Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) in a letter to Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Kazakhstan has expressed concern over the detention of Sania Toyken and Sanat Nurbekov, correspondent and cameraman of Radio Azattyk. PPF Secretary General Owais Aslam Ali in his letter, has condemned the detention of journalists and termed it an attack on media freedom. PPF also urged the […]
The three sub-task forces of the Prime Minister Taskforce on Information Technology and Telecom has finalized recommendations including the proposal to bring down the 12.5 percent advance income tax on internet to zero as well as declaring IT and Telecom sector as industry. Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication Dr Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui in […]
PESHAWAR: The artistes on Sunday demanded the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government to launch an annual folk music festival and exchange of troupes to promote peace through music in the region. They made the demand at a function arranged at the Zubair Mir Hall of the Peshawar Press Club by the Cultural Committee of the Press Club […]
The third and last day of the Karachi Literature Festival received an overwhelming response with booklovers flocking to the venue in droves. Book launching, talks and presentations marked the contours of the event. The successful 10th edition of KLF was organised by Oxford University Press (Pakistan) under the leadership of its Managing Director Arshad Saeed […]
While visiting the Benazir Bhutto Shaheed Park, Sindh Minister for Forests and Wildlife Syed Nasir Husain Shan said that in the first phase of Urban Forestry throughout Sindh, approximately one million tree plantation will be carried out in Karachi. The Minister was accompanied by Chancellor Iqra University Erum Lakhani, Secretary Forest Abdul Raheem Soomro, President […]
DERA ISMAIL KHAN – Trees and plants play significant role in the conservation of soil and environment whereas continuous wood cutting in the area is leading to deforestation and causing climate issues. Wood cutting for various purposes like timber wood, fodder etc puts tremendous immediate and long term consequences on the environment besides causing soil […]
PESHAWAR – Blessed with bounties of natural resources varying from deserts to Alpine meadows, rivers, plenty of sunshine and rich biodiversity, Khyber Pakthunkhwa is the most suitable province of Pakistan with a colossal potential to enhance forest areas up to 30pc. The forest area can be enhanced by using the vast barren land of merged […]
Minutes after Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday evening made a surprise announcement in the joint session of Parliament to free the captured Indian pilot as a ‘gesture of peace,’ one of the known anchors on a leading Indian news channel started screaming. He was telling his viewers that Pakistan would release Wing Commander Abhinandan […]
Dumbing down of broadcasting has become an industry, and this trend started in 1935, when a film used it as a slang, and since then it is thriving, said Dr Huma Baqai on Sunday. Dr Huma, associate dean of the IBA’s business administration faculty, was one of the panellists at the 10th Karachi Literature Festival’s […]
PESHAWAR: People linked with music and performing arts continue to face discrimination and negative profiling by society, said famous writer and scholar of history and literature Noorul Amin on the eve of International Music Day observed on March 3. Pakhtun people in general like music and art, but do not show due respect to performers. […]
The Lahore Anti Cyber Crime Cell of the Federal Investigations Agency has arrested a suspect, deported from Greece, for attempting to force a woman into marriage through blackmailing. A victim, M*, had registered a complaint with the cell. She had befriended a person named Naseer Shah at social media. After some time, he proposed marriage […]
KARACHI: The overcast, gloomy conditions on Friday evening seemed like a poignant reflection of the tensions on Indo-Pak borders. The arrival of guest speakers from outside of Karachi and from more than a dozen countries of the world was uncertain because airports had been closed for flight operations for the last couple of days. But, […]
ISLAMABAD: A week on, the circumstances of how two Italian and British climbers went missing on Nanga Parbat are still not clear. With the air space closed on Friday, a ground team consisting of high altitude climbers Mohammad Ali Satpar, Dilawar Hussain and Imtiyaz Hussain – all from the Satpara Village – have not had […]
KARACHI: The 5th Science and Technology Exchange Programme (STEP) International Conference on ‘Health Challenges of Communicable (CDs) and Non-Communicable Diseases’ (NCDs), jointly organised by Pakistan and Iran, concluded successfully on Friday. Nearly 500 scientists from over 40 countries attended the international conference held at University of Karachi’s (KU) International Centre for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS). […]
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