ISLAMABAD: Students of the Institute of Space Technology (IST) Islamabad were enthralled on Thursday while witnessing the launch of Pakistan’s first Cubesat satellite, ICUBE-1, prepared by the university’s team. Students chanted slogans in favour of Pakistan and danced while the live launch of ICUBE-1 was being shown from Yasny Launch Base in Russia. Students gathered […]
KARACHI: A state prosecutor associated with the high-profile Wali Khan Baber murder case narrowly escaped an attack when several assailants tried to break into his house in the wee hours of Thursday. There was an exchange of fire between special public prosecutor (SPP) of the Anti-Terrorism Court-III Abdul Maroof and the attackers before they fled […]
LAHORE: To mark International Day to End Impunity, which is being celebrated for the third year running on November 23, Reporters Without Borders is publishing 10 portraits of journalists and bloggers whose murders have not been solved or have not led to the conviction of their perpetrators and instigators. “Acts of violence against journalists and […]
ISLAMABAD: US diplomats on Thursday asked Pakistani media persons not to ask any question about the latest drone attack in a settled area of Pakistan when they saw Ambassador Richard Olson who answered questions about every other subject. “US embassy desires that journalists not ask questions on political and security fronts and focus only on […]
Mazhar Abbas, former Secretary General, Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists writes about a unique case of impunity in Pakistan. Carrying poster of slain Pakistani cameraman Munir Sangi lying in pool of blood, his widow Reshma then burnt some 150 pages case file before dozens of cameramen outside the Supreme Court of Pakistan in Karachi last […]
Akhtar bin Shahid Jafri, known to his friends and acquaintances as ABS Jafri, was one of the pioneers of journalism in Pakistan. Those who remember him still will be observing his 10th death anniversary this weekend. Jafri had a diverse career, spanning more than five decades — an accomplished journalist, a broadcaster, and a writer […]
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