KARACHI: Senior journalist Mahmood Shaam’s latest book, Indifference in the times of Extremism, was launched at an engaging ceremony here on Friday evening. The event was attended by literati of the city as well as friends of the author. Among the prominent speakers who spoke on the occasion, Dr Syed Jaffar Ahmed, former director of […]
KARACHI: Speakers highlighted the importance of a free and fair press at a conference held at a local hotel on Saturday in connection with World Press Freedom Day. Before the first interactive session hosted by Najia Ashar, a documentary on the plight of journalists working in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas was shown. It was […]
KARACHI: Upholding the tradition of peace that is considered characteristic of the ‘Land of Sufis’, Pakistan Peoples Party Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said that we need the universal language of the mystic to unite us. He was addressing as chief guest at the inauguration of the two-day 3rdInternational Sufi Conference at Beach Luxury Hotel on Friday. […]
ISLAMABAD: The controversy sparked off by the Dawn Leaks notification refuses to die down. Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan called on Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday to map out specifications of another notification the government is expected to issue in a bid to defuse tension with the military establishment. The meeting came a day […]
The Centre for Peace and Development Initiative (CPDI) on Thursday organised a seminar urging authorities concerned to ensure effective and unhindered implementation of the Sindh Transparency and Right to Information Act, 2016. Veteran journalist and human rights activist Zubeida Mustafa said the Right to Information Act serves as a means of check and balance to […]
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Thursday ordered restoration of the licence of Bol TV channel which was revoked for failing to secure security clearance for its directors from the interior ministry. The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) had on Wednesday revoked the licence of Bol News after the interior ministry rejected security clearance […]
ISLAMABAD – The Pakistan Electronic Media Regularity Authority (PEMRA) on Thursday ordered private TV channels to respect the sanctity of Ramazan and avoid airing controversial content. The regulatory body issued guidelines asking all TV channels to strictly follow the code of conduct during the holy month and avoid airing controversial content. The PEMRA said, in […]
Veteran actor Shabnam, who ruled millions of hearts for over two decades, is finally coming back to the silver screen after a long stretch of absence. From 1970 till the late 1980s, she was the one actor whose presence in a film ensured its fate. Her pairing with co-star Nadeem Baig not only resulted in […]
KARACHI: Journalists staged rallies in different parts of the country on Wednesday on the call of the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) to mark the World Press Freedom Day and to show solidarity with Dawn. The show of solidarity comes amid reports that the government has recommended disciplinary action against the paper and its […]
1,864 pieces of content blocked so far on request of Pakistan govt since 2013 WASHINGTON: Facebook, which has about 28 million users in the country, has admitted that it is carefully reviewing its content in Pakistan and cooperating with the government in blocking blasphemous and anti-state content. A spokesman for the social media giant told […]
ISLAMABAD: As the interior ministry has turned down the security clearance of directors of Labbaik Pvt Ltd, the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority has cancelled the satellite TV licences of Bol News and Bol Entertainment. The interior ministry refused security clearance of the company’s directors Shoaib A. Shaikh, Ayesha Shoaib Sheikh, Viqas Atiq and Sarwat […]
Having made her big screen debut with a memorable cameo in Asim Raza’s Ho Mann Jahan, actor Syra Shahroz took on her first major role in a motion picture with Umer Adil’s Chalay Thay Saath, which made its way to cinema last month. Essaying the role of Resham, she was joined by an eclectic cast […]
KARACHI: What might seem very easy to us while attending a stand-up comedy act is rarely as easy to achieve. A comedian’s job is not only to quote and create funny situations but it also entails looking at the most serious scenarios and presenting them in a funny fashion. Which is why it is common practice […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari has said freedom of expression is systematically being eroded in the name of ideology and national security on the one hand and crimes against media persons are being committed with impunity on the other. “Unfortunately, freedom of expression has come under increasing attack by the state […]
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