Karachi: Veteran poet and critic Ahmad Javaid once said, “If eyes learn to see reality, they can consequently illuminate the mind and the heart.” (Aankh dekhna seekh jae to zehn bhi roshan ho jae ga aur dil bhi) An exhibition of two artists’ works, which opened at the Koel Gallery on Tuesday, reinforced the idea […]
PESHAWAR: Federal Investigation Agency’s cyber crime wing Peshawar has arrested a Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf social-media activist for allegedly posting a message against the judiciary on social-media website Twitter, sources in the federal agency confirmed Wednesday. Qazi Jalal of the PTI has been charged under Sections 36 and 37 of the Pakistan Electronic Transactions Ordinance 2002 and […]
Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that role of media has become more important in the present circumstances. He said that media has played a positive role for the strengthening of democracy and promotion of democratic values in the country. He said that overseas Pakistanis are ambassadors of the country and Punjab government has […]
PESHAWAR: Journalists from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Federally Administered Tribal Areas received a training session on how to remain safe while reporting for their respective national and international news organisations in the region. The two-day training—one day each for journalists of K-P and Fata—that culminated on Sunday, was held in the city by Pakistani media development organisation […]
LAHORE: Lahore High Court (LHC) sought a report on Monday on the meeting of the commission formed to address climate change till November 19. Justice Mansoor Ali Shah issued the order while hearing a petition filed by Asghar Leghari. When hearing resumed on Monday, a representative of the Law Ministry informed the court that they […]
KARACHI: The Clifton Cantonment Board (CCB), responsible for providing municipal services to beach visitors, needs to adopt effective methods to clear the Clifton beach of polluting solid waste material that is posing as a serious threat to marine life, according to a recent Karachi University (KU) study. From the several types, those composed of buoyant […]
The government on Thursday appointed senior journalist Absar Alam as chairman of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA). The appointment was made on advice of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and an official notification in this regard will be issued in a day or two. Alam, a senior career journalist, has worked with a number […]
ISLAMABAD: The concentration of toxic particulates in the federal capital’s ambient air exceed the standard set by the National Environmental Quality Standards (NEQS), says a report. The report, prepared by an independent commission, has recommended the Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency (Pak-EPA) to revise quality standards and set emission limit, run an assessment campaign to monitor […]
KARACHI: An anti-terrorism court remanded on Thursday three printing press workers into police custody on physical remand for allegedly publishing anti-state literature to de distributed in Balochistan. The suspects, Adeel Ahmed, Raheel Ahmed and Majaz Ahmed, were arrested from a printing press in the Ranchore Lines area along with magazines containing hate-speech articles, the case […]
QUETTA: Around 880 students of Balochistan, divided in 44 batches, will be enrolled in the Oracle Graduation Programme. This was revealed by the provincial secretary for information technology, Dr Omar Babar, at a meeting chaired by Balochistan Chief Minister Dr Abdul Malik Baloch on Wednesday. Addressing the meeting, also attended by a delegation of the […]
KARACHI: The Supreme Court gave on Thursday one-month time to the federal and provincial governments to begin setting up plants in coastal areas around the city to treat sewage water draining into the sea. The direction came after a three-member bench, headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Anwar Zaheer Jamali, took up the environmental pollution […]
GUJRANWALA: Armed men gunned down two cable operators upon refusal to pay extortion money here in the wee hours of Wednesday. SHO Aamir Shaheen said that armed men of extortionist gang stormed office of cable operators located in Noorakot locality of Gakhar Mandi, district Gujranwala after they refused to pay extortion money. The culprits ransacked […]
Karachi: A former employee of a private TV channel was found dead at her house in PIB Colony on Tuesday, apparently killed by robbers. Police said Sadaf Akhter, 33, was living with her father at his house near Qadri Masjid in Pir Elahi Bux Colony after her husband Imran Qureshi’s death. Her father, Chaudhry Madhi […]
BADIN: Mir Muhammad’s family had reason to celebrate: after the harvest of their rice crop, they were planning to throw a wedding. But then flash floods hit their three-hectare farm, washing away the family’s sole source of income and their dreams of the big day. This was the scene played out on the makeshift stage […]
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