By: Dr Haider Mehdi As a student and Professor of Mass Communication, Media and Politics, a fundamental factor that has been resilient in my philosophical and intellectual discovery has been the importance of human behaviour and organisational conduct in media outfits in relation to larger societal development and political progress in our time. Needless to […]
QUETTA: The general body of Panjgour Press Club (PPC) announced to shut down the Press Club from Monday for indefinite period in protest against the murder of local journalist Rehmatullah Abid. The members of the general body of the PPC, including Abdul Waheed President PPC and Vice President Qadir Bakhsh Sanjarani condemned the killing of […]
The law enforcement agencies have continued search operation to trace and arrest the killers of journalist Rehmatullah Abid who was gunned down in Panjgur last night and so far, five suspected persons have been taken into custody. Police sources told APP on Monday that on the directives of Chief Minister Balochistan Nawab Aslam Raisani, teams […]
The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has decided to amend the provisional assessment procedure under section 122C of the Income Tax Ordinance 2001 for suspension of the computerised national identity card numbers (CNICs) of potential individuals, who would not avail the Tax Registration Enforcement Initiative-2012. Sources told Business Recorder here on Monday that the Board […]
Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) gave permission to all TV channels to broadcast foreign content, Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Qamar Zaman Kaira informed the National Assembly on Monday. Kaira, while replying to a question by Nahid Shahid Ali, told the lower house that as per Pemra terms and conditions, 90 percent of the […]
LAHORE: The journalist community and civil society on Monday protested against the target killing of a journalist in Panjgur (Balochistan) and demanded immediate arrest of the murderers and security for media persons in the province. The local journalists, under the flag of Lahore Press Club (LPC) and Punjab Union of Journalists, arranged the protest at […]
ISLAMABAD: The Senate’s Standing Committee on Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs on Monday further considered the “Constitution (22nd Amendment) Bill, 2012” which was introduced by the law minister in a session on July 10. The body met at the Parliament House under the chairmanship of Senator Muhammad Kazim Khan. The committee held a detailed discussion […]
ISLAMABAD: In connection with Muharramul Haram, the Rawalpindi Arts Council (RAC) on Monday organised a calligraphic exhibition by Pride of Performance calligrapher Aftab Ahmed Khan. Riyadh Yosuf Ahmed al Raisi, the ambassador of Sultanate of Oman, inaugurated the exhibition while Member of National Assembly Tahira Aurangzeb, Khana Farhang Iran Director General Muhammad Akbari and JS […]
By: Sahar Bandial A first encounter with criminal law is expectedly disconcerting. But mine has been exceptionally so. The gang-rape case of a 13-year-old female child victim in Ratta Amral, Rawalpindi, spoke of the baseness of human nature and the extreme vulnerability of rape victims in instances where the state, failing to apprehend their transgressors, […]
LAHORE: Women entrepreneurs were rewarded for coming up with innovative business plans in a programme sponsored by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) here. A total of 43 women from Lahore and Rahim Yar Khan, who had received skills training under the Khadija programme, an entrepreneurship training and business plan development package named after Hazrat Khadija […]
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Qamar Zaman Kaira on Monday assured to pay compensation to journalists killed in line of their duty and attacks by the outlaws. “The government, Pakistani nation and journalists condemn these killing incidents and their heirs would be paid compensation,” he told the media at the Parliament House after they […]
By: Faisal Kamal Pasha ISLAMABAD: Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday while keeping the stay order intact barring the electronic media from telecasting defamatory programmes against the superior courts directed chairman Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) to submit progress report regarding any proceeding initiated against a private television […]
KARACHI: An exhibition of new works by Nizakat Ali Depar opens at the Canvas gallery at 5pm on Tuesday. The show titled “Truncated conversation” will remain open till November 30, daily from 11am to 8pm (excluding Sunday). Dawn
By: Tahir Siddiqui KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Monday put on notice the information technology and telecom secretary and the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) chairman in a petition seeking court directives against the suspension of cellular services. A division bench, headed by Justice Faisal Arab, which was seized with the petition of cellular company […]
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