RAWALPINDI: Food production has been hit badly by climate change, and unity is needed within the global community to alleviate poverty and protect water and energy sources, speakers at an international conference said on Wednesday. The three day ‘Asia-Pacific Policy Dialogue on Water, Energy and Food Security for Poverty Alleviation in Dry Land Regions’ began […]
Broadcasters are concerned more than others for providing viewers standard and cheap telecast; they have to deal with distributors on local and international level so it is better to make own network; many countries do not allow foreign investment in media industry while some countries used to change limits in this regard; Pemra argument is […]
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court stayed on Tuesday the DTH (direct-to-home) licence bidding process by the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority till a decision on petitions challenging Pemra rules for grant of licences. A three-judge bench headed by Justice Ayesha A. Malik and comprising Justice Abid Aziz Sheikh and Justice Shahid Karim issued the order […]
Legislation for journalists’ protection soon: Information Minister While speaking at a program “Meet the Press” at Lahore Press Club State Minister for Information Maryam Aurangzeb said that incumbent government is giving due attention to safety and training of journalists. She further added […]
It has been nine years of the murder of Zubair Ahmed Mujahid, correspondent of daily Jang Urdu language newspaper in Mirpurkhas, Sindh province of Pakistan and his case has not yet been submitted in any court by the police. In fact, it is being pending in Crime Branch Hyderabad. The family of Mujahid had knocked many […]
KARACHI: The country needs to accept the ever-changing nature of culture, said the secretary of the culture, tourism and antiquities department, Ghulam Akbar Leghari, on Tuesday, while discussing the impact of culture on society. He was addressing the audience at a workshop held by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) at Pakistan Institute […]
ISLAMABAD: In the suburban area of the federal capital, the transgender people have started building a mosque for themselves, which will have capacity for 1,000 people to offer prayers at a time. According to foreign media, a madrasa would be part of the mosque. Nadeem Kashash, who pursuing the cause of a mosque for transgender […]
PESHAWAR: The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Right to Information (RTI) commission in its annual report has expressed dissatisfaction over not extending the RTI act to the Provincially-Administered Tribal Areas (PATA) and requested the federal government to extend the law to the region. The annual report, a copy of which is available with The Express Tribune, stated that “with utmost […]
PAKISTANIS have many strengths but taking the long view, it seems, isn’t one of them. This is evident in decisions made with regard to politics, sports, urban planning and now, the arts. Last week local cinema owners and distributors announced they would consider bringing Iranian and Turkish movies to the big screen after mulling over […]
Karachi, 11 November 2016: Pakistan Press Foundation and through UNESCO’s International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC) is completing the last round of trainings in Pakistan on promoting safety of journalists. 116 journalists and media professionals benefited from the last round of trainings held in Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab and Sindh provinces. The three-day […]
Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) in a letter to Salva Kiir Mayardit, President of South Sudan expressed concern over the closure of Eye Radio station by the South Sudan National Security Service (NSS) without giving reason. PPF Secretary General Owais Aslam Ali in his letter urged the government of South Sudan to order to put a […]
KARACHI: The Sindh Human Rights Commission (SHRC), which recently released its annual report about its performance last year, is facing financial shortages, inappropriate office accommodation and human resources, it emerged on Monday. Officials said the budget or grant-in-aid was insufficient. They said the daily work of the commission had increased a great deal and “this […]
KARACHI – Continuous floods in Pakistan have affected potable water quality. Small farmers and agriculture workers are left with no option but to use this contaminated water for cooking and drinking. This results in serious health problems. M Qavi, national officer of the International Union of Food (IUF) Pakistan, expressed these views while speaking at […]
ISLAMABAD – The Right to Information Bill, 2016 was tabled in the Senate when it resumed with Chairman Mian Raza Rabbani in the chair yesterday. The bill was introduced by five members from the opposition benches including Kamil Ali Agha, Farhatullah Babar, Rubina Irfan, Karim Ahmed Khawaja and Muhammad Daud Khan Achakzai. The bill was […]
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