The provincial government of the Pakistan Peoples Party will resolve all the genuine issues of bona fide working journalists in the province on a priority basis, including issuance of a health insurance card to them, said Adviser to the CM on Information and Law Barrister Murtaza Wahab. Speaking at a media convention at the Karachi […]
Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), in a letter to Juan Orlando Hernandez, President of Honduras has expressed concern over continued attacks on media workers by police and military in Honduras. PPF Secretary General Owais Aslam Ali has called on the authorities to stop violence against journalists and media workers and to carry out a thorough investigation […]
Facebook – the world’s largest social networking website – has revolutionised how we communicate with friends and acquaintances across the world. In Pakistan, however, it has become a fertile hunting ground for predators to search for impressionable victims, in the absence of a regulatory mechanism. In the latest incident of fraud through social media, a […]
LAHORE-Singer Zoheb Hassan has warned that her late sister, Nazia Hassan’s ex-husband is attempting to make a film on her and anyone ‘entertaining’ him will be sued. The Pakistani pop icon died on August 13, 2000, at the young age of 35, in London, following a prolonged battle with lung cancer. Zoheb, who sang along […]
PESHAWAR: Forest guards serving under the Billion Tree Tsunami forestation project have asked the government to materialise its commitment about their scale upgradation. Speaking at a news conference here on Monday, Forest Guards Foresters and D/Rangers Association Khyber Pakhtunkhwa President Muhammad Zeb Khan said the Billion Tree Tsunami project was recognised at the world level. […]
A DECADE ago, world-renowned psychiatrist and medical anthropologist Arthur Kleinman termed the standard of mental healthcare across the world a ‘failure of humanity’. He noted that the worse deficiencies of care lay in the ‘local conditions’ faced by the mentally ill, and not the fact that mental disorders contributed to 15 per cent of the […]
THERE is good news and bad news, but first the bad news. The sad news that Prof Dr Tahir Masood announces in the intro to a new book is that history of journalism and press has been axed from the syllabi of the mass communication, a subject taught at almost every university of the country. […]
KARACHI – Adviser to Sindh chief minister on Information and Law Barrister Murtaza Wahab has said that the new advertising policy is being set up which will be brought to the cabinet to make fair distribution of public services. He expressed these views while chairing All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) meeting on Monday. Barrister Wahab said […]
LAHORE: The 44th death anniversary of legendary classical singer Ustad Amanat Ali Khan is being observed in Lahore today and in this connection, the Patiala Gharana is hosting a ceremony in memory of the various renowned Pakistani music artists. Countless classical singers and showbiz personalities of today remember Khan and his art. They believe his name will […]
ISLAMABAD: For Chan Xing, he had never thought that his study of the Urdu language would one day enable him to play a key role in bringing the people of two countries together. But then, the multi-billion dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project kicked off and the radio professional found himself calling upon every ounce of […]
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on Monday cautioned the television channels against broadcasting derogatory remarks and comments against the superior judiciary. “During the monitoring of satellite TV channels for the last few days, a trend has been observed wherein News and Current Affairs Satellite TV channels have been found airing live footages, […]
ISLAMABAD: Social media has although transformed the lives of people through providing an easy way of communication and interaction but its excessive use is alarmingly breaking down family interactions, reducing physical and outdoor activities. The use of social media networks by majority of the users, especially teenagers, for sharing every action, photos, comments and other […]
Senior journalist Aamir Ahmed Malick breathed his last a day earlier and was laid to rest at the graveyard of the University of Karachi on Sunday evening. Malick had been associated with a number of English dailies on senior editorial positions. Twice he was part of The News, Karachi. He also worked for the creative […]
Chief Justice Saqib Nisar’s idea of raising money for the Diamer-Bhasha Dam by asking people for money has been questioned as ‘charity’ and later clarified as ‘self-help’. Self-help is the best form of sustainable development that the government can invest in at this very crucial time in the history of Pakistan. But apart from the dam, […]
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