ABBOTTABAD: By authoring a book titled “Insignia of Democracy” at the age of 14, Saria Benazir has become one of the youngest writers of the world on a complex topic of politics. Born in Banda Pir Khan, a small village of Abbottabad district, she has extraordinary accomplishments. The book of 600 pages speaks of her […]
By: Mumtaz Alvi ISLAMABAD: A sum of Rs1,034 million was given to the Pakistan Television (PTV) in 2008-09 as subsidy and another massive Rs5,648.377 million subsidy in total was provided to the Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation (PBC) during 2009, 2010 and 2011, the Senate has been informed. “The PTV’s income in 2008-09 was Rs6,156,436,567 while expenditure […]
By: Imran Ayub KARACHI: Amid growing concerns over millions of cellphone connections on bogus identities, the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has formed a four-member committee to suggest measure to streamline cellular subscribers’ data and propose a mechanism to sell new, mainly prepaid, SIMs (subscriber identity module), it emerged on Sunday. Sources privy to a recent meeting […]
By: Amin Ahmed ISLAMABAD: A delegation of the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances arrived here on Sunday to gather information on cases of missing persons. During its 10-day mission undertaken at the invitation of the government, the UN team will study the measures adopted by Pakistan to prevent and eradicate enforced […]
By: Huma Yusuf PEMRA’S ongoing quest, initiated at the Supreme Court’s behest, to define ‘obscenity’ for the purposes of media monitoring is ludicrous. The electronic media regulatory authority had initially demonstrated great sagacity in barring television channels from broadcasting ‘obscene material’ without specifying what that might constitute. However, its current quest — particularly the suggestion […]
LAHORE: Some 73 per cent of the 12 million or so home-based workers in Pakistan are women who in spite of contributing a lot to national economy by playing a vital role mainly in the manufacturing industry are deprived of their basic rights as a worker. This was stated by Sarsabz Foundation chief executive Dr […]
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