By Farrukh Khan Pitafi The writer hosts a show called “Capital Circuit” for News One James Jesus Angleton, former chief of the Central Intelligence Agency’s (CIA) counter-intelligence staff was credited with coining the term ‘wilderness of mirrors’, for the world of espionage. Paranoid as he often was, he also strongly believed that the Soviet spy […]
Government has to Take on Military and Intelligence Services and end Impunity The commission’s failure to get to the bottom of the Shahzad killing illustrates the ability of the ISI to remain beyond the reach of Pakistan’s criminal justice system. The government still has the responsibility to identify those responsible for Shahzad’s death and hold […]
Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) while taking serious notice of creeping unacceptable practices of moral policing by some TV channels has warned them to abstain from indulging in unethical journalistic practices whereby any act of a reporter, electronic media journalist, anchor or the TV channel as a whole be assumed in dis-conformity to generally […]
KARACHI: This is with reference to your editorial of January 27 titled, “Banning concerts”. I have to say that the resolution passed by the Punjab Assembly is one of the most absurd things I have read about in quite some time. It does nothing to address the causes of the Alhamra tragedy, where a stampede […]
By Abdul Manan LAHORE: Thursday was a busy day for members of the Punjab Assembly. A resolution supporting extracurricular activities in public and private education institutions was passed, amid some opposition. The treasury also managed to pass 14 bills, sent back by the governor with objections after the previous session, through motions in the House. […]
ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting on Thursday recommended that no one would be allowed to speak against Pakistan in programmes broadcast by private television channels. It observed that words like “Pakistan will break” must not go on-air and use of such language should be banned. The committee meeting held at the […]
By Sher Khan Khurram Waqar of Qayaas says “It was a very sad day in the history of Punjab and music industry in general..” PHOTO: FILE Meekal Hassan says “These people have made Pakistan a cultural wasteland.” PHOTO:FILE Faisal Kapadia of Strings says “I know this resolution is a result of the tragedy that took […]
PESHAWAR: Press freedom situation went from bad to worse in Pakistan as the country was ranked 151 in a global media organisation’s World Press Freedom Index for 2011-12 – a point below Afghanistan (150th) – as violence remained the main concern for journalists, under constant threat from Taliban, religious extremists, separatist movements and political groups. […]
QUETTA: Expressing concerns over the appalling working conditions for journalists in Balochistan, some senior journalists of the province have said that intolerance among political and religious parties, government institutions and armed groups often created problems for the community. They said such intolerance often resulted in threats to journalists, which always kept them under pressure. Quetta […]
LAHORE: BISHOP of Lahore Dr Alexander John Malik has expressed deep concern over the passage of a resolution by Punjab Assembly asking for a complete ban on musical concerts in all educational institutions. The Bishop said that such a ban would hamper and hinder recreation activities for students, which was a violation of their cultural, […]
KARACHI: Former Federal Minister for Human Rights and Law Senator (R) Iqbal Haider has expressed dismay over the resolution passed by the Punjab Assembly prohibiting the holding of concerts in girls institutions due to the tragic death of three girls in a stampede at a musical concert organized in the Arts Council Auditorium. “All citizens […]
By Faizan Bangash LAHORE: The Punjab Assembly on Tuesday unanimously passed a resolution demanding a complete ban on ‘objectionable musical concerts’ in all the government and private educational institutions of the province. The resolution was tabled by opposition MPA Seemal Kamran, who initially called for a complete ban on concerts in schools and colleges of […]
That Pakistan is a dangerous place for journalists is obvious from the fact that as many as 17 journalists and media workers were killed last year alone. This year has barely begun and already a TV/radio broadcaster, Mukarram Khan Atif, has lost his life in the line of duty. Working for a private TV channel […]
By: Mushtaq Yusufzai “We left our native village in Mohmand tribal region and shifted to Shabqadar area of Charsadda district in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, believing that we will be safe here. But the militants chased us even in this comparatively safer place and shot dead my younger brother,” Haji Yaqoob Khan, elder brother of slain tribal journalist […]
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