• January 17, 2018
• Front Page, Media and Governance

LAHORE: A Lahore High Court full bench on Tuesday issued notices to federal and provincial governments and the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on petitions challenging the dharna (sit-in) of opposition parties being held today (Wednesday) on The Mall. The three-judge bench headed by Justice Aminuddin Khan also sought personal appearance of Punjab Advocate […]

• January 16, 2018
• Governance

Pakistan Peoples Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that awareness and education are very important to fight the menace of child abuse, Geo News reported on Monday. “We cannot fight child abuse if our children don’t know how to protect themselves,” he said while addressing a press conference in Karachi on Monday. Bilawal stated […]

• January 16, 2018
• Governance

KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples Party chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari says the Sindh government has introduced child rights and set up child protection units in all the 29 districts of the province. He was speaking to the media at the Bilawal House here on Monday. Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah, Senator Sherry Rehman, Education Minister Jam Mehtab Dahar, […]

• January 15, 2018
• Media Development

PESHAWAR: The Culture Journalists Forum (CJF), Peshawar has appreciated the much-awaited first ever cultural policy of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government. A forum of the meeting held here Sunday expressed satisfaction over the draft and termed it a well-prepared document which they said would safeguard both art and artists in addition to preservation and protection towards building […]

• January 15, 2018
• Front Page

ISLAMABAD: Tariq Mehmood Chaudhry has been elected as President and Shakeel Anjum General Secretary in the National Press Club (NPC) elections 2018 held on Saturday. The Journalist Panel has won over Azad Panel in National Press Club (NPC) in elections 2018, secured consecutive splendid victory for last 10 years. Newly elected President National Press Club […]

• January 15, 2018
• Front Page

WASHINGTON: CPJ and IFEX will lead a delegation of global press freedom groups on an unprecedented mission to the United States, reflecting concerns about threats to journalists and heightened anti-press rhetoric. The mission will coincide with the one-year anniversary of President Trump’s inauguration and will leverage the first year’s findings of the US Press Freedom […]

• January 13, 2018
• Environmental Journalism

Islamabad: UN Environment and the World Health Organisation (WHO) have signed up for a new collaboration to accelerate action to curb environmental health risks that cause an estimated 12.6 million deaths a year. Only two days ago in Nairobi, the heads of both UN agencies signed an agreement to step up joint actions to combat […]

• January 13, 2018
• Information Technology

ISLAMABAD:Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi Friday asked the Ministry of Information Technology to ensure reliable and cheap broadband connectivity across the country, particularly in the remote areas, to ensure spread of digital facilities to the common man. Speaking at a ceremony here at a hotel for the contract signing of ‘Broadband for Sustainable Development Projects’ […]

• January 13, 2018
• Governance

PESHAWAR: In the first campaign of the new year 2018 the K-P government launches an aggressive poliovirus drive with the aim of administering the polio vaccine to over 5.71 million children in the province from Janaury 15. According to available figures there has a 60 per cent decrease in poliovirus cases in the country with […]

• January 13, 2018
• Arts and Entertainment

LARKANA: ‘Colours of Qam­bar-Shahdadkot’ — a three-day festival featuring literary sittings, a conference on wildlife sanctuaries in Qambar-Shahdad­kot district and cultural events as well as mystic and folk music shows — got under way at the Langh lake, a wildlife sanctuary situated 19 kilometres from here, on Friday. Larkana Commissioner Moham­med Abbas Baloch inaugurated the […]

• January 13, 2018
• Front Page, Obituaries

KARACHI: Sarmad Ali, President; Umer Mujib Shami, Secretary General, APNS on behalf of the office bearers and members of the society have expressed profound grief over the sad demise of Shahzad Akhtar, Managing Editor of Daily Tameer-e-Sindh, Karachi. The APNS office bearers expressed their condolence and prayed that Almighty Allah may rest the departed soul […]

• January 12, 2018
• General News

PESHAWAR: A court has turned down attempts by two death row prisoners who wanted the way death sentences are carried out to be changed. A two-judge bench of the Peshawar High Court (PHC) comprising Justice Roohul Amin and Justice Qalandar Ali Khan on Thursday dismissed petitions filed by two death row prisoners who have challenged […]

• January 12, 2018
• Freedom of Expression, Front Page

ISLAMABAD: Police have registered a criminal case against unidentified persons over the attempted kidnapping attempt of journalist Taha Siddiqui. The FIR includes charges under the Pakistan Penal Code’s Sections 365 (kidnapping or abducting with intent secretly and wrongfully to confine person), 506 (criminal intimidation) and 511 (punishment for attempting to commit offences punishable with imprisonment […]

• January 12, 2018
• Environmental Journalism

The accelerated human activity ignited by rapid industrialization and capitalism will have calamitous effects on the global environment and human life. Those who dismiss climate change for the deterioration of environment need to look at a recent study published by Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. While the report notifies every other country to take […]