised by the International Educational Services, was kicked off at the Karachi Expo Centre here on Sunday. The exhibition will culminate on Monday and will then be held in Hotel Pearl Continental, Lahore from July 11-12. Students interested in Bachelor, Master’s and Doctorate degree programmes can meet the admissions […]
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