Islamabad: Chinese government this year awarded 131 new scholarships to Pakistani students enabling them to obtain higher-level education from bachelors to PhD degree from top Chinese universities. Admission letters for availing the scholarship were handed over to the students at a ceremony held here on Tuesday at the Chinese Embassy. Out of 131, 107 students […]
National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq has lodged a complaint with the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) chairman against various TV channels for using impolite words and levelling unfounded allegations against parliamentarians. The speaker said that disciplinary action should be taken against the channels, anchorpersons and analysts who made slanderous remarks against lawmakers. He […]
KARACHI: The tragedy in Quetta is a consequence of the state’s double standards and policies regarding the ‘good and bad Taliban’. Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) representative Asad Iqbal Butt said this at a ‘Peace Walk’ organised by the civil society on Tuesday. Participants from HRCP, Women Action Forum, Democratic Students Federation (DSF), Pakistan […]
KARACHI: The Sindh forests department (SFD) finally succeeded in getting an FIR registered on Tuesday against the firm organising the annual cattle market for cutting down its 540 neem trees along the Superhighway between Toll Plaza and the Wadi-i-Hussain graveyard. The SFD had been trying for the past many days to get the FIR registered […]
Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) in a letter to Qaboos bin Said al Said, Sultan of Oman expressed concern over the arrest of a two journalists of Azamn newspaper. PPF Secretary General Owais Aslam Ali in his letter urged the government of Oman to thoroughly investigate the case and immediately release Ibrahim al-Maamari and Zaher al-Abri. […]
No compromise on freedom of electronic media: PEMRA chairman Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) Chairman AbsarAlam said in a press conference that freedom of electronic media is our responsibility, and we will never allow it to be compromised. To a question about the decline of a leading private television channel on placement,he replied, “Pemra […]
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