KARACHI: An exhibition of photographs taken by members of the Pakistan Association of Photojournalists (PAPJ) opened at the Alliance Francaise Karachi on Monday evening. A majority of the pictures on display, as should be the case with photojournalism, bring to light the socio-political shortcomings in society. There are two reasons for praising the photographers who […]
JHANG: The Kotwali police have registered a First Information Report (FIR) under Section 295/A of the Pakistan Penal Code (blasphemy law) against eight nominated and 60 unknown members of the District Bar Association here on Monday. A couple of days ago, on the orders of the Kotwali district police officer, the police had registered a […]
KARACHI: The All Hindu Rights Organisation (AHRO) has asked the Sindh government to provide security to the Hindu community living across the province, warning that protests would be launched across the country otherwise. While speaking at a press conference held at Karachi Press Club on Sunday, AHRO general-secretary Prof Manohar Lal Jesrani said that it […]
LARKANA: To condemn the brutal murder of HRCP’s Multan task force coordinator Rashid Rehman, activists of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, Progressive Youth Commission and other rights bodies took out a procession in Shahdadkot on Sunday. Carrying banners and placards, the protesters led by Abdul Wahab Pandrani and Murad Pandrani marched on the main […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has declined to renew visas of two Indian journalists based in Islamabad and has asked them to leave the country, Wall Street Journal reported, citing a Pakistani government official. The two have been told they must leave the country within a week, the newspaper said. Meena Menon of the Hindu newspaper and Snehesh […]
MULTAN: Police prepared the sketch of the two assailants on Friday who shot dead Rashid Rahman, lawyer and coordinator of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan’s (HRCP’s) special task force, on Wednesday at the HRCP office near Kutchery Chowk, Superintendent of Police (SP) Saifullah told Dawn. Advocate Nadeem Parvaz, one of Rashid’s colleagues, and client […]
FAISALABAD: Members of the District Bar Association on Friday observed a complete strike against the murder of Rashid Rahman, advocate. The strike was observed on the appeal of Punjab Bar Council. DBA Secretary Ejaz Ahmad expressed concern over the killing of lawyers in Rawalpindi, Multan and other places and appealed to the government to make […]
LAHORE: The Centre for Human Rights Education (CHRE) has strongly condemned the assassination of the veteran human rights activist and Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) Coordinator in South Punjab Region Rashid Rehman in Multan on May 7 on Wednesday. The CHRE in a press statement issued on Thursday said Rashid Rehman was getting life […]
LAHORE: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan is deeply grieved at the killing of its Multan Task Force Coordinator, advocate Rashid Rahman. Rashid was a committed rights activist and lawyer and had been associated with HRCP for over 20 years. It must be recalled that on April 10, through a statement, the commission had brought […]
LONDON: A new online investigative research report has called on the Pakistani authorities to strictly enforce existing bans on militant sectarian organisations and ensure that the bans apply to any changes of identity that these groups adopt, including bringing to justice those responsible for attacks against Pakistani Shias who face sectarian attacks on daily basis. […]
Friday, May 09, 2014 – Mass media in Pakistan has come a long way. From the early days of state controlled media, the Pakistani media has started to establish its utility and is well on its way to achieve a more meaningful and free status. Steffen Cohen in his book ‘The idea of Pakistan’ has […]
KARACHI: There are four criminal cases against Aftab Virk Advocate, who approached Additional and Sessions Judge Lahore Ghulam Abbas Sail to file case against the administration of Jang and Geo. Aftab Virk belongs to Noorpur Dakka, village of Sadhpura and all the four cases have been filed against him in this district.The first case of […]
LONDON: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s London chapter has distanced itself from a man posing as “senior advisor to chairman Imran Khan on foreign trade, investment & development from Europe in KPK”. PTI’s newly elected body in London led by Asim Khan on Wednesday said that the elected body had nothing to do with a scandalous news spread […]
Karachi: “Female journalists continue to face an ongoing dilemma: how to combine masculine traits — being aggressive, self-reliant, curious, tough and ambitious — with feminine traits of being compassionate, caring, loving and maternal so she can compete with her male counterparts, but maintain the characteristics society expects from her,” writes Joe Saltzman in his essay […]
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