• March 29, 2013
• Media Ethics

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission has directed all broadcasters and newspapers to submit their details of paid and unpaid political content containing names,symbols or photographs of candidates or leaders of political parties on weekly basis. The Commission has notified that these details must include duration,timing and frequency of such content along with tariffs charged by the […]

• March 29, 2013
• Radio

ISLAMABAD: Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology (SZABIST) and FM 100 on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for grooming the aspiring journalists in the rapidly flourishing field of broadcast journalism. The MoU was signed by Wajid Zulqarnain, Head of Media and Communication Studies SZABIST and Khawaja Kamran Chief Executive Officer […]

• March 29, 2013
• Broadcasting, Information Technology, Media Development

SYED JAFAR ASKARI KARACHI – International Centre for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS), Karachi University and PI Pakistan on Thursday inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to launch a internet and cable-based “Free Education TV” at Latif Ebrahim Jamal National Science Information Center, Karachi University. It will offer 16,000 educational courses of different levels from […]

• March 29, 2013
• Media Ethics

Syed Kamran Hashmi The newest and most dangerous trend set by TV anchors is to act as self-proclaimed vigilantes Irrefutably contentious and ignominious, water boarding is a form of torture infamously associated with the CIA as one of its principal technique to extricate ‘important’ information from suspected terrorists. The procedure simulates drowning — a near […]

• March 29, 2013
• Freedom of Expression, Front Page

KARACHI: As the ban on the video sharing website, YouTube, remains intact six months after an amateur film forced the government to block it for public access, the Sindh High Court (SHC) dismissed a plea asking the same. Rana Faizul Hasan, the general secretary of the United Human Rights Commission, had taken the federal ministries […]

• March 29, 2013
• General News

THROUGHOUT Pakistan, especially in feudal and tribal areas, a parallel judicial system exists in the form of jirga or the punchayat system. Although this system does not enjoy any legal cover and its constitutionality may be challenged under Article 175(2) of the Constitution of Pakistan, many people in rural areas make recourse to this system […]

• March 29, 2013
• General News

Faisal Kamal Pasha ISLAMABAD: The state-owned television is a defaulter of Rs20.34770 million on account of Employees Old Age Benefit Institution (EOBI) contribution, revealed EOBI officials. Many other renowned business firms have also defaulted on payment of EOBI contribution.EOBI has now sent the TV a notice for the payment of dues by April 04, 2013 […]

• March 29, 2013
• General News

Sir: It is a grim reality that violence against women exists even in this modern age of advancement and that it is frequently under-reported. Many women never speak out due to the shame that they are somehow responsible for their victimisation. Today, 125 countries outlaw sexual harassment and 187 nations have ratified the convention on […]

• March 29, 2013
• General News

LONDON: Malala Yousufzai is to tell her story in a book due out later this year, the publishers said on Thursday, in a deal reportedly worth around $3 million. The book will be entitled “I Am Malala”. “I hope the book will reach people around the world, so they realise how difficult it is for […]