LAHORE: The Lahore High Court issued non-bailable arrest warrants for Dawn Assistant Editor Cyril Almeida on Monday and ordered the authorities concerned to put his name on the Exit Control List (ECL) for not attending the proceedings in a petition seeking action against PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif and former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on […]
Employees of Radio Pakistan on Monday held a peaceful demonstration in Islamabad and other Units of the organization across the country in protest against the decision of the government to lease out Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation Headquarters building. Employees of all the wings of the national broadcaster participated in the demonstrations and demanded the government to […]
“THE best fame is a writer’s fame: it’s enough to get you a table at a good restaurant, but not enough that you get interrupted when you eat,” said Fran Lebowitz, the American writer known for her satirical remarks. But writers are not famous enough here in our society to get even a table, let […]
ISLAMABAD: Environmentalists within the Ministry of Climate Change have criticised the government’s plans to suspend brick kiln operations in Punjab and Islamabad as being a half-hearted effort to tackle smog, which becomes a grave environmental concern in the winter. The ministry and the Punjab government have asked brick kiln owners to suspect activities between Oct […]
After the United Nations proclaimed this September 23 to be the first International Day of Sign Languages, an event on Sunday stressed that access to sign language, including in education and public services, is critical for the human rights of the disabled. Marking the first International Day of Sign Languages, the Interpreters Association of Pakistan […]
PESHAWAR: To promote the Hindko language and highlight some of its best exponents, poetry by past maestros of the language along with some new Hindku poetry has been compiled and published by the Gandhara Hindko Academy. The 300-page book is titled ‘Virsa’. It has been researched and compiled by Ali Awais Khayal and highlights the […]
Chinese Embassy in Pakistan has categorically rejected the baseless and distorted reports of some local and international media in connection with the courtesy meeting held between China Ambassador to Pakistan Yao Jing and Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony Dr Noor-ul-Haq Qadri last week. According to a press release issued by Chinese Embassy here […]
Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), in a letter to Petro Poroshenko, President of Ukraine has expressed concern over the assault on a female journalist, Daryna Bilera, correspondent of NewsOne TV channel. PPF Secretary General Owais Aslam Ali has, in his letter, urged the government of Ukraine to take immediate action against those responsible for assaulting and […]
Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) in a letter to Rumen Radev, President of Bulgaria has expressed concern over the arrest of two journalists for investigating a scam in EU-funded projects in Bulgaria and Romania. PPF Secretary General Owais Aslam Ali in his letter, has urged the authorities and security forces to stop targeting journalists for their […]
RAWALPINDI: Punjab Information Minister Fayyazul Hassan Chohan on Saturday said that right to information act will soon be promulgated in Punjab to facilitate mediapersons in getting the required information from all relevant quarters. The minister stated this during an informal interactive session with Rawalpindi/Islamabad based journalists of print media at Rawalpindi Arts Council. The journalists […]
Of all the literary genres humour is the most difficult one as it exposed relatively quickly the evils of society. The humorist had to be very cautious about where the fine line lay between quality humour and indecent joke-making. Mushtaq Ahmed Yousufi masterfully disguised crude gestures with his choice of literary words such that the […]
Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Fawad Chaudhry met his Saudi counterpart, Dr Awad al Awwad in Jeddah and discussed matters of bilateral interest. During the meeting, the Minister expressed gratitude to the Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz and Saudi authorities for giving them a warm hospitality. The Saudi Minister showed interest in screening Pakistani TV […]
The Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) in collaboration with the Health Committee of the Karachi Press Club (KPC) is organising heart health consultation followed by awareness dialogue of expert panel on healthy heart for journalists at the Karachi Press Club on Tuesday, September 25, 2018. The experts will perform cholesterol test, blood sugar, colorectal, ECG […]
KARACHI: In a first, a play titled No Time To Sleep will be a ground-breaking 24-hour long performance that will be streamed live around the world. The play charts the final days of Prisoner Z, played by acclaimed actor Sarmad Khoosat. No Time To Sleep promises to be an intense, unedited media scrutiny for 24 hours. There will be no breaks. The […]
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