KARACHI: Book lovers at a gathering organised by the Readers Club enjoyed discussion on In Search of Sense — My Years as a Journalist, the autobiography of Dawn’s longest-serving former editor Ahmad Ali Khan at the Defence Central Library here on Thursday. Khan Sahib, as he was known among his colleagues at Dawn, had been […]
ISLAMABAD: Rejecting written apologies of Salman Iqbal, the chief executive of a private television network, and anchorperson Mubashir Lucman, the Supreme Court ordered the attorney general on Thursday to make arrangements for screening “scandalous and defamatory programmes” aired by the channel against the judiciary. A three-judge bench, headed by Justice Ejaz Afzal, had taken up […]
LAHORE – Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah of the Lahore High Court on Wednesday constituted a ‘Climate Change Commission’ for the implementation of National Climate Change policy to fight the climate change – the biggest emerging threat to the country’s environment. The commission would be headed by Advocate Dr Pervaiz Hasan and would start its […]
KARACHI: The killing of a key witness to the murder of Sabeen Mahmud late last week has again highlighted the failure of the provincial government to implement the law on witness protection that has been demanded by groups and individuals working for human rights and legal issues. The Sindh government’s ambitious plan to make ‘hefty […]
ISLAMABAD: A Senate standing committee on Tuesday directed the Ministry of Information Technology to unblock YouTube at the earliest. “Both the Internet users and service providers are at the losing ends. The users have been deprived of an important educational platform and Google is losing money,” said chairman Senate Standing Committee on Information Technology Shahi […]
Karachi: When an artist depicts social and political ills of the society through the canvas, the ideological and philosophical conflicts of the artist’s mind take on a visual appearance. The unseen ideas and theories then appear as physical symbols and objects. Syed Sadequain Ahmed Naqvi, popularly known as Sadequain Naqqash, was one such artist who […]
BRUSSELS: The president of International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) Jim Boumelha said Tuesday that sacrifices rendered by journalists for the freedom of press and media in Pakistan will not be in vain. He was speaking to a delegation of Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) at the IFJ head office in Brussels. Deputy secretary-general IFJ […]
KARACHI: Activist Rubina Brohi, who spent her childhood playing out on the streets, doesn’t let her six-year-old daughter go outside to the nearby shop, even with the girl’s father. “I don’t give her permission to go. I feel insecure…” Taking the discussion further, chairperson of the Sindh Human Rights Commission (SHRC), Justice (retd) Majida Rizvi, […]
UNITED NATIONS: The head of the United Nations agency tasked with defending press freedom on Monday denounced the recent killing of two media workers in Pakistan and called for an investigation into both cases. “Violence and fear must not be allowed to prevent journalists and media workers from doing their work,” Irina Bokova, Director-General of […]
ISLAMABAD – Amid scores of public complaints against the telecast of an objectionable and indecent advertisement of contraceptive (Josh Condoms) on Pakistani TV channels, Pemra has asked the TV channels to immediately review advertisement of Josh Contraceptive. It may be mentioned that the same advertisement of the contraceptive was also banned by Pemra in July, […]
KARACHI: When top officials of the Sindh wildlife, environment and livestock departments are not serious about undertaking projects to save species going extinct, there is little hope for organisations working in the field. The secretary of the ministry of climate change, Arif Ahmed Khan, admitted that there is a lack of committment on the government’s […]
KARACHI: There’s mythology surrounding Manto and a lot of clichés associated with the writer. Yes, he was rejected, yes we didn’t own him, so it’s time we rectified some of those things. This was said by Sarmad Khoosat, the director and lead actor of the recently released film Manto on and about the life and […]
Police have arrested four suspects including the alleged mastermind behind killing of journalist Aftab Alam who was murdered on 9 September outside his residence in Karachi, the largest city of Pakistan. Three of the suspects were arrested on September 14 while the alleged mastermind was arrested on September 11. According to Deputy Inspector General (DIG) […]
KARACHI: It is not the first time that a photographer has exhibited the ethereal beauty and rich culture of Pakistan. Photographer Muhammad Rehan Khan’s collection ‘My Pakistan’ depicting the four provinces of Pakistan, showcased at the Sadequain Art Gallery, Frere Hall, has reportedly achieved a record of visitors far and wide. Held in the memory […]
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