A woman in Bengaluru, India was walking home one night when she entered a secluded street. Two men on motorbikes turned onto the street. One got off and grabbed her, molested her and then both of them attempted to carry her off. When she resisted, they threw her on the ground with a menacing thud and rode off. All this […]
KARACHI: Percept Media has joined hands with Menras FZC as its partner in GCC Countries. This new venture will be looking after event & conference services rendered by ministry, trade organisation, associations, chamber of commerce and local clients. According to M Dawar Ali Khan, CEO, Percept Media, 2017 is going to be a progressive year […]
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister’s Office has reportedly invited only official media to the function organized to unveil the much-delayed an incentive package for exporters finalized after several rounds of negotiations. When contacted an official of Prime Minister’s Office stated that as per his information as usual only the official media would cover the event. Prime Minister […]
Four bloggers and social media activists went missing from Islamabad, the federal capital, and Lahore and Nankana Sahib in Punjab province in Pakistan. Salman Haider, an academic, journalist and rights activist who also writes a blog for the website of DAWN newspaper, went missing on Friday, January 6, from Islamabad. Ahmed Waqas Goraya and Asim Saeed […]
LAHORE: Three-day Mystic Music Sufi Festival by Rafi Peer Theatre Workshop will start on Feb 10 at the Alhamra Cultural Complex, Qadhafi Stadium, the creative director of the festival, Saadan Pirzada, told Dawn on Sunday. He said the cultural festival would feature an incredible line-up of devotional musicians and dancers from across Pakistan. This year, […]
The recently concluded inaugral edition of FocusPK, a conference that was held to initiate insightful conversations regarding the development of Pakistan’s entertainment industry, shed significant light on the state of theatre in Pakistan. It not only highlighted issues confronting the local theatre scene but also pinpointed possible measures that could improve the situation. Theatre veteran […]
ISLAMABAD: At least four activists known on social media for their secular leftist views have gone missing this week, relatives and NGO workers said on Sunday. Waqas Goraya and Asim Saeed disappeared on Jan 4, according to a cyber security NGO, while Salman Haider vanished on Friday and Ahmed Raza Naseer on Saturday, relatives said. […]
KARACHI: The second edition of a book titled Sub Sy Bari Jang (The Greatest War) by senior journalist, author and poet Ahfaz-ur-Rahman has been published by Awami Kitab Ghar, says a statement issued here on Saturday. “The book narrates the struggle of journalists’ movement in General Ziaul Haq’s era in 1977-78,” it adds. “During the […]
PESHAWAR: The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Right to Information (RTI) Commission is unable to notify its rules and finalise amendments proposed in the law governing its working after differences emerged between the commission and the provincial law department. The K-P RTI Act was passed in November 2013, and the provincial government was to devise rules in consultation with the […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) is all set to announce the winners of Pakistan Mobile App Awards 2016 who prepared mobile application to help disabled persons perform necessary functions for everyday life with the help of their mobile phones. The award competition is scheduled to be held on January 31, 2017 while President of Pakistan […]
Islamabad – In a welfare state, where government’s primary responsibility is to ensure protection of rights of its citizens, implementation of the National Child Protection Policy seems a distant dream. Child labour in Pakistan continues unchecked. Amanullah, 13, has spent nearly seven years of his life washing vehicles of people visiting Aabpara market. Fourth in […]
SUKKUR: Two stranded blind Indus dolphins were rescued from Ghotki and Kamber on Friday and Saturday, respectively, and released back into the River Indus. According to World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)- Pakistan, Sukkur, senior project officer Imran Malik, a team of WWF and wildlife department rescued a dolphin on Friday. The dolphin was spotted near […]
LAHORE: Senior journalist Rauf Sheikh, Editor Coordination, The News, Lahore passed away on Saturday night. He was 59. He suffered respiratory problem as he entered the office. His condition deteriorated while being shifted to the Services Hospital. Doctors did their best to revive him, but failed. Mr Sheikh started his journalistic career from The Pakistan […]
ISLAMABAD: As police brought back a bruised and visibly disheveled 10-year-old T* from the house of a lower court judge in the capital, they had no other option but to place her in a crisis centre for women who have faced violence. The lack of options stemmed from the fact that Islamabad, like much of the […]
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