Most people are familiar with the quote made famous by Mark Twain about truth being stranger than fiction. You may not have heard the second half of the sentence. “It is because fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; truth isn’t.” Seymour Hersh has decided to sway from possibilities lately, however. That doesn’t necessarily mean […]
KARACHI: While many journalists today seem to have forgotten the time when they worked under the martial law of 1977, Ahfazur Rahman remembers. Journalist and writer Rahman has written a book about the journalists’ movement of 1977-1978. The book titled ‘Sab se Bari Jang‘ was launched on Saturday at the Arts Council of Pakistan. Many […]
KARACHI: Babar Ali did not know the path to success. What he knew was that he would be on it, for two reasons — he had a goal and he had focus. The 21-year-old filmmaker, who hails from Ali Goth in Korangi and is associated with the Zahrsss production house, had a story to tell […]
ISLAMABAD: The Photographic Art Society of Pakistan in collaboration with Lok Virsa launched Yearbook 2015 that highlights the efforts of talented photographers. The yearbook showcases the impressions of more than 100 photographers to underscore their creativity and skill. Through the book, the society has tried to promote not only the art of photography but also […]
ISLAMABAD: Speakers at a remembrance reference demanded that the government establish an academy which should be named after former group editor of Daily Express Syed Abbas Athar, commonly referred to as Shah ji. The reference, organised by National Press Club (NPC) on Friday brought together politicians and journalists together who insisted his columns held lessons […]
PEMRA has directed all satellite TV channels not to misuse respectable religious titles and qualifications as prefixes of terrorists. General Manager PEMRA issues these directives to all satellite TV channels in a letter dated May 12. The letter has warned all satellite TV channels that the titles and qualifications such as Maulana, Moulvi, Qari, Mufti, […]
ISLAMABAD: In a new painting exhibition at My Art World gallery, famous women of Pakistan such as Fatima Jinnah, Mukhtaran Mai and Malala Yousafzai are on display. The visuals are not obvious and have to be read through shapes because that’s how the artist, Ahmer Farooq, wants his visitors to see them. While the images […]
ISLAMABAD: There is need to adopt a more balanced, comprehensive and technically-sound approach in finalizing the legislation of the proposed Cyber Crime Bill. This was the crux of a session on “Perspectives on Cyber-Crime Bill 2015,” at the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) on Wednesday. Chaired by former senator and IPS chairman Professor Khurshid Ahmed, […]
KARACHI: Faysal Mujeeb, a White Star photographer who works for Dawn, was beaten up by Rangers personnel at the Memon Medical Hospital where the bus attack victims were brought on Wednesday morning. Mr Mujeeb said he along with some other media persons was performing his duty inside the hospital when the Rangers asked for his […]
ISLAMABAD: Journalists from all over the country will stage a coffin wearing protest sit-in and hunger strike in front of the Parliament House after the month of Ramazan to raise their grievances and apathy of the government to resolve them. The representatives of the journalist community during a seminar here on Wednesday to commemorate senior […]
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) express deep concern at a series of incident leading to the forced displacement of a Peshawar-based journalist Rasool Dawar. Dawar, a special correspondent for Geo TV hailing from North Waziristan, left Peshawar in the last week stating that he […]
The period under review has been bad for media in Pakistan. Between May 2014 and April 2015, the media in the country continued to face pressures from a variety of sources in line with the patterns from the preceding two years: from both State and non-State sources. However, media houses and media practitioners reported escalating […]
KARACHI: After a lapse of more than four years to the enactment of the Sindh Child Protection Authority Act meant to provide for the establishment of an authority to ensure rights of children in need of special protection measures, the body has finally been notified, yet it is dysfunctional as rules of business have not […]
KARACHI: The role of the media has transformed over the last decade — it does not just cover the negative aspects of society but presents a feel-good image of it too. Kamran Wajih, the marketing, planning and strategies director at the Express Media Group, said this at the ninth ‘Dialogue’ session, organised by I Am […]
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