KARACHI: The National Academy of Performing Arts’ (Napa) annual Karachi Laughter Festival will be held from Jan 9 to 26, it was announced at a press conference on Monday evening. This year, the event will showcase three plays, each staged for four days, from Thursday to Sunday. The first that will be put up on […]
LAHORE: The row between Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry and anchorperson Mubasher Lucman took a surprise turn on Monday when the two filed applications with police, seeking action against each other for hurling `serious threats.’ In his application submitted to the Model Town station house officer, Mr Chaudhry said that he was […]
LAHORE: Six robbers took away cash and other valuables worth over Rs2 million from senior journalist and anchor Imtiaz Alam’s home at Raiwind on Sunday. The armed men took away local and foreign currency, gold ornaments and diamond sets, mobile phone sets and other valuables. Mr Alam’s wife Dr Nusrat Habib, a retired executive director […]
ISLAMABAD:A discussion on the role of the media in facilitating trade between China and Pakistan was held recently chaired by Express Publication’s CEO Aijaz ul Haq. The participants of the meeting included Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry Senior Vice President Dr Mirza Ikhtiar Baig and China Economic Net Deputy Editor-in-Chief Meng Lingjuan. […]
ISLAMABAD – Kashmiris on both sides of the Line of Control and across the world on Sunday observed the Right to Self-Determination Day with the pledge to continue their liberation struggle till its logical conclusion. It was on January 5, 1949 when the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) passed a resolution supporting the Kashmiris’ right to […]
MULTAN (APP): Excise, Taxation and Narcotics department has sent suggestions to the provincial government for imposition of entertainment tax on cinemas. Director Excise and Taxation, Abdullah Khan told APP here on Sunday the Excise department Punjab had sought suggestions about entertainment tax. He said the film association was demanding five percent tax and five years […]
National Database Registration Authority (Nadra) Director General (DG) Mir Ajam Khan Durrani has taken notice of a video, which showed a citizen complaining of his grievance outside a Nadra office, that went viral on social media. Talking to The News, the Nadra DG said an applicant had visited the Madra Mega Centre in Defence at […]
LAHORE: Federal Science and Technology Minister Fawad Chaudhry slapped an anchorperson for defaming him on Sunday. Anchorperson Mubasher Lucman has now become the second victim of the minister’s outrage over the past six months. Earlier he had slapped Sami Ibrahim in June. Mr Chaudhry slapped Mr Lucman allegedly for tagging him with TikTok stars Hareem […]
Spokesperson K-Electric reiterates that different figures ranging from PKR 4 upwards being circulated in media circles as increase in consumer bills are misleading. According to the Spokesperson, “Some News Channels and Publications have quoted a figure of more than PKR 4 being increased in the end consumers’ monthly bills which is incorrect. It is the […]
Dawn CEO Hameed Haroon, through his lawyer, sent a legal notice to filmmaker Jamshed Mahmood on Monday under Section 8 of the Defamation Ordinance 2002, asking for an unconditional public apology and retraction of rape allegations. Talking to Dawn.com, the director, popularly known as Jami, said that he had received the notice and was in […]
ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan on Friday said that social media was taking over electronic media and government officers needed to adapt to the changing scenario. Addressing information officers at a function held at the Information Services Academy (ISA), the special assistant said that electronic […]
HYDERABAD: Writer and educationist Abdul Hameed Memon, known by his nom de plume Hameed Sindhi, breathed his last on Friday. He was 80 years old. According to Sindhi’s family, he had a cardiac arrest at his home in Qasimabad, Hyderabad, following which he died. His body was later shifted to his ancestral town in Naushahro […]
Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan Friday said the need for training and capacity building of media persons has increased substantially in the current age of digital media. Speaking as chief guest at closing ceremony of “Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) Experts Meeting on New Challenges […]
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Wednesday issued a notice to the prosecutor general of Sindh on an appeal of a journalist against his conviction in a case of possessing literature to incite religious hatred. An antiterrorism court had sentenced Nasrullah Khan Chaudhry to five years in prison last week and Mr Chaudhry, a journalist […]
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