KARACHI: An exhibition of striking artworks opened at the Beach Luxury Hotel on the inaugural day of the first Sindh Literature Festival. The show, titled ‘Keean Reejhaayaan Tokhe’, curated by Khalid Soomro, has works of 50 artists on display. The range of both content and the media, which the painters and sculptors have used, is […]
A RECENT interaction with a group of journalists from Muzaffargarh had its revealing moments. The clarity of thought on and awareness of the issue were remarkable. The words were spoken with conviction and anyone who impeded free expression was given a rap on the knuckles — from newspaper owners intent upon using journalists as moneymaking […]
LAHORE: Yawar Hayat Khan was the “last tower of the creative era of production”, says playwright Mustansar Hussain Tarar. “With the departure of Yawar Hayat a creative era of production and direction has come to an end,” Tarar said while talking to Dawn. Hayat died on Thursday at the CMH, where he was under treatment […]
KARACHI – Sindh CM’s Special Assistant Dr Sikandar Ali Shoro said on Thursday that development in the field of information science and technology was one of the major priorities for the Sindh government. Addressing the opening ceremony of one-day symposium on Recent Trends in Computer Science, organised by IEEE Computer Society Karachi Section and Department […]
Islamabad – The Right to Information Law is not at odds with the national security of the country and Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan is perhaps misunderstanding this law, a coalition of 48 civil society organisations yesterday said. The Coalition on Right to Information (CRTI), a consortium of 48 civil society organisations working to […]
Pakistan is ranked eighth on the list of countries most vulnerable to climate change according to the Germanwatch Global Climate Risk Index. We are placed in a group of countries that encounter extreme weather events each year, not those that are in the bottom 10 because of exceptional catastrophes. Pakistan was one of five nations […]
HYDERABAD: Marking the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists, the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) and the Hyderabad Union of Journalists (HUJ) office-bearers on Wednesday demanded that those who had committed crimes against journalists and media workers should be awarded an exemplary punishment. Scores of journalists, photographers and cameramen gathered in […]
Karachi: Senior journalist Hamid Mir on Wednesday received the ‘most resilient journalist’ award by the International Free Press. He was presented the award in the Hague, the Netherlands. Hamid Mir began his speech by thanking the event organisers and said it was a great honour to receive the award. He said he had survived assassination […]
Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) in a letter to Salva Kiir Mayardit, President of Republic of the South Sudan to expressed concern over the armed robbery in the compound of Association for Media Development in South Sudan (AMDISS) at the night of October 27 th , 2016 in Juba. PPF Secretary General Owais Aslam Ali in […]
Information Minister resigns over “Newsgate” controversy In an attempt to take appropriate action against all parties involved in the news leakage controversy, Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif has withdrawn all the responsibilities of the Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting. PM house handout said “Rashid has been asked to step down till the pending inquiry over […]
A reporter of a private news channel was injured on Tuesday while resisting a robbery attempt in the city’s Clifton area. As per reports, Shafi Baloch, a reporter associated with Dawn News, was held up by muggers in Clifton, near the location popularly known as Schon Circle. As Baloch resisted the robbers’ demands, the suspects […]
A delegation of senior members of Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) led by Secretary General Aijaz ul Haq met with Karachi Corps Commander Lieutenant General Naveed Mukhtar and discussed the internal situation of the city besides safety and security of journalists. CPNE resolved to defend the supremacy of the constitution and determined that the […]
KARACHI: Four wildlife photographers joined hands to find and capture images of Sindh’s birds. Mirza Naeem Beg, Fahad Siddiqui, Muhammad Amjad Khan and Nusrat Ali have so far discovered 130 species of birds in the province. The four photographers’ work went on display in a two-day exhibition titled ‘Calling nature lovers and bird enthusiasts’, at the […]
ISLAMABAD: A report released on Tuesday by Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) documented the alarming situation that those who attack, injure or even murder journalists in Pakistan are rarely held to account and thus remain free. The report titled “Justice Delayed and Justice Denied” to commemorate the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Media […]
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