On 24 January 2009, Aamir Wakil, 40, worked for a privately-owned TV station was murdered close to his home in Rawalpindi, near Islamabad. The press freedom organisation offers its condolences to Wakil’s family and colleagues, including his brother Kamal Asfar, who is also a journalist. “We strongly condemn Wakil’s murder,” Reporters Without Borders said. “Although […]
A journalist has been murdered in Pakistan’s Swat Valley, the first violation of a truce called last week between government and local militant groups, report the Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), the World Association of Newspapers (WAN) and other IFEX members. Musa Khankhel of Geo TV and the daily paper […]
Janullah Hashimzada, the bureau chief based in Peshawar for Afghanistan’s Shamshad Television, was shot to death while travelling back from Afghanistan on a minibus near Jamrud in the northwestern Khyber district of Pakistan on 24 August, 2009. Operating in plain view, three masked men opened fire with pistols on the minibus, killing Hashimzada instantly and […]
ISLAMABAD: Muhammad Malick, whose Dunya TV program is to go off air next week reportedly because of outside pressure, said in a tweet Friday “anchoring of principles was way more important than anchoring any show.” He made it clear he had “never bowed to any pressure before -no matter what hue – and never will.” […]
By: Masud Alam Young men and women who aspire to be journalists in today’s Pakistan, do so for two reasons. One, they studied mass communication because they couldn’t make the merit for more structured disciplines at university, and have figured, honestly, they are not good enough at anything in particular. And two, they have an […]
SUKKUR: Two women were among three people killed over Karo-Kari on Friday. Police said Azizullah Khoso shot dead his cousin Zahida Khoso in village Budhai Khoso in the limits of Moro and managed to escape. Police said the deceased Zahida Khoso married her lover Habibullah against the will of her parents eight years earlier. Police […]
New art season will start at the Revivers Galleria from Saturday evening with solo paintings exhibition of Karachi-based well-known artist Salman Farooqi. Titled “Reflection”, the art work display will continue for a fortnight till November 25. The gallery will remain open on Sunday, November 11, also for the benefit of the artists, art lovers and […]
KARACHI: Five men were killed in separate acts of violence here on Friday. In the first incident, a man was gunned down in Kehkashan Society within the limits of Sachal police station. An official said that two armed pillion riders shot dead Anwar Hussain, 40, son of Nazeer Hussain, who was going somewhere on his […]
KARACHI: Inspector General Sindh Police Fayyaz Ahmed Leghari in a high level meeting held at Central Police Office (CPO) has approved the post-disaster management plan to cope with any probable untoward incident during the holy month of Muharram as part of extraordinary security arrangements. A delegation of Shia Ulema, headed by Allama Abbas Kumaili, and […]
As the world expresses solidarity with Malala Yousafzai’s stand on female education, Pakistan finds itself in the bottom 10 of new country rankings for the education of poor females, according to a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) report. Unesco’s Education for All Global Monitoring Report (EFAGMR) revealed Pakistan is in the bottom […]
By: Waqas Naeem ISLAMABAD: Women peace activists and human rights campaigners from Pakistan, Afghanistan and India met at a regional dialogue on Friday to share their experiences and construct common agendas for peace and stability in the region. The regional dialogue, titled “Women building peace within and around us”, was organised by Women’s Regional Network […]
LAHORE: While hailing the UN decision to declare November 10 as Malala Day, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has urged the government and people of Pakistan to rise to the challenge the worldwide to pay a tribute to the young girl from Swat. The commission said the government must make a solemn pledge […]
ISLAMABAD: Chairman of the Ansar Burney Trust International and former minister for human rights, Ansar Burney, has said Pakistan is ready to set free 15 more Indian fishermen from prison in Karachi and hand them over to the Indian authorities at the Wagha border on Monday. Some of these prisoners are in jail for the […]
By: Peerzada Salman KARACHI: An exhibition of Allama Iqbal’s personal belongings and photographs in connection with the poet’s 135th birth anniversary began at the National Museum of Pakistan on Friday morning. There is a decent variety of historical objects on display, some of which relate to Iqbal’s creative endeavours and others to his personal life. […]
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