KARACHI – Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) Commissioner Dr Syed Saifur Rehman directed authorities to take urgent steps for cleaning sewerage nullahs, while dumper loading trucks also have seemed lifting garbage in various points on Friday. He said that the citizens would get relief from scorching heat and enjoy rainy weather but heaps of garbage and […]
The upcoming 10th edition of Spikes Asia, which is scheduled to take place from September 26 till September 28, this year, holds special significance for Pakistan. The recently announced 13 jury presidents for the festival include Ali Rez, the Regional Creative Director of BBDO, Pakistan. He has been nominated in Design and Print & Outdoor […]
LAHORE – Hundreds of PML-N leaders and workers have been arrested ahead of today’s arrival of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz in Lahore. Though the crackdown by the caretaker government was Punjab-wide, most of the arrests made since Wednesday night came in the provincial capital – which was sealed on […]
ISLAMABAD: The state-run Pakistan Television (PTV) has imposed a ban on coverage of Nawaz Sharif’s homecoming rally and political activities a day before the former prime minister is set to return to Pakistan. “Please note that no convicted person is to be shown or talked about on any PTV channel/programme, whether in paid advertisements, news […]
LAHORE: Caretaker Punjab Chief Minister Dr Hassan Askari inaugurated the monsoon tree plantation campaign by planting a tree in the lawns of Chief Minister’s House on Thursday. A target of planting 300 million trees in three months has been fixed during this campaign. Parks & Horticulture Authority (PHA) will also plant different kinds of plants […]
ISLAMABAD (PR): Journalists and media workers on Wednesday staged protests across the country against the unannounced censorship imposed by the “hidden and dark forces” on media and creating hindrances in the distribution of Daily Dawn in the Cantonment areas of the country. The protests were organised on the call of the Pakistan Federal Union of […]
ISLAMABAD – The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority on Thursday issued a warning to various satellite TV channels to comply with Code of Conduct of the Election Commission of Pakistan and PEMRA for media and refrain from airing derogatory and malicious content against judiciary and armed forces as well as political leadership. PEMRA’s warning to […]
ISLAMABAD: Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani has referred complaints of “unannounced media censorship” and disruption in the distribution of Dawn to the Standing Committee on Information and asked it to present its report in one week. The decision came on Thursday after a boycott of the Senate session by journalists in response to a call given […]
With General Elections coming up later this month, several members of the entertainment industry have endorsed their choice of candidates. Singer-songwriter and one of music industry’s biggest names, Ali Azmat, has endorsed Fauzia Kasuri, who is presently associated with Pak Sarzameen Party Pakistan, which is founded by Syed Mustafa Kamal. Taking to Twitter, Ali Azmat […]
KARACHI: Ahead of Pakistan’s elections, Facebook has ramped up its efforts to ensure they doing everything they can to prevent abuse, working in collaboration with the Election Commission of Pakistan to better understand and address the specific challenges faced here. Facebook is increasing the number of people working on safety and security issues around the […]
ISLAMABAD: The Facebook administration has contacted the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and offered making a trend for the July 25 general election in Pakistan. According to media reports, the Facebook administration has also offered to help do away with fake pages of political parties. The ECP will reply to the offer after formal approval […]
ISLAMABAD: A large number of journalists, politicians, lawyers and civil society activists showed up at protest camps set up by the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), headed by Afzal Butt, across the country on Wednesday to express solidarity with Dawn newspaper and DawnNews TV channel. The PFUJ has also given a call for boycott […]
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has asked the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) to ensure non-discriminatory coverage to election campaigns and press conferences of all political parties. In a letter to the Pemra chairman, PPP secretary general and former Senate chairman Nayyar Hussain Bukhari said that a press conference was held at Bilawal […]
Islamabad: The participants of a training workshop on Wednesday declared impartial and objective reporting by both print and electronic media mandatory for ensuring fairness and transparency of the upcoming general elections in the country. They said the media should inform people about the conduct of elections, the political parties and candidates and their manifesto and […]
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