ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists, headed by Afzal Butt, will launch a movement for press freedom on Thursday (tomorrow) to protest the “unannounced censorship” being faced by the media and the moves to curtail the distribution of Dawn in several parts of the country. In a statement released on Tuesday, the PFUJ said […]
The cross-cultural Ali Sethi is a great example of just how a singer can offer variety whether it is pop tracks or classical ones or experimental ones. He is also finding a healthy balance between corporate projects and non-commercial ones. Presently seen in the third season of Cornetto Pop Rock with the mash-up ‘Dil Karda […]
ISLAMABAD: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and its partner in Pakistan, Freedom Network (FN), have expressed concern over reports of media censorship in the country, observing that “censorship and intimidation of media are incompatible with democracy”. In a joint letter written to caretaker Prime Minister Nasirul Mulk, the RSF and FN called upon the authorities to […]
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV) was directed by the Senate Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting to charge advertisement rates to ousted prime minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz for 101 events shown on the channel in the 10 months after Nawaz’s removal from office. The committee was presided over by […]
Ahsan Khan is a versatile actor with a number of diverse characters to his credit and years of experience to back it up. Now, the Udaari actor, who prefers to not attach himself with arbitrary projects, has joined the cast of forthcoming drama serial Alif that also stars Sajal Aly, Hamza Ali Abbasi and Kubra […]
KARACHI: The Supreme Court-mandated Judicial Commission on Water and Sanitation has given three months to various industries operating in the Port Qasim Authority (PQA) to install in-house effluent treatment plants. The industries were warned that they would be sealed in case they violated the commission’s orders. During its hearing in Karachi on Monday, the commission […]
KARACHI – Mayor Wasim Akhtar along with representatives of civil society and NGO take part in the plantation campaign in Hill Park on Sunday. He said that amount has been allocated in current budget for bringing improvement in Hill Park and the main lake and water fall will be restored and thousands of trees will […]
PESHAWAR – Experts on electoral and governance stressed journalists for highlighting election laws and code of conduct for the candidates to ensure transparency and impartiality of the public and private institutions in the general elections. A 3-day training session for journalists on civic education, election laws and administrative and role of political parties was organised […]
There has been a tremendous growth in the number of short films that are released online, allowing easy access to viewers. It is always a treat to watch these short stories that don’t demand much of your time and mostly give you something to think about. Adding to the list is the newest release Laila, […]
KARACHI: A major mangrove plantation drive was launched on Saturday under a public-private partnership at a ceremony held at Pakistan International Bulk Terminal (PIBT) at Port Qasim. The drive was launched by Karachi Conservation, a business and biodiversity platform initiated by the Port Qasim Authority (PQA) in collaboration with the International Union for Conservation of […]
RAWALPINDI: Volunteers of the capital city are going to kick start a seeds ball campaign titled “throw and grow” from Sunday at Margalla Hills to promote planting of trees with internationally recognised easy methods in the country. The campaign will be launched in collaboration with Islamabad Wildlife Management Board (IWMB) inviting the people from civil […]
KARACHI: The last episode of Kahani is going to air on Monday at 8 pm on Geo TV and social media is already ripe with discussing the ending and the social issues emerging from it. It’s a mainstream debate. Issue at hand is based on the concept of REPENT. Mir Hadi is ashamed of what […]
Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) on Saturday launched a reporting and monitoring mechanism for election related violence directed against media personnel and institutions. The reporting mechanism will facilitate journalists and other media personnel to report violence directed against them in the month leading up to the General Elections on July 25, to elect members of the […]
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