ISLAMABAD: The chairman of the 8th Wage Board, retired Justice Hasnat Ahmad Khan, has expressed deep sadness on the passing away of Niloufer Patel, director of circulation and coordination at Dawn. Justice Hasnat in a statement released on Wednesday said that Ms Patel would be remembered for her memorable contribution of 36 years in the […]
DUBAI: As an honest fan of the superhero genre, the previous five months have been hard. Iron Man’s exit seems like a yesterday that’ll stay with you till tomorrow. It has, perhaps it will. To use clichés with an iron hand, the end of Avengers: Endgame was nothing short of marvellous. And while we wallow in our misery, […]
ISLAMABAD: Inaugurating the third National Calligraphy exhibition, President Dr Arif Alvi said on Tuesday that it is important to inculcate children with knowledge of culture and tradition, and told people to produce a generation that values its culture and traditions to transform the country into a progressive nation. Dr Alvi said: “Art and culture give […]
UNITED NATIONS: Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro said on Tuesday it was a lie that the Amazon was being devastated by fire and accused countries critical of him of having a “colonialist spirit.” Speaking first at this year’s UN General Assembly, the far-right leader also heaped praise on his American counterpart Donald Trump for respecting his […]
ONE of the Urdu short-story writers who began writing quite early and penned some very fine stories was Ali Abbas Hussaini, albeit forgotten too soon. He was a short-story writer, novelist, playwright, translator, critic and academic. Hussaini’s short stories had a streak of progressive thoughts even before the formal foundation of Progressive Writers’ Movement was […]
KARACHI: Arundhati Roy, J.M. Coetzee and Sally Rooney are among more than 250 writers who have defended Kamila Shamsie after a German literary prize withdrew an award over her support for the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel. As reported by The Guardian, in an open letter published in the London Review of Books, […]
LAHORE: Senior media professionals belonging to television news channels met in Lahore on Monday and decided to form an association consisting of Director News/Editors. According to a press release, there was a consensus at the meeting that a body was needed to ensure the professional growth of electronic media and confront challenges faced by news […]
LAHORE: The Pakistan Film Producers Association’s (PFPA) annual election was held in Lahore in which the organisation elected its new representatives for the year 2019 to 2020. Distribution Club’s CEO and famous producer Sheikh Amjad Rasheed was elected as the new Chairman of PFPA while Sangeeta Begum was elected as the Senior Vice Chairman. As for the Vice […]
The Cabinet decision to establish Media Tribunals was reportedly prompted due to couple of Ministers’ complaints to the effect that quite a number of journalists have been continuously targeting them to tarnish their public image and of the government by implication with mala fide intentions. The knee-jerk nature of the decision of the Cabinet obviously […]
Malika-e-Tarannum Noor Jehan was Pakistan’s original diva and there’s no denying that. With her looks and fashion always on point, the singer-cum-actor wasn’t just a Pakistani artist – she was a global icon. Noor Jehan passed away in December 2000. But did you know that just days before her passing away, Indian star Dilip Kumar came to […]
KARACHI: It is thoughtful of the National Academy of Performing Arts (Napa) to have come up with a children’s theatre festival, Bachpan Ke Rung, which kicked off on Saturday with the play Chacha Chhakkan, simply because in our society not enough attention is given to ‘fun’ programmes for kids. Yes, events are held to device […]
SUKKUR: Based on spiritual and ethical ideals, sufism is the roadmap of tolerance and interfaith harmony. The sufi festival will pave the way towards continuity of the legacy of great sufi saints. This was stated by MPA Munawwar Ali Wassan at the concluding session of the four-day National Sufi Folk Festival organised by Shah Abdul […]
KARACHI: Special Assistant to Prime Minister (SAPM) on Information Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan has said the federal cabinet has not approved the ‘media tribunals’ nor has finalised any draft for the purpose. “The federal government is not tabling any bill in the parliament regarding the establishment of media tribunals. The news circulating in the circles is not […]
WASHINGTON: Twitter said on Friday it has closed down thousands of accounts across the world for spreading fake news as well as pro-government propaganda. Accounts coming from China seeking to sow discord among protesters in Hong Kong were closed down, as were accounts amplifying a pro-Saudi message coming from Egypt and the United Arab Emirates directed […]
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