By: RIAZ AKBAR THIS refers to news report (Sept 23) wherein flood caused Rs18 billion loss in Nasirabad and Jaffarabad districts in Balochistan. This shows the apathy of the provincial government and the provincial disaster management authority (PDMA). The provincial government ignores allocation of funds for floods even after having bitter experiences in the last […]
By: SAMEER RAJA THE media has been under fire for a long time for a host of different reasons. I write today to complain about their utter callousness towards their own employees. Watching raging battles on streets on Sept 21, I noticed the total lack of protective gear for reporters. Mohammad Amir, the slain driver […]
By: Amanullah Kasi QUETTA: Journalists held demonstrations across the country on Tuesday in protest against the murder last week of a colleague and the registration of a case against some journalists who took part in a protest in Quetta on Monday. Members of the Balochistan Union of Journalists (BUJ) took out a procession in Quetta […]
ISLAMABAD: Reminding the National Accountability Bureau of its real job of eliminating corruption from society, the Supreme Court recalled on Tuesday that Prime Minister Raja Parvez Ashraf was head of the board which selected Tauqir Sadiq as chairman of the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra). “The NAB always nets small fries but spares big […]
Islamabad: The first-ever Youth TechCamp in Pakistan concluded Saturday after three days of hands-on, interactive training in civic journalism and social activism. A signature series hosted by the U.S. Department of State to increase digital literacy, Youth TechCamp Pakistan provided 40 young Pakistanis with three days of training with top Pakistani technology experts who are […]
By: Farooq Tirmizi KARACHI: “The decision not to block access in Pakistan had to do with the way the company serves content to its Pakistani users,” says YouTube spokesperson. Pakistani users of video-sharing website YouTube are caught between an unstoppable force and an immovable object: the government of Pakistan refuses to unblock access to YouTube […]
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