SUKKUR: Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) president Afzal Butt has said that no attempt can divide journalists who are united on one platform. Addressing a journalists’ convention’ at the Sukkur Press Club on Sunday, he said journalists had rendered sacrifices during the dictatorial rule and struggled for freedom of expression. He assured the journalists […]
KARACHI: The organisers of the Sindh International Film Festival hope to bring a boost to the economy and the film industry and give Pakistan a new name. “This film festival is going to put us [Sindh] on the map,” said project manager Fakhr-e-Alam, who is also the Sindh Censor Board chairperson. “Our film industry has […]
SUKKUR: The journalist fraternity is unhappy with the inquiry committee formed to probe the murder of senior journalist, Shan Dahar, and want competent officials instead. A large group of journalists held a gathering in Jinnah Bagh, outside Larkana Press Club, on Sunday. They demanded, once again, the arrest of the men behind the killing and […]
PESHAWAR: In yet another major set back to the polio programme, the Fata Secretariat lands in trouble for publicising fatwa (religious decree) of Darul Uloom Haqqania, Akora Khattak, in the local media through paid advertisements without the permission and knowledge of its administrator Maulana Samiul Haq. Maulana Yusuf Shah, a spokesman of Maulana Samiul Haq, […]
“Sixteen Hindi films were screened in Pakistan last year after a nearly four-decade ban… But strained ties …following the Mumbai terror attack coupled with dipping fortunes of the Pakistani film industry may signal the end of this short-lived ‘golden phase’.” This January 3, 2009, news story said the Pakistani censors were planning to again ban […]
Karachi: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Kandhkot issued a notice on Saturday to the defence counsel in the murder trial of Geo News reporter Wali Khan Babar, telling him to appear on January 8 or a decision would be announced against the defendants, Geo News reported. Defence counsel Suleman Mujahid Baloch, who is a member […]
KARACHI: DG National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) Sindh Brig (retyd) Zahid Hussain has ordered to extend timings of NADRA executives centres till 9 pm to facilitate the masses for the registration of computerised national identity cards. As per the DG instructions six executive centers including Awami Markaz, Shahra-e-Quaideen, Clifton Khayan-e-Ittehad, Jouhar Chowrangi and Five […]
ISLAMABAD: The objectivity of the electronic media is becoming highly questionable. Sensationalism, yellow journalism and fabrication are some terms that are continuously being used and heard today. Issues of national interest need care and restraint but the electronic media is failing to deliver objective reporting. There is a multitude of laws and ethics that the […]
ISLAMABAD: The country is catching up fast with the cyber world, a clue being the way cyber crime is becoming an issue. Reported misuse of the technology ranges from websites being hacked to forgery and financial fraud. But of the more than 30 registered offences that were committed through the internet, it is cyberstalking that […]
The year 2013 was an important and worrying one when it comes to climate change, because the UN’s global body of scientists who collaborate on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) told us clearly in a report that was released at the end of September that global warming today is the result of human […]
KARACHI: The Sindh government has constituted a three-member committee to look into the complaint of a delayed and imperfect medical treatment leading to the death of a senior journalist, Zakir Ali aka Shan Dahar, when he was brought to the Chandka Medical College Hospital (CMCH), Larkana, in a critical condition with gunshot wounds on New […]
KARACHI: Made for Stage Production with support from Theatrical Rights Worldwide announced to present Nida Butt’s production of Warren Casey’s and Jim Jacobs’ ‘Grease’- the musical. This was announced by Nida Butt, while addressing a press conference held at MAD School on Friday. Grease is remembered for its music, when rock and roll was the […]
KARACHI: “There were five of them,” she said while holding her young child with one arm and hiding her face with the other. That’s how the young mother of three, and a victim of gang-rape, started narrating her ordeal at a press conference called at the Karachi Press Club by the Human Rights Commission of […]
KARACHI: The IBA-SBP Consumer Confidence Survey website was officially launched on Thursday. State Bank of Pakistan Governor Yaseen Anwar and Institute of Business Administration (IBA) Dean and Director Dr Ishrat Husain, also a former SBP governor, conducted the launch. They hoped that the survey would help improve economic policies. “The data on expectations regarding inflation, […]
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