KARACHI: The general elections of 2013 were the most expensive election in Pakistan’s history, especially for financially-weak candidates who could not bear expenses to contest elections, says Human Right Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) initial report for election 2013. Few candidates and parties spent heavy amount on advertisement on print and electronic media and even used […]
Aamer Ahmad Khan is a respected name in the field of journalism in Pakistan. He is one of the few who have made a name for themselves internationally. He started his career as a reporter for The Nation newspaper, and then was in the launch team of Friday Times. Before joining BBC, he was serving […]
An increase in turn out witnessed during the elections is mainly due to awareness created by the media regarding political issues among the public. Professor Dr Umbreen Javaid chairperson department of political science, University of Punjab said here on Sunday. “These elections witness an unprecedented increase in voter turnout, credit goes to the media specially […]
ISLAMABAD: Mobile phone operators in the country cashed the boom and enthusiasm of voters during elections 2013 campaign and generated revenues as SMS traffic went up to one billion text messages per day. Thousands of candidates in the country made full use of the modern communication facilities and continuously tried to convince voters in their […]
KARACHI: When someone says ‘Super Man’, Christopher Reeve, who portrayed the superhero on the big screen, comes to mind. He met an unfortunate accident which left him paralysed. There is another Super Man in Karachi who met the same fate but was determined to carry on. As you walk down the sloping pathway leading to […]
KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain has said that prejudice and bias were the main reasons for the disintegration of Pakistan and appealed to unbiased journalists and intellectuals to write on the issue to save Pakistan. He was addressing a gathering of MQM workers at Nine Zero, Azizabad by telephone, who had […]
IT seems that the mindset that drives segments of the establishment has not changed from the time that media censorship was in vogue in Pakistan. It is also apparent that some powerful elements did not like what Declan Walsh, Islamabad bureau chief of the New York Times, was writing. Mr Walsh, who was on Thursday […]
LAHORE: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has recommended a serious initiative to revamp the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), redefine its priorities and reduce bureaucrats’ meddling in political affairs. The recommendations have been made in the HRCP’s preliminary report on Elections 2013 based on its monitoring of the electoral process before and on […]
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