KARACHI: Pakistan’s young artists are markedly different from their seniors in one respect: they’re pushing boundaries without giving a hoot about ‘boundaries’. This is easy to understand. In the past, if artists pushed the envelope, they knew what they were trying to accomplish consciously. The young artists of today perhaps lack a bit of direction […]
ISLAMABAD: The National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) on Tuesday claimed that litigation in the smart national identity card project had so far cost the authority Rs45 million, and the public would face inconvenience if the case was not decided soon. The application was filed before a division bench of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) […]
LAHORE: Senior journalist Akhtar Hayat passed away here on Tuesday morning and was laid to rest at Miani Sahib Graveyard the same day. Akhtar Hayat had sustained head injuries in an accident outside Lahore Press Club on Monday. He was taken to General Hospital where he succumbed to the injury. He has survived by two […]
Islamabad: The National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) has planned to facilitate e-voting and interactive electronic thumb-voting in the next general elections, sources in Nadra said. The Nadra has issued over two million Smart Cards during last ten months, adding that the Nadra continues to process Smart Cards without any break. Sources in Nadra disclosed […]
KARACHI: Shagufta Naaz, a senior sub-editor of Dawn, died at a private hospital here on Monday after a brief illness. She was 41. She leaves behind her mother. She was buried at the Gizri graveyard. Coming from an advertising background, Shagufta joined Dawn in 2007. Having proved her creative talents quickly, she was given the […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists on Monday held a protest rally from National Press Club to the Parliament to observe black day of November 3, 2007 when dictator Musharraf imposed emergency in the country and put a ban on free voice of media. The rally was led by Afzal Butt, claimed to be President […]
Karachi: The provincial government filed an application with the Sindh High Court on Monday seeking the transfer of Geo News reporter Wali Khan Babar’s murder trial from an anti-terrorism court of Karachi to Shikarpur over security concerns for witnesses, the prosecutors and investigators. The application was filed by the member inspection team of the high […]
LAHORE: Journalism, particularly on television, has moved away from objectivity and towards partisanship, skewing the traditional definition of what a journalist is supposed to do. “I was always taught that a journalist provides facts and figures and doesn’t have any position as regards to an issue. In my view, a journalist is someone who is […]
LAHORE: Sunday evening saw the end of the two-day Festival of Arts and Literature organised by Khayaal Creative Network at the Alhamra Arts Center. The event was generally appreciated though some visitors said it was not publicised well enough. Nusrat Jamil, who had been part of the organising committee of the Lahore Literature Festival in […]
LAHORE: Pakistani filmmakers will make better and better movies with time and persistence, but they should shorten films from the usual two or three hours of running time, said actor Zeba Bakhtiar in conversation with Juggan Kazim at the last day of the Khayal Festival of Arts and Literature on Sunday. The veteran actor discussed […]
The Right to Information (RTI) bill, originally introduced as an ordinance by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government, has finally been passed by the provisional assembly but amendments added to the bill have made it considerably weaker. The RTI bill now imposes a fine of Rs50,000 or a two-year prison sentence for those who ‘use the information […]
LAHORE: The Racecourse Police have registered a case against a TV anchor Mubasher Lucman on the charges of attacking known scholar and Jang Group Editor Religious Affairs Dr Aamir Liaquat Hussain and uttering abuses against country’s courts and the Jang Group. A case No 591/13 under Section 506 of PPC was registered against the accused […]
ISLAMABAD: Lawyers across Pakistan observed November 3 as a black day against the imposition of emergency, promulgation of PCO and sacking of Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry by former president Pervez Musharraf in 2007. Media persons also carried out protests against the November 03, 2007 action of Pervez Musharraf outside the Karachi Press Club. The legal […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Information Secretary Dr. Shireen Mazari on Sunday issued her party’s official position on the ‘Geo-Jang group legal notice and other targeting of PTI and its chairman in a highly offensive and personal manner’. One, that the legal notice be withdrawn immediately as it is undemocratic and absurd since it seeks to muzzle […]
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