• May 16, 2016
• Front Page

Karachi May 16: Threats, intimidation and sexual harassment of females in work places are pervasive in Pakistan’s media organizations and is a serious barrier to the entry of women in the professionals. This was the consensus of the Consultative Dialogue on Safety Challenges for Female Media Professionals organized here by Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) with […]

• May 16, 2016
• Broadcasting

I think I have discovered what PEMRA’s problem is. It is one they obviously share with the mysterious complainants who lodged their protest so strongly that PEMRA pulled the drama serial ‘Udaari’ off the air after only five episodes. They hate children. For those not in the know, ‘Udaari’ was made with the assistance of […]

• May 16, 2016
• Environmental Journalism

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has said that 2.2 million acres of land in Thatta has been encroached by the sea due to non-implementation of the 1991 Water Accord which calls for release of minimum required 10 MAF water downstream Kotri to help stop the increasing intrusion. The chief minister expressed these […]

• May 16, 2016
• Print Media

NISHIMURA was a Japanese student. He took admission to an Urdu certificate course at Karachi University’s Urdu department a few years ago. He already knew enough Urdu to converse with us in Urdu as he had studied it at Daito Bunka University, his alma mater, near Tokyo.Nishimura always carried two dictionaries with him, one Urdu-Japanese […]

• May 16, 2016
• Broadcasting

Momina Duraid — who is the producer of hit TV serial Udaari — says Pemra was misled into issuing a show-cause notice to the drama. On Friday, Pemra served a notice to HUM TV seeking an explanation for showing “immoral” scenes in the popular serial that highlights the issue of child abuse. “We feel it’s […]