The QIRTAS, Literary Society of the University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Lahore, arranged a painting, sketching and calligraphy competition in connection with Iqbal Day here on Thursday. The university students participated in the competition in a large number. Vice Chancellor Professor Dr Talat Naseer Pasha distributed prizes among the competition winning students. In calligraphy […]
A reconstitution of the words of Martin Neimoller rolled around in my head as I lit a flame and prepared to burn my notes from the interview with Mohamed Elhassan. A yellow legal pad contained his thoughts. These thoughts were condensed for the piece on the page last week. I had already memorised a few […]
ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Information Technology and Telecommunication Anusha Rehman on Thursday directed the agencies concerned to control grey trafficking in the country. The practice of making long distance calls through illegal means from the country is known as grey trafficking. “Grey trafficking should be controlled at the earliest and those allegedly involved in […]
Karachi: The jury for the national amateur short film competition ‘Heroes of Pakistan’ was announced on Thursday. “We tried to take on board the best brains,” said a representative of Heroes of Pakistan during a press conference at the Karachi Press Club. “To make a good film you do not always need an expensive camera. […]
Climate change experts in a day-long journalist workshop on Thursday stressed upon media to mainstream the issue of climate change not just as an environmental issue, but as a development and economic challenge. The workshop titled “Taking Pakistan to COP19” was organised on the eve of UN Climate Change Conference (COP19) by LEAD Pakistan and […]
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has declined before the Supreme Court to allow alteration of the terms of the direct to home (DTH) licence being sought by a media organisation. “The grant of concessions as demanded by the petitioner (Cross Current Private Limited) would have resulted in putting potential competitors at a […]
KARACHI: Two dozen events have been planned for Nov 22, 23 and 24 at three venues — Arts Council, National Academy of Performing Arts and Cantt Station — as part of the Pursukoon Karachi project, an initiative of Koel Gallery, announced artist Noorjehan Bilgrami at a press conference at the Arts Council’s Manzar Akbar Hall […]
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice (CJ) Islamabad High Court (IHC) Muhammad Anwar Khan Kasi on Thursday while issuing stay order once again directed a private TV channel to file reply till December 2 as to why it had been continuing with defamatory and baseless allegations against Jang/Geo Group despite the October 31 restraining orders. Requesting the court […]
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