Amir Wasim ISLAMABAD: Malik Riaz strode on to the national political scene vowing to expose the court but he has ended up facilitating an expose of the media, the climax of which came with the release of footage in which two talk show hosts interacted with the property tycoon in a manner that suggested an […]
By Arif Rafiq The writer is an adjunct scholar with the Middle East Institute and president of Vizier Consulting, LLC. He tweets at @pakistanpolicy The Arab world is in tumult. A tsunami, to use contemporary Pakistani political parlance, has hit six core countries and leaders of most of the region’s remaining sixteen countries and territories […]
By: Asad Farooq KARACHI: Regardless of the current scenario sketched by international media, Pakistani youth have enough potential to lead the world as the same has been proved by the series of international awards won by Pakistani youngsters from Arfa Kareem to Shayan Aneeq Akhter and from Humaima Malick to Arslan Khan whose documentary film, […]
By: ASAD SYED – Islamabad THE recent budget transmissions of TV channels lacked professionalism and sophistication. Except for a few, most programmes remained wishy-washy. Like they have been doing it for the last previous years, the channels again tried to create undue panic amongst the public, building up high expectations of the viewers. Budget announcements […]
KARACHI: The Second Floor (T2F) organised a special event for kids entitled ‘Kahani Times’ with the Toffee TV Team’, held here at T2F on Sunday. Kahani time was aimed at providing children with a platform to be fascinated, learn and experience various interesting activities, through getting involved. On the occasion, Toffee TV team members Sania […]
By Farrukh Khan Pitafi The writer hosts a show called “Capital Circuit” for News One Chickens are coming home to roost and some claim that it’s pure karma. They maintain that the Chief Justice of Pakistan was impaled upon his own sword of overdependence on the media. Such is the state of euphoria in some […]
KARACHI: ‘Hero TV,’ billed as a channel for ‘news with entertainment,’ began its test transmission on June 1. The channel has been launched by the Express Media Group. The tag line of the channel is ‘Dekhaday Sab Kuch’ (reveal everything), and analysts wonder whether this will be an exciting news media outlet that will promote […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Television, Radio Pakistan and the Ministry of Religious Affairs on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understand for Hajj Awareness Campaign, 2012. Joint Secretary Ministry of Religious Affairs Shahzad Ahmad, Managing Director PTV Yousuf Baig Mirza and Director General Radio Pakistan Murtaza Solangi signed the agreement. Minister for Information and Broadcasting Qamar Zaman Kaira […]
Islamabad: National Highways and Motorways Police (NH&MP) extends its partnership to ATV electronic media channel along with Ufone to help in achieving the goal of road safety. Inspector General Wajid Ali Khan presided at ceremony arranged for signing Memor-andum of Understandings (MoU) with ATV and Ufone here on Friday. Speaking on the occasion, the Inspector […]
ISLAMABAD: Survivors of acid attacks whose plight became the focus of an Oscar-winning documentary now fear ostracism and reprisals if the film is broadcast in Pakistan. Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy made history earlier this year when she won Pakistan’s first Oscar, feted across the country for exposing the horrors endured by women whose faces are obliterated in […]
ISLAMABAD: The federal executive council (FEC) of Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (Dastoor group) has strongly condemned the sacking of journalists and other staff from various news channels, and delay in payment of their salaries. The FEC at its meeting, presided over by its president Idrees Bakhtiar, took stock of the difficulties being faced by […]
Sir: Pakistan is the only country in the world where the government charges a TV licence fee from its consumers via electricity bills at Rs 35 on monthly basis. What is the purpose of charging a TV licence fee and what benefit does the consumer get by paying through electricity bills? Who is pocketing all […]
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has lauded the role of cable operators in creating awareness among the masses on important issues. He was talking to a delegation of the Cable Operators Association of Pakistan, headed by its chairman Khalid Arain and comprising Malik Furqan, Zubair Khalid, Tahir Javed, Sheikh Ijaz, and Niaz Sheikh, a […]
I came away from the movie understanding my country much better than I had when I went in. By Bina Shah The writer is an author, most recently of Slum Child (2010). She has written for numerous publications including Dawn, The Friday Times and Chowk Saving Face is one of the most difficult movies I’ve […]
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