LAHORE: While most technology is designed primarily for the one billion people living in the developed world, affordable smartphones may become a powerful tool for solving core problems in poor countries, said g (ITU) Vice-Chancellor Dr Umar Saif while delivering his keynote lecture at the University of Washington (UoW) in Seattle, US the other day. The speaker […]
The ongoing Karachi Theatre Festival 2016, sponsored by the Arts Council, staged two plays, one after the other, on Thursday evening, dealing with death and the futilities of life. The first one was about death. Titled, “Marney se pehley jannat”, it had Khalid Ahmed playing an elderly man named Mumtaz and his obedient, caring daughter, […]
ISLAMABAD: The country’s media industry is poised to get a $400 million injection – the biggest ever investment in the sector – as the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) is set to auction three licences for digital satellite television services next week. The successful launch of Direct-to-Home (DTH) services will be a game changer for […]
LAHORE: State Minister for Information Maryam Aurangzeb has said the incumbent government is giving due attention to safety and training of journalists and for this purpose relevant legislation would be made soon. Speaking at a program “Meet the Press” here at Lahore Press Club Friday, the minister said a draft of legislation for protection and […]
IT is an indictment, but an unsurprising one. According to the Washington DC-based research firm Freedom House, Pakistan is at the lowest tier of its Freedom on the Net 2016 index. It stands in the company of several countries that have earned notoriety for tight controls over the dissemination of information and access to the […]
A rare marine leatherback turtle was found dead in Miani Hor lagoon near Sonmiani, Lasbela district, Balochistan on Thursday. The leatherback turtle is among the rarest of marine turtles in Pakistan and recent studies reveal that this species is declining precipitously throughout its distribution range, including Pakistan. Muhammad Ilyas, a local fisherman and member of […]
Pakistan Press Foundation has written a letter to Augustin Matata Ponyo, Prime Minister of Democratic Republic of the Congo to express concerned over the murder of Radio-Television Nationale Congolaise journalist Marcel Lubala Kalala in Mbuji-Mayi. PPF Secretary General Owais Aslam Ali in his letter urged the government of Congo to shed full light on this […]
Establishment of Sindh Minorities’ Rights Commission Bill-2015 calls for steps to safeguard religious minorities’ rights and end discrimination against them The Sindh Assembly unanimously passed a private bill on Thursday for establishing a commission to take measures for the protection of the rights of religious minorities and to review proposed laws to end discrimination against […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on Thursday in a letter to Sabzbaat television issued a show cause notice for airing Indian content in its transmission. In its notice Pemra General Manager Operations wrote that daily transmission report of that television from November 4 to November 12, 2016 confirmed that channel had been airing […]
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) is expecting direct and indirect investment of $400 million through bidding of Direct to Home (DTH) licenses during the next three years. Senior PEMRA officials while talking to a group of journalists here on Thursday said that PEMRA will open bidding process to award 3 DTH licenses […]
LAHORE: Award winning photojournalist Azhar Hussain Jafri passed away here on Thursday due to a cardiac arrest. He was 63. He had been hospitalised for over two months because of the complications he developed as a result of his open-heart surgery. On Thursday his condition deteriorated at home and he breathed his last on way […]
“Action indeed is the sole medium of expression for ethics” — Jane Addams The recent brawl between a lady reporter of a TV channel and a constable of the paramilitary force was further amplified by mass media. The good part of the heartrending event is that unlike in the past, the media did not portray […]
KARACHI: The government’s attempts to tighten its grip on the internet — the information superhighway — through a series of controversial laws and policies has placed Pakistan among the 10 worst countries for internet freedom for a second straight year. The Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA) 2016, also seems to have done little to improve […]
Islamabad – Speakers at a seminar have said that climate change renders devastating effects on rural population of Pakistan especially small farmers. The livelihood of millions of people has been jeopardized because of climatic impacts including floods and draughts. Hence, the real challenge lies in ensuring that the agreement is able to avert catastrophic climate […]
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