PESHAWAR: The journalist community on Tuesday staged a protest against the kidnapping of two colleagues in Sukkar in the Sindh province and demanded the government to secure their safe release. A group of journalists from Sukkar have started a train march from Sukkar to Peshawar against the abduction of Hakim Ali Abru and Shahid Ali […]
For the first time ever in the Asian filmmaking history, Pakistan will be the only country holding the Smartphone Film Festival in September this year. Hollywood filmmaker and iPhone Film Festival Founder Ruben Kazantsev will himself arrive in Karachi to inaugurate the festival. It was revealed in a pre-launch ceremony held on Sunday at the […]
KARACHI: A book of Afzal Ahmed Syed’s poetry collection, Rococo and Other Worlds, translated from Urdu to English by Musharraf Ali Farooqi, was launched at the Alliance Francaise Karachi on Monday evening. A conversation between Syed and writer Dr Asif Farrukhi enabled book lovers to understand fundamental themes in the collection and the genesis of […]
Karachi: There is a great potential in the online market which is allowing young entrepreneurs to kick off their own businesses and earn enormous money through a unique and effective idea. “It’s all about an idea. If you can come up with an innovative thought and have the ability to execute it online, you can […]
KARACHI: People at a public hearing held at a hotel on Monday expressed doubts over the capacity, authority and influence of the Sindh Environmental Protection Agency (Sepa) to carry out post-EIA (environmental impact assessment) monitoring of development projects and to ensure that public and private organisations comply with environmental laws and fulfil the commitments they […]
KARACHI: The cable operators association has opposed the imposition of a fresh ‘service tax’ by the Sindh government and called upon the authorities to declare their business tax-free for 10 years. “We make this demand so that we can offer cheap and quality service to our customers,” Khalid Arain, chairman of the Cable Operators Association […]
HYDERABAD: How can the problems faced by three to four million scheduled caste Hindus, most of whom live in Sindh, be addressed? Will assimilation with the majority help improve their lives? A Human Rights Commission of Pakistan expert group meeting on communities vulnerable because of their beliefs reflected on these questions on Sunday. “Section 3 […]
The Department of Journalism and Mass Communication (JMC), University of Peshawar organized a three-month training course on Development journalism in collaboration with local and foreign donor’s organisations. The three month certification course is a joint venture of the University of Peshawar and FATA Development Programme, which is commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for Economic […]
KARACHI: With a 10.5 per cent increase in expenses and Rs567 million allocated for development in the upcoming fiscal year, the minorities affairs department hardly offers any new schemes or projects to uplift religious minorities. The current expenditure budget has been raised from the outgoing fiscal year’s Rs143.29 million to Rs158.28 million for 2015-2016. However, […]
KARACHI: At ‘Unsilence Pakistan: A Tribute to Sabeen Mahmud’, the murdered activist was remembered first under the fading light and then the starless night sky at Arts Council’s open-air auditorium. It was an event of tear-filled eyes, of choked throats, of reminiscent nods and of fond memories left behind. An event where Sabeen’s legacy was […]
KARACHI: Chairman of the Cable Operators Association of Pakistan Khalid Arain has demanded of the government to waive off new taxes imposed by the Sindh Revenue Board on cable operators and their clients. He requested to the Pemra chairman to help cable operators in getting tax-free status for the cable industry. Arain also threatened to […]
KARACHI: Human rights are two big words. Everyone screams about it. Sindh doesn’t really care. For the past several years, development funds allocated to the Human Rights department have been going to waste. In fact, since the department was established in the last Pakistan Peoples Party government, no innovative or new schemes have been introduced; […]
QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Dr Abdul Malik Baloch has said that writers, poets and intellectuals have always played a vital role in eliminating extremism from society. He said that as the nation was facing the challenge of extremism, the situation required the writers and poets to intensify their efforts to promote social harmony and human […]
ISLAMABAD: Two journalists of Jang Group, who were taken by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) along to Nepal for coverage of Pakistani relief activities in the quake-hit areas, were abandoned on the airport on their way back when the NDMA’s chartered plane refused to board any civilian. Obaid Abrar Khan of The News and […]
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