KARACHI: The executive committee of the APNS at its meeting held on September 19, 2013, has expressed profound grief over the sad demise of mother of Waseem Ahmed, Finance Secretary of the APNS and publisher of Daily Awam and Daily Public, Quetta.The APNS executive committee expressed their condolence and prayed that the Almighty Allah may […]
KARACHI: “Pakistan has eight out of 10 of the tallest peaks of the world. Four mountain ranges converge here. We have un-spoilt beaches, deserts, plains, rivers with the biggest one, the Indus, passing through the entire country,” said seasoned journalist Asif Noorani at the launch of travelogue Journey through Pakistan, a coffee table book published […]
LAHORE: Syed Irshad Hussain Rashid – more commonly known as I H Rashid – breathed his last on August 8 of this year. During his funeral in Lahore, it was of no surprise that many in attendance were those journalists whose rights he campaigned for throughout his life. “I H Rashid’s actions spoke louder than […]
KARACHI: “It was the golden era of journalism when people connected with this profession made big sacrifices while remaining truthful to their work. Writing about the injustices faced by journalists is also a way of taking revenge,” said I.A. Rehman of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan. He was speaking at the launch of Dr […]
ISLAMABAD: The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged the government to affirm its commitment towards ending enforced disappearances by ratifying the “International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance”. The HRW advice came on eve of the International Day for the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, to be observed on Friday (today). The […]
ISLAMABAD: State Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Sheikh Aftab Ahmed informed the National Assembly on Wednesday that there had been a decline in human rights cases registered in all provinces except Khyber Pakhtunkhwa over the last two years. The minister said that 12,884 cases had been registered since 2011 at four regional offices of the human […]
A delegation of the European Parliament’s Sub-Committee on Human Rights led by Ms Ana Gomes called on the Adviser to the Prime Minister on National Security and Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz here on Tuesday. She was accompanied by Andrzej Grzyb, Member of the European Parliament. The Adviser to the Prime Minister highlighted the efforts of […]
ISLAMABAD: Chairman Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Tariq Bajwa on Monday said the board had not written off tax liabilities of any media group. This issue was raised during the press briefing of Finance Minister Ishaq Dar here when a reporter asked him if the government had written off Rs26 billion tax liability of a […]
BLINDNESS separates people from things; deafness separates people from people. The banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan warned women of Hangu against taking part in the recently-held by-election, otherwise they would be kidnapped and killed. As a result, women were not allowed to vote at many polling stations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The Taliban had issued a similar warning […]
LAHORE: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has noted with concern the continued dumping of mutilated bodies of missing Baloch men in Karachi and demanded that the killers be brought to justice. In a statement released on Friday, the commission noted “with great dismay and strongly condemned the fact that there had been no […]
QUETTA: The Baloch National Movement (BNM) has condemned the murder of Ramzan Baloch and Ghafoor Baloch and dumping of their mutilated bodies in Karachi and appealed to the United Nations and international organisations to take notice of human rights violation being committed allegedly by security forces in Balochistan. The BNM activists carrying placards and banners […]
I would like to first pay tribute to Mike Deane, a journalist killed while covering the Cairo massacre. A shocking number of people, mostly supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood, have been killed and injured since the Morsi government was dismissed by the Egyptian army. Thanks to our colleagues in the west, courageous journalists all, we […]
For a hardcore reporter, Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan revealed nothing new and headlines-worthy while deconstructing the five-hour long reality show that a loony had staged right in the middle of a high-end avenue of Islamabad last Thursday. As an old resident of this city who hates weapons and hiring security guards, however, I felt doubly […]
ISLAMABAD: In a bid to woo journalists and the media, the PML-N government has announced 50 per cent discount to all the media men for obtaining the new Nadra smart card, a new chip containing computerized national identity card, which costs an ordinary citizen Rs1,500. Journalists already enjoy great benefits and luxuries at the expense […]
” 
” 
” 
” 
