By: Syed Irfan Ashraf THE world over, the media and the military have never had an easy relationship. In Pakistan’s case the issue is more than usually complicated. The military wants favourable coverage of the several military operations undertaken in parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Fata, but reporters have difficulties dealing with their uniformed hosts. […]
BY: FARHANA ANSARI WHILE it is admirable the way our media has evolved from naught to a force to reckon with, is it really necessary for some TV channels to present their news bulletins in a sing song manner? The words are made to rhyme, and clips from songs, mostly Indian, are played in the […]
THIS is apropos of your editorial ‘Doing good’ (July 29), which appreciates and endorses the cause of Indian star Amir Khan’s new TV programme ‘Satyamev Jayte’ (truth alone prevails). Here is a question that many minds would be pondering over: why are TV channels in our country lagging behind in televising such innovative programmes to […]
By: Khaleeq Kiani ISLAMABAD: With an eye on the general election, the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) approved on Thursday a record Rs662 billion for 45 projects. A meeting, chaired by Finance Minister Dr Hafeez Shaikh, approved Rs287 billion for the loss-making Pakistan Railways, including a Japan-funded Rs246 billion Karachi Circular Railway […]
LAHORE: Islampura police registered on Thursday a murder case against five people, including the owner of a daily, after a woman journalist committed suicide on Wednesday by jumping from a multi-storey hostel building after she failed to get four-month’s salary. Complainant Afzaal said his daughter Seemab had been employed in daily Anti-Crime some four months […]
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