ISLAMABAD: Hunting dogs foiled a robbery attempt when a gang of gunmen entered the house of prominent journalist, Nusrat Javed, at Sector F-8/2 in the wee hours of Monday.Nusrat Javed, when contacted by this scribe, said, “It was something bigger than a robbery attempt,” may by recce for another hit at my house as the […]
Pakistan has been grappling with national security issues for more than a decade with internal security being the major cause of concern. Terrorist attacks have destabilised the country to a large extent. Subsequent governments have attempted evolving a comprehensive national security policy to eradicate the scourge of terrorism as well as tackling the related challenges […]
ISLAMABAD: Expressing concern over recent attacks on minorities, the Supreme Court (SC) sought a comprehensive report from the Ministry of Religious and Minority Affairs on the provision of minorities’ rights. A three-judge bench of the apex court, headed by Chief Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani, heard the suo motu case taken up after petitioner Saleem Michael’s […]
KARACHI: While the politicians were signing the 18th Amendment to revive the Constitution, the electronic media was busy giving minute-by-minute broadcast of Shoaib Malik and Sania Mirza’s wedding ceremony, recalled former information minister Qamaruz Zaman Kaira. He expressed these views on the Rs20-billion industry in terms of advertisements at a three-day National Media Conference organised […]
LAHORE: The governing body of the Lahore Press Club has warned of retaliatory actions if the Punjab government does not pay heed to the residential problems facing the club members. This decision was taken at a meeting of the senior council members held at National Hockey Stadium with LPC President, Arshad Ansari in the chair. […]
ISLAMABAD: Publishers of newspapers and periodicals of the twin-cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad have congratulated Prof Irfan Siddiqui, a prominent columnist, on his appointment as Special Assistant to the prime minister as well as his assuming chief coordinator of the four-member committee for entering into dialogue with the Taliban. In a meeting of the federal […]
ISLAMABAD: The government has clipped the powers of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) chairman, Chaudhry Rashid Ahmad. Officials announced that a three-member committee would oversee the affairs of the state institution on Friday, saying the decision was taken in a meeting wherein the committee agreed to strip the chairman of his powers. Members […]
KARACHI: Renowned cricket journalist and broadcaster Qamar Ahmed was profusely praised on Thursday for his unique feat of covering 400 Test matches as speakers urged the government to recognise the services of the man who has been reporting on the sport for almost 40 years. Former federal minister for information Javed Jabbar, while paying rich […]
LAHORE: Punjab University Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Mujahid Kamran has said that education reporters can play important role for development in the country. He was addressing a luncheon hosted in the honor of newly elected body of Lahore Education Reporters Association (LERA) at Executive Club on Thursday. LERA President Arshad Bhatti, Vice President Akmal Somroo, […]
KARACHI: The organising committee of the Sindh Madressatul Islam University (SMIU) at a meeting on Thursday finalised all arrangements for the three-day national media conference being held at a local hotel beginning from Feb 3. The meeting was chaired by SMIU Vice Chancellor Dr Mohammad Ali Sheikh. The participants in the meeting reviewed arrangements for […]
Turkey and Pakistan are facing same challenges as for as integration, democratisation and media freedom are concerned. These views were expressed by a leading Turkish journalist Abdulhamit Bilici at a discussion organised jointly by the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists, Rumi Forum and the National Press Club on Wednesday, according to a press release. “Although […]
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday remarked that the court will not tolerate any violation of citizens’ rights.A three-member bench of the apex court, headed by Justice Jawwad S Khawaja, resumed hearing of the case pertaining to 35 persons who had gone missing from Malakand. The court rejected the federal government’s report about the missing […]
LAHORE: THE image of Pakistan could not be improved with economic betterment of the country while Pakistani media should also portray positive picture of the country. These views were expressed by the speakers in Jang Economic Session on ‘how to improve image and economic development of Pakistan’. The panellists were Dr Hafeez-ur-Rehman, Hussain Ahmed Sherazi, […]
ROME: We had the good fortune of meeting Pakistani writer Mazhar ul Islam at the home of some friends in Rome, last July. He was visiting the city to introduce his short story collection The Season of Love, Bitter Almonds and Delayed Rains, which had just been translated into Italian by Dr Sabrina Lei. We […]
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