ISLAMABAD: The government hasn’t constituted any committee for negotiations with a group of opposition about the terms of reference (TORs) for proposed probe commission regarding Panama Papers. It’s mere kite-flying as no decision has been made in this regard so far. Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly Syed Khursheed Shah has claimed that he […]
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority has instructed all TV channels to strictly observe the sanctity of Ramazan while airing talk shows and other programmes. The authority has issued a set of guidelines for the electronic media and emphasised promotion of religious amity and mutual respect during the month. It said that during the […]
ISLAMABAD: Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb of Islamabad High Court (IHC) Thursday turned down ARY’s request to issue a stay order regarding imposition of Rs100,000 fine on the channel by Pemra for inviting the army to take the charge, through a programme ‘Sawal Yeh Ha’. The IHC bench observed that it could not issue a stay […]
KARACHI: Amanat Ali sits on a greenbelt at Sharae Faisal, amid chopped trees, which he planted with his hands around 20 years ago. Wearing a gloomy look, he remains oblivious to the fast flowing traffic around him; instead he stares at the half-chopped trees. “I planted them,” he says, staring at the trimmed branches. “I […]
World Press Freedom Day, marked by Unesco since 1993, was observed around the world this week. According a report by Freedom House, press freedom in 2015 came down to a 12-year low. Around 85 percent of the world’s countries remain with limited or no press freedoms while only 13 percent of countries enjoy what can […]
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office will engage the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) for protecting itself from hackers following cyber attacks over the past 18 months. The foreign ministry has sought an allocation of Rs80 million in the next fiscal year’s budget for bolstering cyber-security and securing its communications with the country’s missions overseas, an official told the […]
ISLAMABAD: A severe heatwave is likely to hit central parts of the country from May 15 onwards, Pakistan Meteorological Department warned on Thursday. Talking to The Express Tribune, Director-General of PMD Dr Ghulam Rasul said: “We expect a high pressure system will develop in central parts of the country in the second half of this […]
If you don’t like us then arrest us. Shoot us. But if you think you can change us then forget about it, said Maulana Abdul Aziz staring into the camera in an interview with Mohammad Ali Naqvi and his team for the documentary Among the Believers, which was screened privately in the city on Thursday […]
KARACHI: A two-day capacity building workshop on Sindh’s climate change policy concluded on Thursday at a local hotel where experts discussed ways to link the national climate change policy with the annual development plan and sustainable development goals. The event was held jointly by Sindh Environment Protection Agency (Sepa), planning and development department of the […]
SAN FRANCISCO: Pakistan, Indonesia, the Palestinian territories, Bangladesh, and Nepal attract the highest rates of attempted malware attacks, according to Microsoft Corp. Countries that attracted the fewest include Japan, Finland, Norway and Sweden, reveals the Microsoft Security Intelligence (MSI) report Volume 20 for the second half of 2015. The report assesses software vulnerabilities and exploits, […]
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