It is a good sign that films are being made in Karachi. This is revival of cinema because now people are working and making movies. I will make a film in Karachi, and if I feel that I should make one in Lahore or Swat, I will go there, because all cities are ours. This […]
Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) in a letter to Nguyễn Xuân Phúc, Prime Minister of Vietnam, expressed concern over the arrest of two journalists, Chu Manh Son and Truong Minh Tam. PPF Secretary General Owais Aslam Ali in his letter urged the government of Vietnam to immediately release journalist Truong Minh Tam, and to appreciate and […]
Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) in a letter to Muhammadu Buhari, President of Nigeria, expressed concern over the arrest journalist Jacob Onjewu Dickson. PPF Secretary General Owais Aslam Ali in his letter urged the government of Nigeria to drop all criminal charges against Dickson and release him immediately. According to Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Dickson, […]
KARACHI: When the meteorological department predicted a heatwave in April this year, the media reacted as if an epidemic had hit the city. We should not scare people, said Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) emergency director Dr Seemin Jamali. She was speaking at a talk, ‘Is Karachi Prepared for Climate Change?’, held at the Institute […]
ISLAMABAD: The Panama Papers whistleblower, though still anonymous, in his message has raised some key questions that perfectly befit the Pakistani system, where the mighty are powerful than the law, where lawyers plead the law to defeat the law for the powerful, politicians cannot move without backing of the rich, where media is ever ready […]
KARACHI: Around 119 journalists have been killed in the last 15 years in Pakistan, shared Reporters Without Borders representative Iqbal Khattak, at a conference on the safety of journalists and combating impunity in commemoration of World Press Freedom Day on Saturday. Reporters Without Borders is a non-governmental organisation that promotes and defends freedom of press. […]
If the measure of a life is survival, then Maulana Abdul Aziz seems to be a very lucky man. His loved ones have fallen – his father shot before his eyes, his son lost in the siege of the Laal Masjid in 2007 while Aziz was in jail – but he himself has survived possible […]
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