ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Defence has refused to respond to a query about the total number of amount spent on the pensions of armed forces’ retired personnel during the last five years under the provision of Freedom of Information Ordinance 2002 and termed it against the national security, and that providing the same will not […]
The Centre for Excellence in Journalism at the Institute of Business Administration (CEJ-IBA), Karachi and Centre for Communication Programs Pakistan (CCPP) organised the first ever “Excellence in Journalism Awards 2016”. Thirteen journalists received excellence awards in health reporting, for news stories published between July 1, 2015 and June 30, 2016 at a ceremony held at […]
Islamabad: The Ministry of Climate Change in coordination with donor organizations, working on preservation of environment, organised a Donors’ Round-table Meeting on Environmentally Sound Management of Waste from Ship Dismantling and other Industries in Pakistan here at a local hotel, says a press release. The roundtable was aimed to highlight the Government of Pakistan commitment […]
Islamabad: As many as 7,148 cases of Human Rights (HR) violations were reported during the last year (2015) across the country according to data compiled by Ministry of Human Rights (MOHR). These cases are identified by media monitoring throughout the year of various heinous and other nature of crimes with the major figures of murder […]
ISLAMABAD: Cinema owners will decide on Wednesday whether to lift the ban on screening new Indian movies, Centaurus Marketing and Call Centre Supervisor Anil Altaf said. He said Cineplex has decided to screen already released Indian movies and the decision regarding new films will take longer as a lot of people are involved in the […]
A training workshop on Climate Financing Opportunities was organized by IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature, in Islamabad on Saturday. The training was organized under the UNDP-GEF funded Pakistan Sustainable Transport (PAKSTRAN) Project being implemented by the Ministry of Water and Power, Government of Pakistan. Representatives from the government, media, academia and national […]
Humans are the only living beings that have succeeded in overcoming the limits imposed by instinct. This has helped them develop a worldview that fuels a better understanding of self, society and the world. It is this worldview that knits every dimension of society into a symbolic whole called culture. The traditional culture of Gilgit-Baltistan […]
Islamabad (PR) – On the directions of Minister of State, Capital Administration & Development Division Dr Tariq Fazal Ch, a seminar on ‘International Human Rights Day and Our Social Responsibilities’ was organized by National Council of Social Welfare, Government of Pakistan, Islamabad, in connection with celebration of International Human Rights Day being observed worldwide in […]
LAHORE: Pakistani cinema owners are all set to lift the self-imposed ban on Indian films. Speaking to The Express Tribune on Saturday, Chairman Film Exhibitors Association Zoraiz Lashari confirmed that cinema owners would begin screening Indian films across Pakistan from December 19 (Monday). “The cinema business has been hit immensely and all stakeholders felt it was […]
Inspired by Yvonne Ridley, a British female journalist who came to prominence in September 2001 when she was captured by the Taliban in Afghanistan, Faizullah Khan, a young Karachi-based journalist, also considered risking his life for the sake of journalistic adventurism. For this purpose, Khan visited the Pak-Afghan bordering area in April 2014 to interview […]
ISLAMABAD: The Government of Denmark in collaboration with the Danish Centre for Culture and Development held a large-scale public event to celebrate the diversity of culture in Pakistan while highlighting art and culture as a tool for socioeconomic change. The event marked the official closing of the cultural cooperation between Denmark and Pakistan and was […]
LAHORE – Owing to pressure from different influential quarters, Cyber Crime Bill has been made toothless as of its total 55 sections only three fall under the category of cognizable offences, well placed sources in the FIA said. After such a pathetic drafting, the bill would not serve the purpose of the National Action Plan […]
ISLAMABAD – The cabinet secretary has warned the concerned officials against leaking confidential information — particularly pertaining to the federal cabinet decisions — to press or unauthorised persons, it has been learnt reliably. Taking the unauthorised disclosures extremely serious, the cabinet secretary warned that there will be investigations and appropriate action will be taken if […]
PESHAWAR – The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government’s website was hacked by a group calling itself “Pakhtun Cyber Army”. The hackers left a message on the defaced website that the web portal was not hacked for fun, but to highlight failure of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf-led government in the province. The hackers defaced kp.gov.pk with another message criticising […]
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