• March 18, 2019
• New Media, Social Media

KARACHI: Amid the centre’s attempts to rebrand Pakistan into an attractive travel destination, tourism authorities in Sindh appear to be headed the opposite way as they move towards blocking all international ticketing and hotel reservation websites, seemingly on a single complaint. Without consulting both foreign and other local tour operators, the Sindh Directorate of Tourist […]

• March 18, 2019
• Environmental Journalism

SUKKUR: More than 4,000 acres of forest land was retrieved from unauthorised growers and farmers on Sunday in the second phase of a big operation launched a last week by the forest department in coordination with the Sukkur and Ghotki district administrations. The operation has been launched in compliance with the apex court’s relevant directives. […]

• March 18, 2019
• New Media, Social Media

SMART devices can make their users feel they have access to the world at the tips of their fingers. However, a recent survey indicates that many young Pakistanis do not realise that these gadgets can also be a gateway for the world to access their personal data. According to the results of the exercise, 83pc […]

• March 18, 2019
• Media and Society, Radio

The Canvas Gallery is hosting Aamir Habib’s solo art exhibition titled ‘Media is Dead; Long Live Media!’ until March 21. A press release issued by the gallery stated that since the advent of the radio, the newspaper has been at risk of becoming redundant, being dethroned. It subsequently begged the question, would “video really kill […]

• March 18, 2019
• Broadcasting, Front Page, Media and Governance, Media and Society, Radio

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government is likely to make functional five FM radio stations in the merged districts of the province to counter the narratives shaped by foreign radio broadcasts focused on the region, according to officials. “Several foreign radio channels including some international broadcasters having local setups and some others based in border areas […]

• March 18, 2019
• General News

HYDERABAD: Office-bearers of the Hyderabad Union of Journalists (HUJ) (Dastoori group) staged a token hunger strike on Sunday against sacking of journalists and other technical staff from electronic and print media organisations and forced reduction in their salaries and other facilities. They demanded immediate reinstatement of all sac­ked journalists and media workers. The also called […]

• March 17, 2019
• Environmental Journalism

LAHORE: A clean and green Pakistan will attract tourism – an avenue that largely remains untapped despite huge potential to bring valuable foreign exchange to strengthen the country’s economy. “Pakistan is our country and home. Therefore, we must keep it clean, tidy and green, which will have great positive impact on our environment and health,” […]

• March 17, 2019
• Environmental Journalism

KARACHI: As you enter Shahzad Qureshi’s urban forest in Clifton, you are greeted by the fragrance of freshly-watered plants and the wet soil. The shiny leaves swaying in the gentle morning breeze have a soothing effect on the mind. The frown on your face is replaced with a smile as you encounter patches of wheat, […]

• March 17, 2019
• General News

PESHAWAR: Peshawar High Court Chief Justice Waqar Ahmad Seth inaugurated the first child protection court here at the Judicial Complex on Saturday amid plans for the establishment of such courts in all divisional headquarters and districts of the province by the end of the current year. Accompanied by child rights activists, judicial officers, lawyers and […]

• March 17, 2019
• Arts and Entertainment

A AN Gandhara Art Space’s current photography-based exhibition weaves digital stories which refer to archiving visual memory. ‘Depicture’, curated by Alia Bilgrami, shows the work of Shah Numair Abbasi, Ali Sultan, Aisha Abid Hussain, Malika Abbas, Veera Rustomji, Jovita Alvares, Nurjahan Akhlaq and Iqra Tanveer. The overall narrative comes from a crossover of painting, film […]

• March 16, 2019
• Broadcasting, Freedom of Expression, Media and Governance, Media Safety, Protest Letters by PPF

Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), in a letter to Petro Poroshenko, President of Ukraine has expressed concern over the decision of Ukraine to put entry ban on Austrian journalist, Christian Wehrschütz, in the country. PPF Secretary General Owais Aslam Ali, condemned the decision of Ukrainian authorities and called on the government to immediately reverse the entry […]

• March 16, 2019
• Arts and Entertainment

KARACHI: It was one of those rare occasions when singer par excellence Nayyara Noor made a public appearance. She was invited to sit alongside composer Arshad Mahmud to answer questions put to both of them by Nafees Ahmed about their remarkable collaboration over the years on the second day of the National Academy of Performing […]

• March 16, 2019
• Environmental Journalism

PESHAWAR:Federal Minister of State for Climate Change Zartaj Gul has said that Pakistan will grow 14,000 trees for each tree that enemy destroys. She was referring to the Indian aerial attack early in March at Balakot, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, in which few pine trees were damaged. “We will highlight India’s environmental terrorism in the […]

• March 16, 2019
• General News

Islamabad: Sustainable Social Development Organization (SSDO) on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Provincial Assembly of Punjab to build the capacity of Members of Punjab Assembly on legislative oversight and reforms on human rights, peace building, rule of law and climate change. The MOU was signed by Secretary Provincial Assembly of Punjab Muhammad […]