By: Samson Simon Sharaf The past week was a nightmare for wireless users in Pakistan. The blackout of cell phone communications in most parts of the country affected not only the GSM and CDMA based mobile and SMS communications, but also major business houses, banks, multinational corporations and their remote camps using PTCL wireless and […]
Anusha Rehman Khan Convenor of the Sub-Committee of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Information Technology (IT) said that due to grey traffic, Etisalat has not invested a single penny in the country, since it took over major shares of the Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL). This, she said, while chairing a meeting of the […]
The Election Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2012 proposes several amendments in the Representation of People Act of 1976 and Senate Election Act of 1975. The Bill is likely to be placed before the cabinet on Wednesday (today) and presented in the next session of the National Assembly, which is scheduled on December 3 this year. According […]
ISLAMABAD: The two-day national media conference, titled ‘Dissecting Pakistan’s Media’, starts tomorrow (Thursday). Individualland Pakistan (IL-Pakistan) is organising the conference in collaboration with Friedrich Naumann Foundation (FNF). IL-Paksitan is an Islamabad based non-profit development organisation. It has a demonstrated track of working with media, legislators and civil society engaged in advocacy work. The organisation is […]
By: Umer Nangiana ISLAMABAD: YouTube users in Pakistan will probably have to wait much longer than they anticipated before they can call up the popular video-sharing website again. The problem stems from the fact that Pakistan and the United States lack a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT), which is what the company usually uses to […]
By: Anil Datta Karachi: Perhaps the heading could be taken by many to be a pun on the 1962 Hollywood hit, “Satan never sleeps”, and to some extent it could be justified because the exhibition running currently at the VM Art Gallery, under the above theme, also documents the many satanic happenings going on alongside […]
Well known journalist, TV talk show host, and executive editor of Geo TV, Hamid Mir narrowly escaped death when an explosive device attached under his car, was defused by the Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) in Islamabad on Monday. The canvas bag, holding what police describe as an expertly made and fitted bomb – containing half-a-kilogramme […]
SUKKUR: The effects of floods in Sindh in the last two years were made worse by bad governance and mala fide on part of those feudal lords who had had the course of floodwater changed to save their lands at the expense of the poor. These views were expressed by participants of a meeting organised […]
By: Umar Cheema ISLAMABAD: When I heard the news of an assassination attempt on Hamid Mir, tears started rolling down on my cheeks. I struggled hard to fight them back. In fact, I got to hear this while I was abroad. There were journalists from different countries accompanying me. I didn’t want to let them […]
NAWABSHAH: A young woman was killed when a group of armed men barged into a house and opened fire in Jumma Bhangwar village near Nawabshah on Tuesday. Zulfiqar Bhangwar, brother of the victim, Husna, 20, wife of Mohammad Khan Bhangwar, lodged an FIR (No: 89) at the Airport police station against Hameer and his associates […]
SUKKUR: The family of a missing 12-year-old girl staged two protest demonstrations in Ghotki on Tuesday to demand the arrest of kidnappers. The relatives of the missing girl, a student of grade eight and a resident of Muhalla Hazara Shah in Mirpur Mathelo, protested in front of the press club and the office of the […]
KARACHI: A solo show of artworks by Samreen Asif opens at the Kunj Art Gallery on Wednesday at 5.30pm. The show will be open till Dec 28. Dawn
By: RIAZ AKBAR THIS refers to the report ‘Call to protect masses from climate change’ (Nov18) by Bhagwandas which says that climate change policy exists but without its implementation. We all know that pollution causes global warming which needs to be arrested forthwith if we want to protect our marine life and coastal resources. It […]
ISLAMABAD: Around 250 journalists work in the Federally Administered Tribal Area (Fata) and 12 have been killed in the area, after 9/11. This was stated by participants at a public discussion on “Reporting in Fata under FCR” organised by a non government international organisation (NGO) Friedric-Ebert-Stiftung (FES). The event was a tribute to journalists working […]
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