Karachi: The Sindh cabinet, which met here late last week under Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah, decided to withdraw the three per cent Sindh Sales Tax (SST) levied by the provincial bureau of revenue on advertisements in newspapers and periodicals, as well as their web editions. The decision was taken after a delegation of […]
KARACHI: Family members and friends of murdered anchorperson Mureed Abbas and his friend Khizar Hayat on Monday held a demonstration outside Karachi Press Club, urging the authorities to provide justice and security to the heirs as they were allegedly being threatened. Mureed and Khizar were shot dead allegedly by Atif Zaman over an apparent monetary […]
KARACHI: Federal Minister for Maritime Affairs Ali Zaidi on Sunday inaugurated the two-week ‘Let’s Clean Karachi’ campaign and appealed to the people of the teeming metropolis to support the PTI-led government’s initiative to get rid of the heaps of garbage from the city. The Frontier Works Organisation (FWO) has been lined up to spearhead the […]
ISLAMABAD: The 100 acres of forest cleared in the Margalla Hills National Park in Shakarparian for a cricket stadium will be rehabilitated, and Prime Minister Imran Khan is expected to plant a sapling there to launch the monsoon tree plantation drive today (Monday). Ministry of Climate Change Deputy Director Media Mohammad Saleem told Dawn that […]
PRESS freedom was a fundamental pillar of modern civilisation. Nearly all countries, save the communist bloc and dictatorial regimes, ensured special protection for the media in their constitutions. There used to be a competition of sorts to highlight media freedoms in developing countries to gain respectability in the international fora. Jailing a newsperson was rare […]
KARACHI: A federal government-initiated campaign to clean Karachi is set to begin from Sunday (today) with the first target to de-silt all storm-water drains before Eidul Azha. The ‘Clean Karachi’ drive is being launched on the directives of Prime Minister Imran Khan in close partnership with the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-led local government set-up and federal […]
Karachi – The All Pakistan Newspapers Society has thanked Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah and his cabinet for exempting SST on newspapers, periodicals and their web editions. APNS president Hameed Haroon, and secretary general Sarmad Ali expressed their gratitude to the Sindh Government for acceding to their request for withdrawal of three percent […]
“A few days before his death, I asked my brother why don’t you leave this risky and low-paid profession and go back to Korea to make your children’s future bright,” Nawab Gul recalls his last exchange with his deceased brother Javed Khan. “I was worried about growing attacks on journalists in the country. But he […]
ISLAMABAD: Adviser to Prime Minister on Climate Change Malik Amin Aslam said the federal capital will embrace complete ban on polythene or plastic bags by 14 August where other biodegradable alternates are allowed to overcome plastic pollution. Talking to this agency, he said the Ministry of Climate Change under the legislation namely the statutory regulatory […]
Earlier this year, SOC Films, spearheaded by two-time Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, released a 4-part animated series called Shattering the Silence – a public awareness campaign that aimed to create meaningful dialogue around issues of child abuse. Recently the fourth and final animated short, titled Child Safety – Ways to Protect Yourself, from […]
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday called for protecting green areas of Islamabad and directed the Capital Development Authority to complete the new building bylaws soon. He was chairing a meeting with the proposed new members of the commission, which is supposed to carry out revision of the Islamabad master plan. He said that […]
PESHAWAR: Senior journalist Faizur Rahman was deprived of precious electronic goods and watches when burglars broke into his house in Hayatabad. Faizur Rahman, who lives in Street 3 in F-3 in Hayatabad Phase 6, reported to the police that he and his family had gone to his village in Swabi to attend a relative’s funeral […]
Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), in a letter to Carlos Alvarado Quesada, President of Costa Rica has expressed concern over the attack on the Teletica TV channel in Costa Rica. PPF Secretary General Owais Aslam Ali in his letter has condemned the attack on station and urged the concerned authorities to immediately investigate the matter and […]
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa environment minister Syed Mohammad Ishtiaq on Thursday claimed that the province’s forest cover had increased by 6.3 per cent due to the ‘successful completion’ of the Billion Trees Tsunami afforestation project. “The successful completion of the gigantic afforestation project earned us praise from a number of countries and international conservation bodies,” the […]
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