KARACHI Renowned Pakistani architect Yasmeen Lari has won the prestigious Japanese Fukuoka Prize in the Arts and Culture category for this year. Lari is the third Pakistani recipient of the Fukuoka Prize with qawwali maestro Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and social scientist Dr Uxi Mufti as the previous winners. Established in 1990, the prize was […]
GILGIT: The climate change experts believe Gilgit-Batistan is a “ticking bomb” as it is prone to various disasters. They stressed there was a need in G-B to adapt to climate change if livelihoods had to be kept intact. This was stated at a workshop held at a hotel to talk about issues related to climate […]
Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) Senator Saleem Zia emphasised that concerted efforts on local, provincial, national and regional levels are required to prepare and implement an effective strategy for the protection and conservation of vultures as a part of fighting environmental degradation. He was addressing a regional symposium, titled ‘Conservation and Protection of Vultures in […]
LAHORE – The Lahore High Court yesterday gave time to the federal government until June 3 to submit reply in a petition challenging ban on film ‘Maalik’. Justice Shams Mehmood Mirza of the LHC took up the petition. Punjab Assembly opposition leader Mian Mehmood Rasheed of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf filed petition through Advocate Sheraz Zaka while […]
KARACHI: A book on the life and work of artist Shahid Rassam titled Sense and Insanity written by distinguished art historian Dr Akbar Naqvi was launched at the Arts Council here on Monday. Dr Naqvi, who made it to the event despite not keeping well, said it was up to readers to decide what the […]
THE Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra), of late, appears more energised. It has stepped up surveillance to enforce its revised and reinvigorated Code of Conduct, 2015 and to rein in ‘errant’ elements in the media. Most recently, the watchdog issued an all-out, but short-lived, ban on the airing of commercials marketing contraceptive, birth control […]
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