KARACHI: No matter how little the number of film schools, that is where a lot of talent is nurtured. As our current crop of film-makers tries to sustain the cinema industry, the upcoming lot continues to show potential to lead the future. SZABIST student Shahrukh Khan’s short documentary What a Waste has been selected for the Short […]
PESHAWAR: The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Assembly adopted a landmark piece of legislation on Thursday, barring a bride’s family members, relatives and outsiders from making dowry payments to the groom and his family. The law also restricts the maximum value of gifts given to the bride by her parents, family members or any other person to Rs10,000. It is […]
PESHAWAR: The federal and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa governments have jointly named the provincial home secretary as their focal person for the ‘missing person’ cases pending with the Peshawar High Court, a bench was informed on Thursday. Representatives of the federal and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa governments told Chief Justice Yahya Afridi and Justice Ikramullah Khan that the home […]
A REPORT in this newspaper a few days ago brought to light a story that is heartbreaking for all those who believe in institutions and the power of communication. The venerable institution of Azad Kashmir Radio Muzaffarabad, once the recipient of near-unanimous praise for the quality of its programming and with a listenership that extended […]
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on Thursday conducted a hearing of 29 TV channels with regard to airing fake news of a blast in Gulberg, Lahore on February 23. The TV channels through their representatives submitted their replies to the show cause notices. It may be mentioned here that following a blast […]
KARACHI: In this current phase of Pakistani cinema, there are only a chosen number of actors the film-makers rely on. They are the same on our television screens as well as in cinemas. While it may help in increasing their fan base and making them bigger stars, it also results in overexposure, doing exactly what it […]
What prevents cooperation on climate change? In my previous column, ‘Failure on climate change’ (Feb 21), I tried to address this question by highlighting that collective action problems frequently arise because the Westphalian state system is inherently not conducive to global cooperation. However, we cannot ignore global economic inequality and how it impedes international cooperation […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on Wednesday issued a warning to 8XM music channel for exhibiting an indecent and objectionable song on February 26 in violation of the code of conduct implemented on the Supreme Court’s directives. According to a Pemra press release issued here, the authority received countless complaints against the channel […]
IN mid-February, the Lahore High Court said that from next year, the CSS examinations will be conducted in Urdu. The court had been petitioned to order that the CSS exams for this year have Urdu as their medium. It responded that there was not enough time to make the switch from the English language this […]
The Karachi Union of Journalists organised a discussion on the Journalists Welfare and Protection Bill, 2016, on Wednesday and prepared its recommendations and suggestions for incorporation in the proposed law that would be sent to the federal government this month. The discussion session was organised at the Karachi Press Club and attended by senior journalists, […]
February is the birth month of arguably the best Urdu poet of all time – Faiz Ahmed Faiz. He touched millions of hearts around the world by exhibiting masterful ingenuity in his writings and by providing provocative revolutionary messages that will continue to heal distressed souls for all times to come. February is the […]
MULTAN: A man, who has been on the run after raping and murdering a six-year-old girl a few days back, was arrested by police on Tuesday from Multan. A police official told The Express Tribune, “The body of six-year-old Shazia was recovered from a vacant house in Rajanshah.” He added, “Torture marks were also visible on […]
PESHAWAR: If you are a woman living in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) and you are facing domestic violence, sexual harassment, child marriage or deprivation of inheritance rights then you can dial 091-9212026 to directly register your complaint at the K-P Assembly. The K-P Assembly has launched Zama Awaz [My Voice] helpline for women aimed at providing them […]
The crisis in American democracy reached another low after US President Donald Trump escalated his verbal attacks on the American news media. After the media reported an FBI inquiry into White House links with Russia Trump decided to call the media ‘a great danger’ to the US and an ‘enemy of the people’. Major news […]
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