ISLAMABAD: The Public Accounts committee (PAC) Wednesday sought the details from the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting about the advertisement to print and electronic media during the last 10-year and also the advertisements rate of print and electronic media. Besides seeking the record of the advertisements and rates of advertisements to the print and electronic […]
Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto Zardari in a panel address at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos discussing Fake news vs Real politics said the big business models pose a threat to real journalism in Pakistan. Discussing the concept of fake news, Bilawal said that fake news recently gained popularity primarily through […]
LAHORE: Newsweek, an American weekly magazine and the parent company of Newsweek Pakistan, is reviewing its relationship with the Pakistan franchise after Fasih Ahmed, editor of Newsweek Pakistan made light of child sexual abuse on his Twitter handle. Fasih Ahmed took to Twitter late Tuesday night and stated, “The sexual abuse of children will always […]
ISLAMABAD: Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) was informed here Wednesday that Ministry of Information and Broadcasting is all set to launch new channel “Pakistan Television Parliament” for giving live coverage to the sessions of parliament and standing committees. The PAC appreciated the plan of ministry saying that this step will surely build the trust of […]
MIRPURKHAS – The Sindh Education Foundation (SEF) Managing Director Naheed Shah Durrani has urged the students to get information technology education , as it is need of the hour to compete in the world. She was talking to media here on Tuesday after visiting The Hope High School Mirwah Gorchani. She said: “We should encourage […]
This is turning out to be a momentous year for Ali Sethi. Still basking in the success of Coke Studio’s ‘Tinak Dhin’, everybody’s favorite Harvard-grad-turned-ghazal-singer has just revealed plans to collaborate with award-winning record producer Noah Georgeson. An MFA in classical music and winner of three Grammies, Georgeson has produced and mixed records for major […]
Journalists and members of the civil society attended a demonstration organised by the Young Journalists of Pakistan (YJP) outside the Karachi Press Club on Tuesday evening to protest against the alleged harassment and detention of a journalist, Fawad Hasan. Hasan, who is associated with Express Tribune, was allegedly picked up by security officials from the […]
ISLAMABAD: In a first, the apex environmental watchdog on Monday launched a Digital Environmental Atlas for the federal capital. The atlas provides cartographic data including maps and documentation about Islamabad’s natural resources in the context of its land and environment. Moreover, it covers physiography, land use, vegetation analysis, hydrological analysis, climate change, geological hazards and […]
The Express Tribune’s Fawad Hasan was allegedly detained by security officials at the University of Karachi on Monday and then released after an hour. Fawad was at a condolence reference organised by the Karachi University Teachers Society in memory of the varsity’s former associate professor Dr Hasan Zafar Arif at the institution’s Department of International […]
HYDERABAD: The controversial issue of Gorano effluent reservoir in Tharparkar echoed at one of the sessions on the concluding day at the three-day Hyderabad Literature Festival (HLF) that drew to an end on Sunday evening. Apparently, the controversial issue came to light at the final day’s programme when Tharis affected by the reservoir registered their […]
QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Abdul Quddus Bizenjo has vowed to resolve the issue of 15 per cent sales tax levied on newspaper revenue in order to facilitate journalists. Talking to newspaper editors at the CM Secretariat on Sunday, he said that his government would resolve all issues pertaining to the newspaper industry. He praised the […]
KARACHI: Senior journalist, Mushtaq Hashmani passed away at a local hospital on Sunday evening. With a journalistic career spread over a span of 30 years, Hashmani began his career from Hilal-e-Pakistan and also contributed to other prestigious publications including Awami Awaz. Karachi Press Club’s office bearers and members largely attended funeral prayers, of their colleague, […]
In a meeting between the minister of state for information, Marriyum Aurangzeb, and representatives of the All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS), the minister once again reiterated the belief of the present government in the fundamental and constitutional right of freedom of expression. Aurangzeb assured the APNS delegation that the PML-N government would continue to facilitate […]
KARACHI: President Mamnoon Hussain ordered the relevant authorities on Saturday that University Road be renamed after Jamiluddin Aali to pay homage to the great poet, writer and campaigner for the cause of Urdu. He made this announcement at the inauguration of Urdu Bagh, a new complex that will house Anjuman Taraqqi-i-Urdu’s office, library and related […]
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