• January 9, 2018
• Information Technology

LAHORE: The I.T. industry is bent upon to improve software exports from existing US$3.5 billion to US$30 billion by facilitating the industry, establishing dedicated special economic zones, providing ease of doing businesses through one-window facilitation cell under Punjab Revenue Authority for resolving complaints, tax break, exemption on imports and reduction in sales tax. Dr Umar […]

• January 9, 2018
• Environmental Journalism

ISLAMABAD: Barely 15 days old, Kinza whimpers at an Islamabad hospital where she is suffering from diarrhoea and a blood infection, a tiny victim among thousands afflicted by the country’s severely polluted and decreasing water supplies. Cloaked in a colourful blanket, Kinza moves in slow motion, like a small doll. Her mother, Sartaj, does not […]

• January 9, 2018
• General News

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Monday ordered a report from the Islamabad High Court registrar over the incomplete proceedings of the Tayyaba torture case, being heard by a trial court. According to Geo News report, Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar expressed his displeasure that the trial was still incomplete even after a year. He called […]

• January 8, 2018
• Environmental Journalism

The country’s second Marine Protected Area (MPA) has come into being after the Ministry of Climate Change declared the Indus River Canyon, Pakistan’s exclusive economic zone in the Arabian Sea, as one through a notification. The Indus River Canyon MPA comprising 27,607 square kilometres is the second such area in Pakistan after Astola Island, which […]

• January 8, 2018
• Arts and Entertainment

DUBAI: Growing up as a girl in the Pakistani society, you had to know your totkay and your pakoray. What do you do if you can’t add wine to sauce? What’s the substitute for mascarpone cheese? How to achieve that perfect porcelain skin? How do you make the perfect gol roti to impress your in-laws? […]

• January 8, 2018
• Governance

The Sindh Education Foundation (SEF) of the government of Sindh celebrated its Silver Jubilee with the theme “Hope on: Journey on” depicting the SEF’s 25-year voyage. Sindh Chief Minister, Syed Murad Ali Shah, was the chief guest while Sindh Education Minister Jam Mahtab Dahar was the host of the event where Members of National and […]

• January 8, 2018
• Media Development

The five member judges committee for the 3rd Amir Ahmed Siddiqui Media Awards has invited entries for the contest by January 31, 2018, said a press issued here on Sunday. Journalists based in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Federally Administered Tribal Areas are eligible to participate in the contest. According to the judges’ decision, the journalistic work […]

• January 8, 2018
• Front Page

IN a country where the chroniclers of history are too often either silenced or killed, the press in Balochistan continues to suffer the worse kinds of violence at the hands of state and non-state actors. Last October, banned separatist groups — the Balochistan Liberation Front and the United Balochistan Army — threatened reprisals against newspapers […]

• January 7, 2018
• Media and Governance

IT is alarming how in the aftermath of the Faizabad sit-in in November, a discussion regarding the infringement of citizens’ rights has been conspicuously absent. The state apparatus blacked out news channels on TV, suspended social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube, suspended mobile phone signals in selected areas, and failed to […]

• January 7, 2018
• Governance

KARACHI – Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that declaration of an emergency in the education department has set some clear directions for the government and they are bound to improve the quality of education in the public sector. He said this while talking to the media after convocation of the NED […]

• January 7, 2018
• Environmental Journalism

Federal Minister for Water Resources Syed Javed Ali Shah has questioned the handing over of 100 percent water of three rivers under the Indus Water Treaty, adding that water scarcity is a human issue in South Punjab. “Handing over Sutlej, Bias and Ravi rivers to India was a cruel act on the part of past […]

• January 7, 2018
• General News

Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) and Institute for Peace and Secular Studies (IPSS) organized a seminar on ‘Human Rights in the Era of Enforced Disappearances’ at Safma Auditorium on Saturday. Human rights community, artist community, academics & teachers, students, rights based NGOs, representatives of political parties, and families of missing persons attended the seminar. […]

• January 3, 2018
• Arts and Entertainment

The ninth episode of drama serial Khaani may have been slower in comparison to the previous pace of the story but the overwhelming response it has gotten from fans and followers shows no signs of slowing down. The TRPs of this week’s episode hit an outstanding 8.13, according to sources. Here’s what happened this week: […]

• January 3, 2018
• Governance

KARACHI/HYDERABAD: The roads in Hyderabad, a city that often resembles an island because it is bordered by the Indus River and three canals, saw a sudden rise in the movement of water tankers during the last few days. This vehicular supply, which indicates a shortage of piped water, was instantly followed by the December 25 […]