By: Obaid Abrar Khan ISLAMABAD: National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and Jang Group on Wednesday arranged first NDMA Media Awards at National Press Club to commemorate the hard work done by the media community during Floods-2011. Federal Minister for Information and Broadcast Qamar Zaman Kaira was the chief guest on the occasion. Other guests included […]
PESHAWAR: The civil society organisations have launched a programme to develop a culture of participation and accountability among the public through different activities. The programme titled ‘Voice and accountability’ is supported by UKaid with Aurat Foundation, South Asia Partnership Pakistan, Strengthening Participatory Organisation and Sungi Development Foundation as its partners in about 41 districts of […]
By: Maleeha Hamid Siddiqui ON a cool mid-December night, Karachiites had flocked at a popular recreational spot along the waterfront to watch the screening of the last episode of the Turkish soap Ishq-e-Memnu. Initially, mainstream entertainment channels and TV production houses did not pay heed to the rising popularity of the soap, touting it as […]
ISLAMABAD: The Senate was informed on Wednesday that 690,287 taxpayers had ‘mysteriously disappeared’ from the tax net in the past one year, highlighting the incompetence and mismanagement of the country’s tax machinery. In a written reply to a question by Senator Abdul Haseeb Khan, who sought details of tax return filers over the past three […]
LAHORE: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Wednesday condemned the killing of six polio vaccinators in Karachi and Peshawar, and demanded arrest of the perpetrators, effective steps to prevent such attacks in future and compensation for the families of the victims. In a statement, the commission said: “The HRCP condemns in the strongest […]
KARACHI: President Asif Ali Zardari signed on Wednesday “The Right to Free and Compulsory Education Bill-2012” at a ceremony held at the Chief Minister’s House. The bill, which recognises the right to free and compulsory education for all children aged between 5 to 16 years, has become a law after the President’s assent. PPP chairman […]
By: Ali Hazrat Bacha and Faiz Muhammad PESHAWAR / CHARSADDA: Two polio workers were killed and another was injured in five gun attacks on vaccination teams in Charsadda, Peshawar and Nowshera districts on Wednesday. The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government suspended the vaccination work as a mark of respect for the dead and injured workers. A woman […]
Islamabad: The Supreme Court (SC) has barred the acting Chairman of Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) Dr Abdul Jabbar from discharging his duties, Geo News reported Thursday. The SC was hearing the petition filed by senior journalists’ Hamid Mir and Absar Alam regarding the formation of a media commission. During the hearing, Justice Jawwad […]
ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered to present expenditures and other details of Press Council. While hearing a case in connection with media’s accountability Justice Jawad S Khawaja remarked that the decision to do work or to establish stations was the task of the government not the court. But the money, which is being provided […]
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