• May 18, 2013
• Freedom of Expression, Front Page

Pakistani authorities should dismiss separate complaints filed against newspapers and journalists in Baluchistan for publishing statements made by banned militant groups, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. BBC Urdu reported that police in the provincial capital of Quetta had filed a First Information Report, or complaint, on Wednesday against at least seven Baluch dailies […]

• May 18, 2013
• General News

PESHAWAR: Gul Shada thought it was the end of the road for her when she and her husband met with a road accident last year in the Nowshera district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Not only did the mishap leave Shada widowed at the relatively young age of 37, she […]

• May 18, 2013
• General News

PESHAWAR: Like previous elections, the woman voters in different areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were barred from casting ballots in the May 11 general election as agreements were struck among the contesting candidates and political parties ahead of the polls. There was a strong Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) this time and no one expected that […]

• May 18, 2013
• Arts and Entertainment

KARACHI: Judging from the nervousness of museum director Mohammad Shah Bukhari, one could understand the risk involved in putting on display the rare artifacts and ornaments. “It is for the first time that I am taking these out for the public at the National Museum of Pakistan,” the museum director told Dawn on Friday. The […]

• May 18, 2013
• Broadcasting, Freedom of Expression, Front Page, Television

The offices of Aaj TV channel across the country were evacuated after it received a bomb threat on Friday morning. The threat was made through a postal mail to television’s Islamabad bureau purportedly by Ghulam Mustafa who claimed that he and his associates had already abducted the son of former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani. […]

• May 18, 2013
• Media and Governance

KARACHI: Visitors at The Forum Mall on Friday had the opportunity to get their blood pressure, sugar, weight and height indexes checked free of cost. Health TV observed the World Hypertension Day by setting up a health stall as a part of their programme, Mai Fit Hun, at mall, on Friday. Free fitness tests were […]