Naiza Khan is one of those very few Pakistani artists who constantly reinvent themselves with the distinction that they don’t like to reinvent the wheel, as it were, but themselves. What’s noteworthy about Naiza Khan is, and it is more than evident, that she has over the years grown both in terms of experimenting with […]
LAHORE: Like other estimates of the cash-strapped government, the claim of $2 billion revenue collection from 3G auction also won’t be materialised as almost all telecom operators have shown reluctance to enter the bidding due to high base price, telecom industry sources have said. The finance minister’s assertion of generating $2 billion from the auction […]
LAHORE: Grey traffickers are making the most of the disagreement between the Pakistani and Saudi operators over the issue of rates. More than 95 per cent of the incoming calls originating from Saudi Arabia are being routed either through grey traffickers or any third country. “Owing to disagreement on settlement rates between Saudi and Pakistani […]
KARACHI: Sarmad Ali, President, Masood Hamid, Secretary General, All Pakistan Newspapwers Society (APNS), on behalf of the office bearers and members of the society have expressed their profound grief over the sad demise of senior colleague Arshad Majid Anami, publisher/chief editor of Daily Commercial News, Faisalabad.The APNS office bearers expressed their condolence and prayed that […]
Karachi: The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Pakistan has demanded a thorough environmental impact assessment (EIA) before approving new nuclear plants in the metropolis. During a meeting of the executive committee of the IUCN Pakistan national committee at the IUCN country office in Karachi on Wednesday, Malik Amin Aslam was elected chairman of […]
When was the last time we saw breaking news on our television channels? Well, we do not have any idea about that because these days every news story has become ‘breaking news’. The concept of breaking news came with the privatization of various channels in Pakistan. I remember that when it was only one channel; […]
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday remarked that the court will not tolerate any violation of citizens’ rights.A three-member bench of the apex court, headed by Justice Jawwad S Khawaja, resumed hearing of the case pertaining to 35 persons who had gone missing from Malakand. The court rejected the federal government’s report about the missing […]
ISLAMABAD: Professor Dr Laiq Ahmed Khan, a prominent educationist who helped kick start educational TV programming in Pakistan, is no longer among us. After struggling with a brief illness, Khan passed away on Monday at the age of 80. He was laid to rest in the H-11 graveyard. He left behind a widow and seven […]
ISLAMABAD: Secretary information and broadcasting Nazir Saeed on Wednesday assured the Islamabad High Court (IHC) that Pakistan Television (PTV) would get a permanent managing director (MD) by next week. He also apprised the court about the ongoing process for the appointment of MD PTV during hearing of the petition, seeking permanent managing director at the […]
LAHORE: THE image of Pakistan could not be improved with economic betterment of the country while Pakistani media should also portray positive picture of the country. These views were expressed by the speakers in Jang Economic Session on ‘how to improve image and economic development of Pakistan’. The panellists were Dr Hafeez-ur-Rehman, Hussain Ahmed Sherazi, […]
By: Hafeez Tunio KARACHI: Three days before the ‘cultural coup’ in Sindh is scheduled to kick off, civil society members write to Unesco to save the inauguration site – Moen Jo Daro – from further destruction. The brainchild of Pakistan Peoples Party patron-in-chief Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Sindh Festival, will start from February 1. The historical […]
ROME: We had the good fortune of meeting Pakistani writer Mazhar ul Islam at the home of some friends in Rome, last July. He was visiting the city to introduce his short story collection The Season of Love, Bitter Almonds and Delayed Rains, which had just been translated into Italian by Dr Sabrina Lei. We […]
KARACHI: To keep citizens updated on traffic jams and direct them towards alternative routes with the melody of old and new songs being played at intervals, the Sindh traffic police has started FM 88.6 radio station. If you are unsure about which route to take to make it to your destination on time, just tune […]
ISLAMABAD: The consultant hired for finalising the auction of 3G/4G licences will finalise its Information Memorandum (IM) within the first 10 days of the next month. The consultant has also been assigned to recommend the allocation of additional frequency for launch of 4G through upcoming auction which will increase revenues for the government. “The consultant […]
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