ISLAMABAD: Whenever there is a debate on the issues of minorities, people refer to Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah’s August 11, 1947 speech in which he had said the citizens of the country would enjoy equal rights irrespective of their religious affiliations. But the issues of minorities would only be resolved if the Quaid’s saying is […]
Divisional Director Information Hyderabad Khurshid Ali Shaikh has said that journalists’ pen is the last ray of hope of the nation which transfers generation to generation while journalistic norms and ethics stress upon writing truth. This he said while speaking at the 2nd day session of a five-day electronic media course on ‘Human Believes and […]
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa health department has approved standard operating procedure (SOPs) for media coverage at the four teaching hospitals to improve healthcare delivery for critically-injured and ill people. The SOPs, approved in a combined meeting of the health minister and members and chairmen of Board of Governors of the hospitals last week, will be […]
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif Tuesday said elimination of child labour from kilns was his mission and this menace would be removed at any cost. Addressing a meeting of a steering committee constituted to curb child labour from kilns, the CM said all-out resources would be provided to resolve problems of children working at brick […]
KARACHI: With beautiful new furniture, increased book capacity and modern computers, Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture’s (IVS) Marium Abdulla Library was inaugurated on Tuesday. The library, established at a cost of Rs5 million, has been revamped and changed into a state-of-the-art library by the Abdulla family, from which Arshad, Rashid and Shahid Abdulla […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has recommended imposition of Rs1 million fine on Samaa TV for airing an indecent programme. On July 22, 2015, Samaa TV in its programme, “Wardaat”, had aired reenactment of a crime story in which a vulgar text message, from a boy to girl, was shown in its original […]
Islamabad – The Islamabad High Court yesterday directed Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) to decide an application seeking cancellation of a private TV channel’s licence within ten days. A single bench of IHC comprising Justice Aamer Farooq conducted the petition of Shohada Foundation of Pakistan Trust (SFPT) moved against a private news channel ARY […]
ISLAMABAD: In the first study of the mass of plastic waste polluting world oceans, a report published on Tuesday expresses apprehensions that at the current rate of the waste flowing into the oceans it will outweigh fish and other maritime creatures by 2050. The report says that 95pc of the value of packaging material, worth […]
The use of fatal drugs to treat livestock has pulled down the population of endangered white-backed and long-billed vultures by over 90 percent in Pakistan, the WWF-Pakistan said on Tuesday. The non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAIDs), which the farmers use to treat their livestock includes diclofenac sodium, aceclofenac and keoprofen that the WWF-Pakistan has termed ‘fatal’ […]
At least 11 people, including an official of local traditional (Khasadar) force and a journalist, were killed and over 30 others injured as a bomber rammed his explosive-laden bike into the vehicle of the patrolling tribal force in Wazir Dhand area of Jamrud, Khyber Agency on Tuesday. Out of the total 11 victims, two have […]
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