BY: JALIL AHMED Why is everything being banned in Pakistan? It seems this country and its people are extremely sensitive and, many a time, for no reason. First we have a ban on YouTube, then we have a complete ban on adult content on the internet, then many movies from across the border are banned […]
ISLAMABAD: Women members of the NA Standing Committee on Human Rights lashed out at Managing Director of the Pakistan Television (PTV) Yousuf Baig Mirza on Tuesday. Mirza made an appearance before the committee on Tuesday, after being summoned to explain his position over claims made by PTV anchor Aisha Sana that he married her and […]
“The Executive Committee of the All Pakistan Newspapers Society is meeting on January 30, 2013 at Faisalabad wherein the matters relating to South Asia Media Summit scheduled to be held on February 20-21, 2013 at Islamabad will be discussed and decided. The members of the Executive Committee reaching Faisalabad from across the country will discuss […]
By: Anil Datta Unless educated women participate in the country’s labour force, Pakistan will get nowhere. Empowering women is imperative to becoming a globally competitive nation. These views were expressed by Dr Ishrat Husain, former State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Governor and the current Head of the Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Karachi, while delivering […]
There was a marked increase in sectarian killings last year, statistics from the Human Rights Commission Pakistan (HRCP) indicate. The year 2012 recorded 104 cases of sectarian killings, a 352 percent rise from the year 2011 which recorded a total of 23 cases. A majority of those targeted belonged to the Shia community, although in […]
HYDERABAD: The Ustad Muhammad Juman Music Gallery at Sindh Museum, Hyderabad, was inaugurated by Sindh culture minister Sassui Palijo on Tuesday, on the occasion of the Sindhi folk singer’s 23rd death anniversary. Addressing the gathering on this occasion, she paid tribute to Ustad Juman, saying that the culture department had set up the music gallery […]
By: Peerzada Salman KARACHI: What do you do when you do not know how to introduce a person for whom adjectives have been exhausted by his admirers and critics alike? That person does not require an introduction. His very name conjures up an image that has a universal appeal. Anyone who is not even remotely […]
ISLAMABAD: “Almost 40 per cent glaciers in Afghanistan have been reduced in 40 years, whereas the glaciers supplying water to Ravi, Chenab, Beas and Jhelum Rivers are thinning,” said Dr Chaudary Inayatullah, Climate Change Expert at Save the Children. Dr Chaudhry was speaking at a seminar, ‘Building Resilience in the Indus Basin’, on Tuesday, organised […]
By: Shoaib A Raja Kaira reaffirms commitment to freedom of expression ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday took pride in upholding media freedoms and showing tolerance for dissent. He said, “We have extended the hand of friendship to all political forces, to the media and all stakeholders as well and we feel satisfied that […]
151 out of 179 in the latest worldwide index The press is caught in a vice between the Taliban which has stepped up its attacks and the security forces who continue in their old ways of harassing journalists. The country has scores of privately owned television and radio stations, putting it on the path of […]
By: Kalbe Ali ISLAMABAD: After assurances that their major demands would be addressed within a week, media persons from all parts of the country here on Monday deferred their sit-in in front of the parliament house to February 7. The sit-in was organised by the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) demanding the government arrest […]
By: Sher Khan LAHORE: The low-budget independent horror thriller Siyaah, which is scheduled for a nationwide release on March 15, deals with the themes of black magic and exorcism. The film’s director Azfar Jafri, a self-taught film-maker based in Islamabad, joined the project after producer Imran Raza Kazmi tried out several screenwriters and directors. “I […]
Islamabad: Federal Minister and Chairperson Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) Madame Farzana Raja has appreciated NADRA’s role in supporting BISP’s initiatives and facilitating the issuance of CNICs and Benazir Debit Cards (BDCs). In a meeting with Tariq Malik, Chairman NADRA, she said NADRA is playing a pivotal role in the implementation of BISP’s technology based […]
Journalists walk out from Senate in support of their demands By: Ijaz Kakakhel ISLAMABAD: Legislators in the Upper House on Monday asked the government to link advertisements giving to newspapers to the regular payment of salaries to journalists along with their life insurance. The House was told that Pakistan had become the most dangerous country […]
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