Traditional ragi performs at Lahooti Melo 2017 which kick started in Hyderabad on Saturday. PHOTO: INP HYDERABAD: Bringing a feast of folk and mainstream music, the two-day Lahooti Melo, the second since 2016, kick started in Hyderabad Club on Saturday. Thousands of youth turned up to enjoy the festivities, organised by musician Saif Samejo’s band, The […]
KARACHI: While police investigators have yet to achieve any significant breakthrough in the case of a six-year-old girl’s rape, it was decided on Saturday that DNA samples of the three suspects, who had been picked up from her neighbourhood in Korangi on intelligence reports, would be sent to a forensic lab in Jamshoro. The DNA […]
KARACHI: A sensational news item aired by a section of the electronic media on Saturday about the death of a child in Korangi caused by polio vaccine disturbed the authorities concerned who said such ‘misleading reports’ could negatively affect the entire effort aimed at eradicating the crippling virus from the country. Some TV news channels […]
KARACHI: In keeping with the principles of a free and independent press, it is necessary for us to inform our readers and place on public record that Dawn has come under sustained cyber attacks over the last two weeks. A statement issued by dawn.com says the origin of these attacks is unconfirmed as yet. “We […]
KARACHI-Mahtab Akbar Rashdi and HUM Filmshosted an exclusive movie premiere for the first release of the year, Thora Jee Le in Karachi. ‘Thora Jee le’ is a comedy/drama film written and directed by Rafay Rashdi, produced by 1NFLUENCE and executively produced by Mahtab Akbar Rashdi. The youthful movie has been shot in Karachi and Larkana. […]
Karachi- The date for Nigar Awards, which have been the sole representative of the country’s film awards for nearly seven decades, has been announced at last. The awards, initiated by Ilyas Rashidi, the founder of Nigar Weekly and now been revived by his son, Aslam Ilyas Rashidi, are being held on March 16. The date […]
Dozens of talk shows are produced and hundreds of columns are written every day. Both the talk shows and the columns are opinion sections of journalism, possessing a key role in opinion making of the people as well of the policy makers. The talk show has become monotonous whereas the quality column is at a […]
ISLAMABAD/KARACHI: Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Mian Saqib Nisar on Friday took suo motu notice of the alleged rape and torture of a six-year-old girl in Karachi and directed the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Sindh, to submit a detailed report within 48 hours. The girl, a resident of Labour Colony in Korangi 2-1/2, was […]
LAHORE: The weeklong chill in the country’s plains began to ebb away with bright sunshine on Friday, but the meteorological department’s forecast for next week includes heavy rain and snowfall in the northern areas. Intermittent rain may trigger landslides in vulnerable parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit-Baltistan and Kashmir. Isolated heavy rain may cause flash floods […]
Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians (PPPP) has submitted a calling attention notice in the National Assembly Secretariat about recent incidences of harassment against women in state-run television channel. Members of the National Assembly (MNAs) including Shazia Marri, Dr Nafisa Shah, Dr Azra Fazal Pechuho, Beelam Hasnain, Dr Shazia Sobia and Shahida Rehmani Friday submitted the calling […]
BAJAUR AGENCY – Frequent threats to media persons from militants groups have triggered fear and panic among the journalist community in Bajaur Agency. A number of journalists in Bajaur Agency, working with different national and international media organisations have said that they have received threats from different banned militant groups living in Afghanistan over their […]
KARACHI: A protest demonstration organised on Thursday by rights activists against enforced disappearances became the site of a clash with police, as protesters were stopped from marching towards the Karachi Press Club. According to the initial plan chalked out by a group of rights activists, the protesters were to congregate at the Arts Council and […]
Khwab, a tribute film to Junaid Jamshed produced by former bandmate Salman Ahmed, has been blocked on YouTube and is inaccessible in several countries, the Junoon front man confirmed on Wednesday. News of the short film’s blockage was first received when several fans tweeted to Salman that they were unable to watch the video on […]
With two weeks having passed since five social media activists went missing, a civil society demonstration organised opposite the Arts Council, Karachi to demand recovery of all missing persons saw over a hundred protesters who stood united against the impending threat at the hands of a religious group, Tehreek Labbaik Ya Rasool Allah (TLY). Planned […]
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