OKARA: A woman and her family suffered burns when her estranged husband threw acid on them at 50/3R on Tuesday. Shahid tied the knot with Iqra Bibi some time back but they developed differences and the woman returned to her parents. She also filed a suite for dissolution of marriage in a court. Shahid came […]
THE All Pakistan Newspaper Society has decided to withdraw its decision to suspend publication of government advertisements to press for payment of Rs1.6 billion arrears for the 2008-2012 period. The APNS said in a press release that it had taken the decision as a gesture of support for the new government which it hoped would […]
KARACHI: “President Ayub said ‘Strengthen my hands’. Then someone else raised the slogan ‘Pakistan first!’ No. The people of Pakistan come first,” said I.A. Rehman, senior journalist and general secretary of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan at the fourth National Media Conference on Tuesday. “Where does democracy fit in this country that still hasn’t […]
KARACHI: Provincial Minister for Information and Archive Sharjeel Inam Memon in order to modernise Information Department announced the establishment of a modern media cell. He also directed that at least ten officers must be present at a time in the media cell which will monitor news broadcast by electronic media and report to concerned ministers […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani media played the most imperative role in motivating the young generation to vote for the new democratic government in elections on May 11, says a research conducted by students of Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology (SZABIST) Islamabad Campus. The research which covered interviews of youth supporting different political parties […]
LAHORE : Caretaker Chief Minister Najam Sethi said that the role of the media has assumed great importance in the present age and the world has taken the form of a global village due to the vigorous role of media. He said the media also played an important part in exposing corruption and highlighting social […]
PESHAWAR: The certificates distribution ceremony of the first batch of three-month development journalism course was held at the University of Peshawar (UoP) on Tuesday. Fifteen students from private organisations and reporters from Fata had been selected through proper examination and interviews for the course. A German organisation funded the course held in collaboration with the […]
Freelance journalist Ahmad Ali Joya was murdered in Bahawalnagar on May 24. He was reported to be helping the police in tracing a gang of criminals and was, perhaps, killed by the same men. This has raised the question of whether journalists should become the source. Only an independent investigation will lead to the final […]
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