ISLAMABAD: The administration of social media network Twitter rejected the India’s complaint to block the personal account of Chairman Senate’s Committee on Interior and senior leader of the PPP Senator Rehman Malik. The Indian government has made a request to twitter to block the personal account of Senator Malik on his posts to expose the […]
PESHAWAR: The government would spend around Rs9.065 billion on plantations related activities in erstwhile Fata to bring its vast lands under forestry cover in 10 billion trees afforstration project (10BTAP) to counter climate change’s challenges. “KP Forest Department will carry out 47 percent plantations activities in erstwhile Fata keeping in view of the availability of […]
MULTAN: Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) Chairman Mirza Saleem Baig said on Monday that there would be complete ban on the sale and purchase of Indian receivers and material broadcasting in the country. He stated this while addressing a ceremony held under the auspices of Pakistan Satellite and Goods Association in connection with setting […]
Islamabad-Every year, the capital gets its much-needed intellectual and cultural treat in the form of the annual Islamabad Literature Festival. Carrying on this legacy for the 6th time, the theme of this year’s ILF is ‘The Focus is Tomorrow: Reflecting on the Past’. The festival will take place on 27, 28, and 29 September 2019 […]
KARACHI: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has asked all cable TV operators to remove cable boosters from electric poles of K-Electric. Sources in the power utility told Dawn that a letter had been sent to Pemra informing it that the KE had received several complaints regarding current in electric poles “due to cables […]
KARACHI: Given that it was the brainchild of Sabeen Mahmud, it was befitting that this year’s Creative Karachi Festival (CKF) had the tagline, “To Sabeen, with love.” Through the continuation of projects like the CKF, it is clear that that team at The Second Floor (T2F) is committed towards preserving Mahmud’s legacy and carrying forward […]
ISLAMABAD: South Asia could be hit with deadly heatwaves by the end of this century that humans wouldn’t survive in, research has found. This was revealed in findings, based on detailed computer simulations using the best available global circulation models, were published by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researcher Elfatih Eltahir in the journal “Science […]
ISLAMABAD: The Minister for Science and Technology is planning to introduce environment-friendly motorcycles and rickshaws, which will run on rechargeable batteries, in the country. During a visit to the Pakistan Council for Renewable Energy and Technologies on Saturday, Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry rode a battery-operated motorcycle and a rickshaw. The electronic vehicles, […]
KARACHI: The global media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has issued the list of nominees for its press freedom awards ahead of its 25th anniversary. Journalists and media outlets from 12 countries have been shortlisted for three international awards. Among them are a Russian investigative journalist who has been attacked several times, a Vietnamese journalist […]
QUETTA: A local journalist working for a newspaper was shot at and critically injured on Friday, official authorities said. Jamil Ahmed, who is a sub-editor at daily Azadi, was going home after completing his shift late at night when armed men shot him several times in the Kirani road area on the outskirts of Quetta, […]
RAWALPINDI: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government has decided to issue Insaf health cards to journalists and other media workers across the country. With these cards, media personnel will be able to avail free medical treatment up to RS725,000 at any government or private hospital. The cards will only be issued to journalists registered as voters […]
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