KARACHI: A three-day exhibition of watercolour artworks by 40 Italians, 20 Pakistani and 20 Portuguese artists began at the Foundation for Museum of Modern Art (Fomma), DHA on Thursday evening. The show, organised by the Italian consulate, has already been displayed in Rome, and after Karachi will travel to Jamshoro, from where it will reach […]
531 cases pending in courts; propaganda against regulator dispelled ISLAMABAD: In the aftermath of recent incidents of hate-speech and violence, a few anchorpersons and columnists, through TV talk shows and tweets, have attempted to propagate that Pemra has not taken appropriate actions against those TV channels accused of spreading hatred. This is intellectual dishonesty on […]
Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), in a letter to Gen. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, President of Republic of Uganda expressed concern at the assault by police of two journalists, Siraji Kiberu of Kingdom Television and Dodoviko Mukasa of Central Broadcasting Services (CBS) radio as they were covering the arrest of opposition member of parliament on Friday 31st […]
KARACHI: A three-day exhibition of watercolour artworks by 40 Italians, 20 Pakistani and 20 Portuguese artists began at the Foundation for Museum of Modern Art (Fomma), DHA on Thursday evening. The show, organised by the Italian consulate, has already been displayed in Rome, and after Karachi will travel to Jamshoro, from where it will reach […]
Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) voiced concern over the violation of media rights in Ghana and Mexico. On April 8, 2017 PPF Secretary General Owais Aslam Ali wrote to Nana Akufo-Addo, President the Republic of Ghana regarding the alleged torture to Kendrick Ofei, a freelance journalist. Ofei, who was brutally assaulted by some soldiers on March […]
LAHORE: A 45-year-old man involved in country’s first child pornography scandal had wanted his main offshore client to arrange his and some children’s travel to Norway to produce pornographic content there, claims the Federal Investigation Agency’s cyber crime wing in Lahore. The FIA has booked Saadat Amin under sections 20, 21 and 22 of the […]
ISLAMABAD: The heatwave gripping Sindh is expected to spread to other parts of the country after mid-April. In view of this, the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has issued alerts to all the departments concerned to adopt pre-emptive measures to avoid any untoward situation. PMD’s Director General Dr Ghulam Rasul, while talking to The Express Tribune, said […]
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) and National Press Club (NPC) have demanded of the Pemra Chairman Absar Alam to take strict action against those TV channels that were not fulfilling their legal responsibilities under Section 27-B of the Pemra Act 2007. The demand was raised during a meeting of PFUJ and NPC […]
The first helpline set up for victims of cyber harassment in the country reminds us that the risks presented to users over the internet are growing by the day. The Lahore-based Digital Rights Foundation has stated it received 537 individual complaints over its helpline since it was set up on Dec 1, 2016. Sixty-two percent of […]
KARACHI: Presently on display at the Canvas Gallery, artist Fatima Munir’s work reflects her sensitive being. Munir’s work has always dealt with our psychological place in the society we live in. To calm her fears and anxieties, Munir finds an outlet via embroidery. A girl viewing the distorted images of war and similar images are part […]
Karachi: The inhabitants of Karachi experienced something akin to transcendence this past weekend as the ultimate queen of Sufi music traditions, the legendary Abida Parveen took the stage at Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture as part of their annual fundraiser. The show proved to be an easy sellout and despite the heat and […]
ISLAMABAD: After facing scathing criticism from opposition parties and on social media, the Pakistan Television (PTV) Chairperson Attaul Haq Qasmi on Wednesday relinquished the additional charge of the state-run television’s managing director (MD) – a position he had recently assumed. Information Secretary Ahmed Nawaz Sukhera has taken the acting charge as the PTV’s MD and the […]
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday told Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan not to spare anyone involved in spreading blasphemous content on the internet and social media. During a meeting with the interior minister at the Prime Minister’s Office, Mr Sharif said: “Ensure that all perpetrators are brought to justice, without any exceptions.” […]
MIRPURKHAS – Senior journalist and general secretary of National press club taluka kot Ghulam Muhmmad , Muhammad Ismail Gorchani , who was seriously injured in murderious attack near 10 mile Mori, taluka Kot Ghulam Muhammad on Tuesday night has been admitted in ICU ward of civil hospital Hyderabad due to his serious condition, while Kot […]
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