LONDON: UK government ministers, parliamentarians, Ulema, journalists and community leaders have paid glowing tributes to the legendary journalist of the Sub-continent and the founder of Jang Group, Mir Khalil-ur-Rahman, on his 22nd death anniversary which was observed this week in the House of Commons Committee Room. The speakers said digging out issues which were considered […]
General (retired) Musharraf’s lawyers forwarded an extraordinarily audacious argument recently before the Supreme Court (SC) while seeking a review of the July 31, 2009 judgment. They argued that the 1973 constitution does not exist. Unfortunately, and because the good general suffers on account of bad legal representation, this argument relied on the fact that the […]
It has been a year and a half since the previous government decided to block YouTube, and the new government upon their arrival, issued a statement that the matter would be looked into, which is basically just another way of displaying their indifference and lack of knowledge on the issue. Internet censorship by the PTA […]
After a long struggle by the civil society and digital rights activists, the Pakistani government is pushing forward a cybercrime act. The government is in the process of not only passing the Electronic Documents and Prevention of Cybercrimes Act, 2014 but would also be setting up a cyber authority, according to recent updates from parliament. […]
WHAT a shame that the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has stopped the ceremony to launch Malala Yousufzai’s book, I am Malala, at the Peshawar University. Pity the nation that keeps on harping on the supremacy of the constitution but cannot provide security to even a premier university of the country. What signals do we send to […]
LAHORE: In the era of heightened commercialisation in every field of life, including art, the Punjab Art Gallery at the Punjab Institute of Language, Art and Culture (Pilac) offers artists of the city to hold their exhibitions free of cost. Lahore, the hub of cultural activities, has many commercial art galleries but they charge the […]
SUKKUR: Sindh Information and Archive Department has decided to establish ‘Newseum’ like museum to preserve the record of newspapers and also preserve the record of PRCs, domiciles and other ancient record relating to the province. Secretary Information and Archive Sindh, Dr Zulfiqar Shalwani said this at Meet the Press programme at Sukkur Press Club on […]
LONDON: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has called for an end to what it called the “media trial” of its London based leader Altaf Hussain, urging the UK authorities to adopt a neutral and “unbiased” approach in dealing with at least four investigations the party faces in Britain. During a demonstration outside the BBC headquarters […]
The MQM has taken hysterical umbrage at a BBC Newsnight report by veteran journalist Owen Bennett-Jones regarding its chief Altaf Hussain’s current problems with the law. Owen Bennett-Jones is no stranger to Pakistan or its political landscape. He has served many years in the country as the BBC’s correspondent. His track record of reportage has […]
KARACHI: Terming BBC’s documentary film ill-founded, Muttahida Qaumi Movement deputy convener Dr Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui said on Sunday a media trial was being carried out to tarnish the image of party chief Altaf Hussain and MQM at the international level. In his address to a huge gathering at New MA Jinnah Road near Quaid’s mausoleum […]
PESHAWAR: Two explosions inside a cinema here on Sunday night left four people killed and 31 injured. According to police officials, two hand grenades were lobbed inside the hall of Picture House, one of the oldest cinemas in Peshawar situated on the Cinema Road near Qissa Khwani Bazaar, during the screening of a Pashto film. […]
LAHORE: The governing body of the Lahore Press Club has warned of retaliatory actions if the Punjab government does not pay heed to the residential problems facing the club members. This decision was taken at a meeting of the senior council members held at National Hockey Stadium with LPC President, Arshad Ansari in the chair. […]
ISLAMABAD: Publishers of newspapers and periodicals of the twin-cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad have congratulated Prof Irfan Siddiqui, a prominent columnist, on his appointment as Special Assistant to the prime minister as well as his assuming chief coordinator of the four-member committee for entering into dialogue with the Taliban. In a meeting of the federal […]
By: NADEEM F. PARACHA On Jan 28 this year, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government that is being headed by Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf (PTI) and its ally, the Jamaat-i-Islami (JI), disallowed a launch of Malala Yusufzai’s book at the Peshawar University. The ceremony to launch the book was being organised by the the Bacha Khan […]
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