KARACHI: A series of photographs providing an insight into the life and landscapes, flora and fauna, communities and culture of Malawi — a landlocked country in south-eastern Africa — were on display at an exhibition that opened at the VM Art Gallery on Monday. It’s the second exhibition by Laurence Savary, a French artist based […]
Closure of the prestigious Herald Magazine is a classical example of curbs on media, resulting in financial squeeze, and changing reading habits. Though it’s been in the grapevine for some time now, the official announcement that Herald has published in its last issue is still shocking. Herald has been a voice of dissent for decades. […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) vice chairman Syed Amjad Shah has asked the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) chairman to ensure media coverage of the ongoing lawyers’ protests over the filing of references against two superior court judges. In a letter addressed to the Pemra chairman, Mr Shah warned that if the authority failed […]
The federal government has appointed Shoaib Ahmad Siddiqui, as Secretary Information Technology and Telecommunication Division. According to a notification issued by the by the Cabinet Secretariat/Establishment Division, the federal government has appointed Shoaib Ahmad Siddiqui, a BS-22 officer of Pakistan Administrative Service, presently posted as Secretary Communications Division is transferred and posted as Secretary Information […]
British Journalist David Rose Sunday hit back at Pakistan Muslim League-N leaders and fans for terming his news story on alleged embezzlement and money laundering by their party chairman Shahbaz Sharif as ‘baseless’ and ‘propaganda campaign’. In his report published in British newspaper Mail on Sunday, the journalist had alleged that Shahbaz Sharif and his […]
Rawalpindi: The Forests Department Rawalpindi South Circle will plant 830,000 saplings under Monsoon Tree Plantation Campaign 2019. Talking to this agency, Conservator Forests, Rawalpindi South Circle, Saqib Mahmood informed that all out efforts would be made to make the Monsoon Tree Plantation Campaign a success which would be kicked off on Monday. Nearly 180,000 saplings […]
KARACHI: “None of the TV channels today have hired qualified script editors which is adversely affecting the state of the Urdu language in Pakistan,” playwright Haseena Moin said at a panel discussion on Urdu story writing which turned into a debate on the general state of Urdu in Pakistan. The panel consisting of renowned writers […]
PESHAWAR – Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Information Shaukat Yousufzai has said that billion tree tsunami and BRT are two mega projects of the province. The total cost of BRT is Rs29 billion while Lahore’s BRT is much expensive although that was built years ago. If there is an evidence of corruption against any of our ministers, opposition must go […]
Bestway Cement Limited (BCL), Pakistan’s Largest Cement Manufacturer, has once again been accredited and valued for its vision and effective implementation of environment friendly policies at all of its four plants in Hattar, Farooqia, Chakwal and Kallar Kahar; at the 16th Annual Environment Excellence Awards 2019 organised by National Forum for Environment and Health (NFEH) […]
PESHAWAR: The treasury and opposition parties in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly have locked horns over the constitution of a special committee to probe the alleged corruption and anomalies in the multibillion rupees afforestation project in the province. Speaking on a point of order on Friday, opposition leader Akram Khan Durrani drew the attention of Speaker […]
ISLAMABAD: The accountability court judge Arshad Malik has submitted an affidavit to the Islamabad High Court in which he has explained in detail about the whole video controversy. Arshad Malik in his affidavit submitted that during the hearing of reference against Sharif family, the PML-N leaders tried to bribe him and threatened him with dire […]
KARACHI: The investigation team, probing the circumstances behind the brutal murder of TV anchorperson Mureed Abbas and his associate in Defence Housing Authority (DHA), have recorded the statement of Umar Rehan, the main eye-witness in the incident. Separately, police have also arrested the driver of the accused, Atif Zaman. They have yet to decide, however, […]
KARACHI: The National Academy of Performing Arts’ (Napa) theatre festival ‘Jashn Sahwan Ka — a Festival of Contemporary Theatre’ kicked off on Thursday evening with Fawad Khan’s play Lights Out. The drama is an adaptation of a play written by Indian playwright Manjula Padmanabhan in 1984 but still seems relevant to the Pakistani audience. The […]
After releasing two out of four parts of Shattering The Silence series, SOC Films, which is spearheaded by two-time Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, recently launched the third animated short from the series. Shattering the Silence is a public awareness campaign that aims to create meaningful dialogue around issues of child abuse. According to […]
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