AT the vanguard of the campaign for an end to the state lavishing special gifts on a select few, the media must show that it is keeping a respectable distance from the government. Ideally, the media houses should have voluntarily decided to eschew the option of the state paying for journalists accompanying senior officials on […]
By: Iqtidar Gilani LAHORE: Speakers at a forum titled ‘Prevent Adolescent Pregnancy’ have stressed the need for focusing on education, provision of basic needs to the masses and creating awareness about the role of family planning in improvement of mother-child health. Quoting data given by the Population Welfare Department, media personalities opined that illiteracy, unemployment […]
By: Siraj Khan It’s been a full year since the uncrowned Shehenshah-e-Ghazal left this world at the age of 84, to join his Creator. Mehdi Hasan was loved in India as much as he was in Pakistan. Truly, artistes like him belong to the whole world, where no barriers or boundaries of nationality exist. It […]
LAHORE: On the appeal of Sunni Ittehad Council Chairman Sahibzada Hamid Raza, 50 ulema have issued a joint fatwa, calling terrorism and suicide attacks haram (forbidden) in Islam. After the recent incidents of terrorism in Nanga Parbat, Quetta and Peshawar, the ulema declared that a suicide attack was haram (forbidden) in Islam and murder of […]
RAWALPINDI: Veteran journalist, columnist and poet, Anwaar Feroze, died here suddenly on Tuesday of cardiac arrest. He was 75. His funeral procession will leave his house D-538, Satellite Town at 9am on Wednesday (today) and funeral prayers will be offered at nearby Jamia Rizvia Ziaul Uloom. Later, he will be buried at H-8 Graveyard. Anwaar […]
The EU Ambassador Lars-Gunnar Wigemark has said that to become a GSP+ beneficiary, it is crucial that Pakistan eliminates child and bonded labour especially its worst forms. Addressing a public awareness event for the European Union-funded project Combating Abusive Child Labour CACL-II here, he also stressed “Linking child labour in Pakistan with preferential trade access […]
Rawalpindi: Eminent Islamic scholar and columnist Dr Aamir Liaqat Hussain has said, “In order to stem terrorism, Ulema have not fulfilled their responsibilities. It would be far from truth to say that there is no sectarianism. We will have to destroy all the objectionable material in the country including the one on the social websites. […]
ISLAMABAD: Everyday around 115 million children are exposed to hazardous work around the globe, including 15.5 million children who are engaged in domestic work outside their own homes, according to the United Nations International Labour Organisation (ILO). While linking child labour in Pakistan with preferential trade access to the EU, it has been emphasised the […]
By: Umar Cheema ISLAMABAD: As Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif leaves for China on Wednesday in a 12-seater jet, the media persons who will cover his visit are going to travel by commercial flights and pay for their trips for the first time. There are six journalists from private media going to China, a trip that […]
LAHORE: Women and religious minorities hardly participate in Pakistani politics. This is why their participation in the electoral process was desperately desired, to accord more legitimacy to the elections. This was observed by speakers at an award ceremony here on Monday. Awards for the best performance were distributed at a ceremony “Journalists for Human Rights […]
By: Zaib Azkaar Hussain Karachi: Glowing tributes were paid to renowned poet Khalid Moin during the launching of his fourth Urdu poetry collection titled ‘Na-gahan’ at the Karachi Press Club (KPC) on Saturday. Prominent journalist and writer Ahfazur Rehman, who presided over the function, said that Moin has used unique metaphors in order to highlight […]
By: Tehmina Qureshi KARACHI: In the heart of Garden town is a street which is more colourful than the rest with its colours cutting through the blanket of shabby greyness of the area. The shops here also sell mudguards and wheel caps but they are colourful and pink — something you would hang in your […]
By: ASHFAQ YUSUFZAI PESHAWAR: There is no competent authority in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to properly monitor the sale of chemicals like acids, which, because of their easy availability, are sometimes misused by disgruntled people in acid attacks, mostly on women. “A litre of hydrochloric acid is available for as low as Rs50 and it can be […]
SUKKUR: A young Hindu girl went missing after she left her home for a temple in Shah Ghazi locality in Jacobabad on Sunday. The girl’s relatives informed police who raided a house owned by one Haq Nawaz Thaheem in Dangar locality to recover Deepa Kumari, daughter of a Mukesh Kumar, a shopkeeper, but found it […]
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