Anjum Shahzad’s directorial, Khaani made way to our TV screens three weeks ago and offered a change of pace from the usual saas-bahu sagas that have become a regular on local television. Starring Sana Javed as Khaani and Feroze Khan as Mir Hadi, a relatively fresh onscreen pair that has attracted huge traction from masses, […]
Film and television actor, Osman Khalid Butt has a penchant for theatre and has remained an integral part of the field in the early years of his career in the entertainment industry. Having appeared in popular TV plays like Diyar e Dil and Sanam and a film called Balu Mahi, the artist recently returned to […]
As cases of child sexual abuse reach a record high in Pakistan, a panel discussion, held at the Aga Khan University Hospital on Tuesday, brought to fore the role elders, especially parents, need to play in raising children’s awareness about the crime. Before the discussion commenced, a documentary narrating the ordeal of a child abuse […]
There are a very few Pakistani films that use masala and actually succeed in their attempt; however, Maan Jao Na seems to be an exception. The film’s trailer came out recently and it is filled to the brim with romance, comedy and entertaining antics. It is surely an interesting amuse bouche before the main course. […]
ISLAMABAD: Senator Farhatullah Babar Tuesday said the media persons must avail themselves of the two recent opportunities that opened up last week in the Senate to build a legislative framework for the protection and safety of media persons and to end the impunity with which they are attacked both by state and non-state actors. Addressing […]
KARACHI: The National Academy of Performing Arts (Napa) auditorium was bursting at the seams on Tuesday evening. The good thing was that while the hall had a big number of young boys and girls eagerly waiting for the German quartet C.A.R. to perform (one of them even had a few vociferous friends singing ‘happy birthday’ […]
THE recent FIA crackdown on two individuals in Rawalpindi who tweeted against the army and judiciary highlights both the power of social media and the government’s intolerant attitude towards freedom of expression when it comes to public officials. Earlier this year, five bloggers went missing due to posts on social media that were allegedly blasphemous […]
LAHORE: Over five decades old five-day All Pakistan Music Conference (APMC) started at Open Air Theatre Bagh-i-Jinnah, the traditional venue of the conference on Tuesday. The lush green surroundings of the theatre, dim lights, tea and coffee stalls and music gave the venue a look of its own. The conference has made a huge contribution […]
LAHORE: More than 15,000 underpaid teachers and other employees working with an internationally-funded project continue to strive for regularisation which, they say, had been promised to them. The project was launched in 2002 with an objective to make Punjab 100pc literate by 2030. The Punjab government had started the Literacy and Non Formal Basic Education […]
SUKKUR: A man and two women were killed while a 12-year-old boy was injured over an old dispute of karo-kari in Wali Mohammad Dahani village in Punhoon Bhatti taluka Garhi Khairo of Jacobabad district on Wednesday. According to reports, armed men on a motorcycle opened indiscriminate fire on Gul Hassan aka Karihar Jakhrani, his wife […]
LAHORE: Pakistan is the seventh worst country in terms of access to basic sanitation, as its 42 per cent of the population remains without access to basic sanitation. A report by WaterAid says 79 million people lack a decent toilet, while 37pc have no system for wastewater disposal, which leads to spread of diseases due […]
ISLAMABAD: Protesters at the Faizabad sit-in beat up two photojournalists and tried to snatch their cameras on Wednesday while they were trying to capture images of an attack on police. Muhammad Asim of White Star / Dawn and Jehangir Chaudhary of Daily Jang went through the horrifying experience after a group of protesters, armed with […]
ISLAMABAD: In April 2007, the editor of India Today circulated an email to his reporters. He wanted each of them to submit at least three story ideas that could be investigated by using Right to information law. Shyamlal Yadav was among the recipients. Little he knew about the India’s RTI law which was only two-year-old […]
ISLAMABAD: Former Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) chairman I. A. Rehman on Tuesday said journalists are the guardian of public interest so whenever a journalist is attacked it should be considered as an attack on society, democracy and the state. He was speaking at a national conference on media safety at a local hotel […]
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