• March 12, 2014
• Freedom of Expression, Front Page

KARACHI: Coordinated efforts are necessary to deal with threats to Pakistani media and Committee for Protection of Journalists (CPJ) is consulting with all stakeholders including the government to ensure better steps for protection of journalists and freedom of expression, said Elisabeth Winchell, CPJ Impunity Campaign Consultant here Wednesday. She was speaking at a ‘roundtable discussion […]

• March 12, 2014
• Arts and Entertainment

KARACHI: Saeed Rizvi, director of the 1989 Lollywood film Shanee, is all set to up his game in the film industry by gaining insight into the evolving art of film-making from Hollywood. He shared the news with the press at Karachi Press Club on Monday afternoon. “The Government of Pakistan needs to promote the film […]

• March 12, 2014
• General News

DERA MURAD JAMALI: Police arrested on Tuesday two men allegedly involved in the killing of local Journalist Khawaja Muhammad Afzal and his driver. Usta Muhammad-based journalist Khawaja Afzal working for a daily published from Quetta, was killed along with his driver on Feb 1 by unidentified armed men while returning to Usta Muhammad from Jacobabad […]

• March 12, 2014
• Arts and Entertainment

‘A half-cooked play would have been a grave injustice to the legacy of Anwar Maqsood’ says Dawar Mehmood as he informs the scribe of the decision to postpone Pawnay 14 August that was supposed to begin today at the Arts Council. The last-minute development came after discussions among the Kopykats team and it was decided […]

• March 12, 2014
• General News

In a landmark move, successful raids were conducted on two booksellers, Mr Books situated on Gulistan Road and Najeebullah Book Depot located on Archar Road, for allegedly selling pirated copies of Oxford University Press (OUP) textbooks. With the assistance of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), around 4,000 pirated copies of Oxford textbooks were seized during […]

• March 12, 2014
• Media Ethics

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has registered a case against eight Pemra officials, including former chairman Mushtaq Malik, on charges of violating rules and regulations in the recruitment of 316 employees in March 2009. Four officials were arrested in surprise raids on Tuesday evening, sources said while speaking with the Express Investigation Cell. Capt […]

• March 12, 2014
• Information Technology, New Media

LAHORE: Digital media has changed the world in the last few years, as digital marketing has become a dynamic process and it will continue to evolve and create lasting impact on the lives, speakers said on Tuesday. Speaking at the sixth session on Digital Media Marketing, which was held as part of the 2nd day […]

• March 12, 2014
• Freedom of Expression

Karachi: Council of Pakistan Newspapers Editors (CPNE) had Tuesday organised a meeting with a delegation of Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), a United States-based organisation voicing over atrocities done to the working journalists around the world. The CPJ delegation had comprised CPJ Coordinator Proghramme for Asia Bob Dietz and CPJ Senior Consultant Elisabeth Winchell. The […]

• March 12, 2014
• Arts and Entertainment

KARACHI: Some art pieces can be disturbing. If you look at them, you can actually visualize the amount of suffering another human being has gone through, as portrayed through their depiction. It is certainly a reflection of the soul, a sensitive soul, which captures a kind of pain one can never really ascertain. Huma Bhabha’s […]