KARACHI: Contradictory to widespread negative perceptions about their area, the residents of Lyari have quite an abundance of talent. The town gets its bad name due to years of gang wars and criminal activities but with time, that has settled down a bit and a ton of athletic talent has risen from the ashes. We […]
PESHAWAR: The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government has once again slapped a ban on the manufacture and trade of non-biodegradable plastic products by altering rules prohibiting non-biodegradable and regulating oxo-biodegradable products in the province. The rules, “Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Prohibition of Non-biodegradable plastic products and Regulation of Oxo—biodegradable Plastic Products Rules 2017,” were notified on Wednesday. Under the rules, the […]
There are approximately three to four million Twitter users in Pakistan and a significant percentage of them actively use the platform to air their political views. While Twitter has become a part and parcel of Pakistani politics, it might be interesting and insightful to compare which politician is making the best use of this highly […]
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Wednesday directed the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) and Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to block all fake pages and websites being run in its name on social media. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the Supreme Court said it did not operate or maintain any Facebook account, page or […]
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) out rightly rejected the proposed final draft of the journalists Protection and Welfare Bill, 2017 as neither it provided protection framework for journalists nor any punishment for those involved in killing of journalists. “This is a sham bill aimed at befooling the journalist community as well as […]
FAISALABAD: An application has been submitted with the Civil Lines police for registration of a case against the vice chancellor, security head, principle officer public relations and the security guards of the University of Agriculture Faisalabad in the case of attack on journalists. Yousaf Cheema, a reporter for Saama TV, submitted the application on Tuesday […]
Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), in a letter to Pushpa Kamal Dahal, Prime Minister of Nepal, expressed serious concern over the attack by a gang on Anup Tiwari, reporter with Radio Birgunj and Mountain TV while he was having dinner with his friends at a hotel in Birgunj, a city in the southern plain of Nepal […]
Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), in a letter to Muhammadu Buhari, President of Nigeria expressed concern over the Charles Otu, a correspondent of the Guardian newspaper, who was badly, assaulted by the armed men allegedly, political thugs at Vanco Junction in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital on June 3. PPF Secretary General Owais Aslam Ali condemned […]
Seventeen media workers were assaulted and their equipment seized by the private guards of Agriculture University Faisalabad, while they tried to cover the incident of expelled students, who were not being allowed to enter the varsity premises. The incident took place on June 20 in Faisalabad city in the Punjab province Pakistan. Those who were […]
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