KARACHI: The ARY apologised to Prime Minister’s Advisor for Aviation Shujaat Azim for false allegations levelled by its anchorperson Mubashar Luqman against him. In one of the allegations the anchorperson had said an aeroplane of the PIA was sold to the Advisor’s daughter. Other such allegations related to murder of Rafiq Hariri, Prime Minister of […]
HYDERABAD: Intellectuals, writers and poets have declared noted scholar and translator, Muhammad Ibrahim Joyo a great critic and a man of letters of the 20th and 21st century and demanded his writings be made part of textbooks to enable the youth to benefit from them. They were speaking at a conference on ‘Muhammad Ibrahim Joyo, […]
ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Information Technology Anusha Rahman has said that telecommunication infrastructure of Pakistan provides supportive environment for sustainable growth. While presenting policy statement at the World Summit on Information Technology Forum 2015 in Geneva, Ms Rahman said the goals of the telecommunication sector policy to enable socio-economic growth were aligned with Post-2015 […]
Idara-e-Faroogh-e-Taleem has awarded gold medal to PTV producer documentaries and reporter, Farkhanda Shamim on account of her excellent news reports and documentaries on Pakistan Movement from 1930 to 1947. The 13th award giving ceremony of the Idara-e-Faroogh-e-Taleem was held at Government College for Women Gulberg for those who had played significant role for the promotion […]
ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to Prime Minister on National Affairs Ifran Siddiqi said on Wednesday that exchange of media delegations between Pakistan and Belarus can help bring masses of the two countries closer and create awareness about each other’s cultures. He was talking to Republic of Belarus Information Minister Ananich Lilia who called on him at […]
Karachi: The National Forum for Environment & Health (NFEH) in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme has announced that it will hold different functions from June 1 to 7 in connection with World Environment Day. NFEH President Muhammad Naeem Qureshi said in a statement that his forum had constituted a network of over 20 […]
KARACHI: Two books titled Reimagining Karachi — Perspectives and Reimagining Karachi — Memories on the different historic facets of the city was launched at a hotel on Monday evening at an event organised by SEED Ventures and the I Am Karachi campaign. Introducing the books, SEED Ventures’ Sadaf Mahmood said they were in English because […]
Karachi: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists on Monday held a protest demonstration outside the press club against police action on journalists in front of Sindh High Court on May 23. Members of the Sindh Writers and Thinkers Forum and the civil society also joined in the protest. Addressing the protesters, the speakers strongly condemned […]
KARACHI: The whole media industry cannot be judged by a single case, TV anchor Talat Hussain said on Monday, while referring to the Axact and its media company Bol. Speaking to The Express News show Kal Tak host Javed Chaudhry, he said that the media industry has seen many a turbulent time, but never like […]
KARACHI: As part of a series of live conversations with some of the biggest and brightest figures in Pakistan, DawnTalks hosted its third conversation with Pakistan’s only Oscar winner, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, on Monday. The session was held at the newly-constructed auditorium at the IBA and hosted by journalist Madeeha Syed. It was a closed-door event […]
KARACHI: A highly critical French work on the history of Urdu has been published for the first time in the Urdu language by the Pakistan Study Centre of Karachi University (KU), it emerged on Monday. Titled Tareekh Adabiat-i-Urdu, the book was researched by Orientalist scholar Garcin De Tassy and initially published in the French language […]
The ‘fake degrees mill’ run by Pakistan’s self-styled software company Axact has created ripples not just in Pakistan but around the world. International publications are increasingly giving coverage to this multimillion-dollar scam. Renowned foreign affairs expert Michael Kugelman has weighed in on the controversy to discuss if it would “taint [Pakistan’s IT] industry that is […]
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah on Sunday appointed DIG Traffic Dr Ameer Shaikh to investigate the incident in which journalists had been manhandled by police outside the Sindh High Court building on Saturday and submit a report to him in a week. The decision was taken during a meeting the chief minister […]
SAHIWAL: A news and feature website, with a focus on cultural and social activities of Sahiwal and about 10 surrounding districts, was launched at the Jinnah Hall here on Sunday. The site, sahiwal.sujag.org, is a project of the Lok Sujag which wants to initiate dialogue and communication among over 3,000 social media users of the […]
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