• October 5, 2017
• General News

KARACHI: The recent murder case of Tania Khaskheli should be transferred to an anti-terrorism court in Karachi, urged a joint action committee comprising members of various civil society organisations. The committee added that the government should stop patronising the victim and her family and being sympathetic to the accused and collaborators for the prevention of such […]

• October 5, 2017
• Environmental Journalism

LONDON: A Pakistani environmentalist and Oxford University lecturer Dr Abrar Chaudhury has received the ‘Best Doctoral Dissertation Award 2017’ by the Organisation and Natural Environment Division (ONE) at Academy of Management in Atlanta for his pioneering work in managing climate change in developing countries including Pakistan. The award recognises relevance, scholarly contribution, theoretical and methodological […]

• October 4, 2017
• Information Technology

KARACHI: Expanded Program for Immunization (EPI) and the Health Department Government of Sindh on Tuesday launched Zindagi Mehfooz (ZM) Digital Immunization Registry in Sindh, an android-based application developed by the Interactive Research and Development (IRD) with the Indus Health Network (IHN) to support its implementation across the province to reduce child mortality from vaccine preventable […]

• October 4, 2017
• Governance

KARACHI: After agreements with the Japan International Corporation Agency (JICA) and a Chinese company regarding the integrated bus rapid transit (BRT) system in the city failed to materialise, the World Bank (WB) has agreed to provide financial and technical support for the construction of the Yellow Line BRT in Karachi and the establishment of an integrated […]

• October 4, 2017
• General News

There are several mountains to climb when it comes to fighting corruption, one of them being ensuring that an enabling environment is created for those that expose it to have the protection of the law. There are those who hold back from laying bare the corruption they see around them either in the workplace or […]

• October 4, 2017
• Environmental Journalism

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa health department has issued WHO guidelines regarding treatment protocol of dengue patients as another man died of the vector-borne ailment on Tuesday, bringing the death toll to 42. Pervez Khan, 51, resident of Tehkal area of Peshawar, who was admitted to Khyber Teaching Hospital no Sept 30, is the latest victim […]

• October 4, 2017
• Obituaries

KARACHI – Senior journalist Wali Rizvi was found dead in his flat at Gulistan-e-Johar on Monday night. The flat’s union informed the police about his death. According to the police sources, Wali Rizvi was ill and had been living alone in his flat. Police shifted the body to the Edhi’s morgue. DSP Shahrah-e-faisal police station said that […]

• October 4, 2017
• Freedom of Expression, Front Page, Media Ethics, Media Safety

ISLAMABAD: The journalists’ organisations have strongly condemned Rangers’ step to prevent journalists from entering accountability court premises and pushing them out from courtroom to cover proceeding of the references on the occasion of appearance of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday and termed it direct attack on freedom of Press. In a joint statement. […]

• October 4, 2017
• Broadcasting, Freedom of Expression, Front Page, Media and Governance, Media Ethics

ISLAMABAD: Pemra Council of Complaints Sindh 27th meeting was held at Regional Office Karachi headed by the Chairperson Professor Inam Bari. According to Pemra press release public complaints of serious nature received through automized Viewer Complaints and Feedback Management System and from other quarters were taken up on the agenda. Pemra on the recommendations of […]

• October 4, 2017
• Arts and Entertainment

It’s taken six years for Pakistan’s most revered story teller to return, but as expected, Shoaib Mansoor has come back with one hell of a film; at least that is what it looks like from the teaser that released yesterday. Written, produced and directed by Mansoor, Verna (which can be literally translated to ‘Or Else’) […]

• October 3, 2017
• Arts and Entertainment

Coke Studio 10 and Pepsi Battle of the Bands 2 may have finished their respective seasons but the music scene is far from done. And live shows are coming up in various hues. While music producer and guitar superhero Mekaal Hasan’s inclusive new initiative Rivayat Music Series aims to bring live music to overlooked areas […]

• October 3, 2017
• Environmental Journalism

The dreaded dengue haemorrhagic fever has claimed two more lives in Karachi, as two elderly persons died near the end of last week at a private hospital, Sindh Health Department officials said on Monday. “A 77-year-old man died due to dengue fever at the Aga Khan University Hospital on Saturday, while a 64-year-old woman died […]

• October 3, 2017
• Information Technology

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) and 1Link have signed an agreement to develop a mechanism enabling public to pay the federal taxes and customs duty using internet banking or ATMs. The signing ceremony, organised in Islamabad, was chaired by Finance Minister Muhammad Ishaq Dar with Advisor to the Prime […]

• October 3, 2017
• General News

ISLAMABAD: A Senate committee on Monday approved a bill to provide a mechanism for public interest disclosures by providing protection to whistleblowers in corruption cases. The Senate Standing Committee on Law and Justice, which met at the Parliament House with Senator Javed Abbasi in the chair, passed the bill after its mover, Minister for Law […]