ISLAMABAD: Speakers on Wednesday stressed for developing in-house training facilities for media persons and a mechanism for safety of journalists to enable them to provide accurate information to general public. It was the prime responsibility of media houses as well as the government to develop a mechanism for training media persons, their safety and pay […]
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court yesterday sought a comprehensive report from the federation and all the four provincial governments pertaining to the steps taken by them to overcome the environmental pollution emanating from various sources in the country. Appearing before a three-member bench, headed by Chief Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali, in a suo-motu action regarding environmental […]
Islamabad: Disconnect between media owners, editors, bureau chiefs and the working journalists was not only affecting the quality of reporting but also the state of journalism in Pakistan. This was stated by Muhammad Ziauddin, a senior journalist on the first day of the 4th National Media Conference. He said that commercialization of the media was […]
LAHORE: Wildlife Department Director General Khalid Ayaz Khan said on Tuesday that climate change was impacting the natural habitat of the wildlife in the country. He said there was a need for revising the boundaries of game reserves accordingly. He was speaking at the first hunters’ seminar arranged by the Wildlife Department to facilitate licensed […]
KARACHI: Civil society cannot work alone; it needs the support of the government, said Rabia of Oxfam International. “We are not claiming that we have brought any change, but we want to work towards making a better society.” She asked the government officials to extend their cooperation to work together for the rights of citizens. […]
KARACHI: While the frequency and intensity of heatwaves have increased significantly in the recent past in this particular region, the government seems practically unaware and ill-prepared to deal with the threat. Urban centres in particular have borne the brunt with hundreds of fatalities resulting from unprecedented heatwaves this year alone. According to Bilal Khalid, a […]
Karachi: The poet who penned down the enchanting Jeevay Jeevay Pakistan, Jamiluddin Aali, was laid to rest on Tuesday in the army graveyard where many of the country’s martyrs, including Pilot Officer Rashid Minhas, are buried. In recognition of Aali’s patriotism and sheer love for the country, his heirs were offered to lay the great […]
A Pakistani television journalist has been shot and killed by motorcycle gunmen in a tribal region in the country’s northwest that has been hit by a wave of attacks on members of the media. Unidentified gunmen killed Hafeez Ur Rehman of Neo TV Nov. 22 near his home in the town of Kohat in the […]
ISLAMABAD: Less than a month after Pakistan lost a seat in the top United Nations human rights body, the PML-N government has restored the ministry of human rights which it had merged with the ministry of law and justice after coming to power in 2013. The major tasks for the ‘reactivated’ ministry of human rights […]
THE murder in Kohat of Hafeezur Rehman, chief editor of a local weekly newspaper and the president of the cable TV network owners association, appears to be yet another chapter in the saga of violence against this country’s journalists. While it may be too soon to authoritatively say that he was targeted as a result […]
KHAIRPUR: A three-day international conference titled ‘Sindh: history and culture’ organised by the Shah Abdul Latif University in Khairpur opened on Monday on the premises of the university. In collaboration with The National Institute of Historical & Cultural Research, Centre of Excellence, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, and the Higher Education Commission (HEC), the conference saw different […]
ISLAMABAD: The participants of a consultative conference on safety of journalists has resolved to support UNESCO’s Research Agenda for academia on safety of journalists and agreed on the need for collaboration among academia, media development and UN missions in Pakistan on media safety issues. The unanimous resolution was passed in the one-day consultative conference on […]
The media has played a significant role in the formation of a new attitude in Pakistan. The country has opened up and it has attained a progressive aura. The traditional gap between the rulers and the people has shrunk to such an extent that governments are forced to change their way of working to sustain […]
LAHORE: Hard facts and personal experiences detailing patriarchy, oppression, and subjugation that perpetuate violence against women and communities with different identities were presented at the international conference of Women’s Empowerment and Leadership Development for Democratisation (WELDD) programme here on Monday. It was organised by Shirkat Gah – Women’s Resource Centre where the rights activists shared […]
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