KARACHI: Without any prior approval from the government’s investigation agencies, including Ministry of Interior, how come a regulator like Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) has issued the so-called licence to a TV channel like ‘BOL News’ owned by Malik Riaz Hussain, said Mukhtar Ahmed Butt, a senior political analyst. At a programme ‘Focus on […]
RAWALPINDI: Daily Jang Resident Manager, Rawalpindi, Abdul Aziz Mohmand breathed his last after a heart attack on Sunday. A resident of Jahangir Road, Mohmand broke fast at home with family. About 8:30pm, he had a heart problem and his neighbour Asad Ayub rushed him to Benazir Bhutto Hospital. He was shifted to the hospital’s emergency […]
Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), an independent non-governmental institution committed to promoting and defending freedom of expression, is concerned over the killing of journalist Mario Sy who contributed photos to tabloid newspaper Sapol News Bulletin (On Target News Bulletin). He was shot dead in General Santos City in the province of South Cotabato on 1 August […]
LAHORE: SINGER Akhlaq Ahmed’s 14th death anniversary was observed throughout the country on Sunday. Akhlaq Ahmed was born on May 8, 1946 in Delhi. He started as a stage singer in the 1960s in Karachi when he was a member of a famous singing group with two other legendary artistes Masood Rana and Nadeem. Akhlaq […]
KARACHI: Leading Indian newspapers ‘Hindustan Times’ and ‘The Hindu’ while describing the Geo network Vice President Dr Aamir Liaqat Hussain as the uncontested superstar have written that his untiring efforts, selfless service to humanity and spontaneous love of the masses and popularity have silenced all those who criticized him for awarding babies to issueless couples. […]
Adoption offers couples the opportunity to raise and love their own child. It allows them to give the child a loving home and family — everything the child did not previously possess. And even though adoption generally turns out to be a mutually happy solution, it is a serious and emotional process — the journey […]
We are all traders. Perhaps, trade is an important natural trait in humans that separates them from all other animals. What can a reporter trade? And, more importantly, what can I trade as a reporter who covers smaller, more off-beat sports? “So how much will you take for covering us?” a person asked me. In […]
‘FREEDOM of information is a fundamental human right, the touchstone of all the freedoms to which the UN is consecrated.’ (Resolution 59(1) of the UNGA). The main theme behind the concept of freedom of information is that public institutions have an obligation to disclose information and every member of the public has a corresponding right […]
He is a devout Muslim. He prays five times a day. He observes fasting during the holy month of Ramazan. He recites the Holy Quran in the morning and evening. His very name is Mohammad Islam. He loves Prophet Mohammad (pbuh) like anybody else does. Nay, he loves him even more. For, when there surfaced […]
EVERY industry must be permitted the luxury of self-congratulation, particularly if no one else is too eager to do the honours. The foundations of this modern excess were laid in the little town of Hollywood, created in the late 19th century by an eccentric millionaire determined to nurture the ideals of abstinence. Look where good […]
Karachi: Despite the closing days of Ramazan, Eid shopping, incessant rain, loadshedding and top level pre-occupations there is no stopping the top level popularity of the Geo transmission of “Amaan Ramazan” and reception of its host Dr Aamir Liaquat Hussain. People have been pouring in large number to the Amaan City to have a glimpse […]
Islamabad: The Minister of State for Information Technology (IT) Anusha Rahman expressed serious reservations regarding the unnecessary delays in the IT projects implemented by the departments across the country. She expressed these views during a meeting regarding the review of Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) 2013-14 IT projects of Pakistan Computer Bureau (PCB) and Electronic […]
Islamabad: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on Friday apologised to the Supreme Court over the statement regarding Geo TV’s awareness campaigns, including ‘Aman Ki Asha’ and ‘Zara Sochiye’. A three-member bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, comprising Justice Jawad S Khawaja and Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed, resumed […]
ISLAMABAD/LAHORE: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has expressed grave concern over the decision of the PML-N government to do away with the ministry of human rights and has called for its restoration, considering the enormous rights-based issues in the country. The incumbent government, since being sworn in, has placed human rights low on its priority list, […]
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