ISLAMABAD: Thousands of students could not apply for around 1,800 indigenous scholarships (MPhil leading to PhD) of Higher Education Commission (HEC) as they could not download application form from its website which stopped working due to heavy traffic. The last date to submit application for the scholarships was August 7.The students who waited for the […]
By: Rabia Ali KARACHI: The internet and social media seem to be at an all-time high in Pakistan and the launch of food portals — offering new and convenient avenues of ordering food online in busy, bustling cities — are just another sign. Young entrepreneurs are taking the initiative and setting up their own websites, […]
Usually, when we talk of free speech we expect threats from governments, not private companies. Censorship has usually been a tool of repression deployed by insecure governments seeking to silence restive populations. Now, though, we may have to set our sights on corporations that increasingly hold the power to silence us. Take the recent case […]
LAHORE: A civil judge has tendered his resignation after his private video in which he was dancing with a girl was uploaded on the Internet. Bilal Masood, a civil judge at Khanewal, was found dancing in the video with a professional dancer in a private gathering. After the video was uploaded on Internet, the LHC […]
By: Ilmana Fasih As the dates approach, the excitement is increasing. The event is “Celebrate India, Pakistan Independence Days for Peace, Aug 14-15, 2012” — on Facebook at http://on.fb.me/LcHOeU. As more people join the event page, those who joined earlier are getting to know each other better. They share common interests in music, culture, poetry. […]
In a short span of ten months National Bank of Pakistan’s (NBP) official facebook fan page has registered more than 13000 members. The reason for such significant growth is mainly due to the fact that not just official information on NBP’s operations, services and products is given but also the fan page offers coverage to […]
By: Mohammed Rizwan LAHORE: Taking advantage of the global outreach of social media networks like Facebook and Twitter, the controversial charity Jamaatud Dawa (JuD) sent out an appeal on its official Twitter account asking people to donate Zakat and Fitrah for the Holy month of Ramazan. India has blamed JuD chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed for […]
By: MANSOOR MANI Lahore: THIS is with reference to the news report ‘Social media, human rights and trolls discussed’ (July 15), mentioning the experience of a woman teacher and a ‘part-time feminist’ who was targeted by her students of Atchison on social media. The victim left the school after the management of Atchison refused to […]
ISLAMABAD: The first comprehensive report and interactive website of the Senate Committee on Defence and Defence Production was launched at a ceremony on Monday. Both the defence report and website provide access to information regarding committee’s activities paving the way for transparency in defence matters. The report also contains information to build a case against […]
By Ahmed Jatt Islamabad: You might still remember fiasco of Malik Riaz and Dunya News anchors Mubashar Lucman and Mehar Bukhari which was termed as a planted interview. Now this video, actually a program by Waqt TV, alleges about some of the much known journalists of ‘making money’ out of their professional influence. The YouTube […]
By: Alhan Fakhr “Everyone must subscribe. The government officials are trying to break our Facebook networks so that we may not convey our messages to our fellow doctors. Pages may be removed or blocked. Add or subscribe to this profile. It’s a must,” reads a Facebook page called ‘YDA Docs’. In this age of social […]
By: Murtaza Ali Shah LONDON: Faha Makhdoom, the wife of star tennis player Aisam-ul-Haq, Saturday formally launched criminal proceedings against the fake account holders who had been been using a Facebook account to spread rumours about her alleged marriage difficulties. The News has learnt that Faha Makhdoom has reported the fake Facebook account called “Faha […]
KARACHI: Calling a government official in Pakistan for data is a tasking experience, and a large majority of government-run websites simply don’t work or look like they were designed in the early 1990s. The gap has been filled by a number of organisations who collate data in the fields they focus on. Arif Hasan of […]
KARACHI: Millat-i-Jafria has demanded the elimination of the increasing network of banned organisations in the country and said that attempts are being made to push the Millat to the wall. Addressing a press conference at Imam Bargah Khurasan, spokesmen of the MJ — Allama Hasan Zafar Naqvi, Maulana Mirza Yusuf Hussain, Ali Osat and Asghar […]
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