LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday dismissed an application for temporary permission to exhibit film “Maalik” till announcement of its decision reserved on the petitions against ban on the movie. Dismissing the application, Justice Shams Mahmood Mirza asked the applicant to wait for the announcement of the reserved decision. Social activist Abdullah Malik […]
ISLAMABAD: In its maiden meeting on Thursday, the inter-ministerial committee proposed that the Federal Investigation Agency should be appointed as the designated agency for investigating cybercrimes. As per the recently enacted Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA) 2016, the government is required to designate an agency to deal with cybercrimes under section 29 of the […]
Words can never do justice in describing the magnanimous personality of the most celebrated humanitarian who is no more among us but lives by his ideology, that is, ‘my religion is humanity.’ He was Abdul Sattar Edhi, a saint who devoted his entire life in the service of poor and needy. Such personalities never die […]
While I recognise that the state of Pakistan is inundated by a number of issues, with terrorism topping the list, I feel that it is incumbent upon me to bring to the notice of our rulers — especially the prime minister — the dilemmas faced by the minorities of Pakistan and the failure of successive […]
KARACHI: Pakistan and Japan have friendly relations based on historical lines, however, the people here are unaware of the cultural ties and about Japanese culture in particular, said Yasuharu Shinto, deputy consul-general of Japan in Karachi. Shinto said this at Japan Fest 2016, orgainsed by the Consulate General of Japan, in collaboration with Pakistan Japan […]
Islamabad: Journalists from Pakistan and Afghanistan Thursday pledged to contribute towards the fight against polio at the close of a three-day sensitisation and orientation workshop organised for them by Voice of America (VOA). The purpose of the training was to build the capacity of journalists covering polio related news stories and writing features on the […]
Working journalists have expressed concerns over growing commercialism of media and urged giving more focus on news related to public interest. Speaking at a three-day training workshop here arranged by Pakistan Press Foundation on Journalism Skills in collaboration with International Media Support and the Embassy of Denmark in Islamabad, they said though the security threats […]
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