ISLAMABAD: Lok Virsa, Ministry of National Heritage & Integration, here on Thursday created a cultural diorama on Saudi Arabia “Al-Ghadeer” at Pakistan National Museum of Ethnology (PNME). For this purpose, Lok Virsa has allocated a spacious hall of 30×30 feet within PNME, Heritage Museum for which artifacts were being contributed by the Government of Saudi […]
Last decade or so has seen a massive growth in media and its power in Pakistan. The gross number of news channels with lack of credible authenticity leaves one to wonder how easy it is for news channels to surface? One cannot help feeling apolitical or biased at times, considering the ever increasing political debate […]
The use of social media is rising in Pakistan. Over a six-month period from late 2010 to early 2011, the number of Facebook users doubled from 1.8 to 3.6 million, while between August 2011 and January 2012 the number of new Facebook accounts increased by a million. Facebook, according to internet traffic monitoring data, is […]
ISLAMABAD: The Attorney General (AG) for Pakistan Irfan Qadir on Thursday requested the Supreme Court (SC) to give him time for holding meetings with state functionaries being targeted in the media commission report so as to get their point of view regarding payments to certain media organisations and advertisement agencies. Qadir made the request during […]
LAHORE: Faseeh Saleem’s solo exhibition titled “36’ 24’ 36’” kicked off at Colours Art Gallery here on Thursday. A number of art lovers, art students, teachers and renowned artists visited the gallery on the inauguration day. Caretaker Education and Health Minster Salima Hashmi inaugurated the exhibition. He has displayed 5 of his art works including […]
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Thursday notified the regulations, specifying the guidelines which shall enable the federal government to establish and operate Journalists Welfare Fund (JWF). According to a notification issued here, the federal government shall establish the welfare fund for journalists to carry out the purposes of these regulations and the fund shall […]
KHAR: Only 2,800 women voters were able to cast their vote in the two National Assembly constituencies of Bajaur Agency in May 11 general election despite assurance of the candidates to the Election Commission of Pakistan that they would allow the women to exercise their vote right. An ECP official told Dawn here on Thursday […]
KARACHI: Speakers at the launch of a project have said that only a close coordination between civil society organisations and government departments, including police and Citizens-Police Liaison Committee, can ensure protection to women against harassment and distress in urban and rural areas of Sindh. The ceremony was organised on Thursday by the women development department […]
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday, on request of the Ministry of Information Technology, adjourned till June 06 the hearing of a petition challenging the ban on YouTube, a video sharing website. The court was informed by the law officer of the ministry that the administration of the Google, of which YouTube is […]
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