KARACHI: Urdu literary magazine Qaumi Zaban’s edition dedicated to the late poet and scholar Jamiluddin Aali was launched at the Anjuman Taraqqi-i-Urdu office on Saturday. Speaking on the occasion, Dr Fatema Hassan said the edition was not just a copy of a magazine but a document about the Anjuman because Aali had been associated with […]
ISLAMABAD: Temperatures recorded across Pakistan this week were the highest for the year with the mercury in several cities in the central region hovering around 50 degrees Celsius. On Saturday, the highest temperature of 51 degrees was recorded in Jacobabad and Dadu districts of Sindh. Throughout Pakistan, the temperature has been fluctuating between 45 degrees […]
The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) has announced a ban on shows dramatising crimes such as rape, murder, robberies and suicide. Some of these shows have media teams raid places in the name of investigative journalism and PEMRA is forming a code of conduct for investigative journalism and will not allow such breaches of […]
SPEAKING at the London School of Economics in November, chairman of the Senate Raza Rabbani said that the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Bill was flawed, and conceded that many legislators in Pakistan have serious concerns about the legislation. He implied that the bill would not pass the Senate’s scrutiny in the form in which it […]
ISLAMABAD: Secretary Climate Change Syed Abu Akif on Sunday said stemming the loss of biodiversity was vital for the poverty reduction and economic sustainability. He pledged support to provincial governments and private organisations to protect biodiversity. The official was speaking at a three-day national awareness and training workshop on “Biodiversity conservation, access to genetic resources […]
ISLAMABAD: The PFUJ Unification Committee, which met here on Tuesday with M Ziauddin in Chair, reviewed the unification process to date and discussed a number of action plans to be undertaken to meet the election deadline of July 26-27, which were finalised today with the unanimous consent of all the members of the UC. The […]
Karachi At the current rate, Pakistan is heading towards a population explosion and, by the year 2030, it would become extremely difficult for both the provincial and federal governments to allocate resources for civic amenities and provide livelihood to their people.In order to prevent this population explosion, media can play an effective role by creating […]
The heat this summer is not unique to Pakistan. People around the world are beginning to feel the effect of climate change in the form of a blazingly hot 2016. We already know that temperatures in a number of cities in Pakistan will soar above 50C. In Canada, extreme heat has contributed to a major […]
ABBOTABAD: Several acres of land were destroyed when a fire broke out in a forest in Bara Gali in Abbottabad near the building of Bara Gali Summer Campus of University of Peshawar. Speaking to The Express Tribune, the police and forest officials said the inferno started on Saturday afternoon. It reduced trees and saplings to […]
KARACHI: Pre-monsoon months are a great time for collectors of seashells in Karachi but, this year, the collectors were in for a surprise as millions of seashells, much more than previous years, were strewn along the coast last week. As hundreds of visitors made their way to the beach to witness the extraordinary number of […]
SIALKOT- The Irrigation Department and Flood Control Authority have started a survey for establishing a flood warning system at Head Marala Barrage over River Chenab near Sialkot. The advanced system would be established before the arrival of the coming monsoon and recurring flood. According to officials, the flood warning system will warn about flood situation […]
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