KARACHI (February 10 2008): Amir Jamaat-i-Islami Pakistan and leader of All Pakistan Democratic Movement (APDM) Qazi Hussain Ahmed has said that independent judiciary and free media in Pakistan are not acceptable to America as these may lead to an end of the dictatorship of its close ally Pervez Musharraf. He was talking at the ‘Meet […]
KARACHI, Feb 7: Gandhara Art is an art gallery run by a Pakistani couple in Hong Kong whose mission is to showcase Pakistani artists. The duo has now set up a similar institution back home in Karachi . Gandhara opened its doors with an inaugural exhibition of some scintillating works in the miniature style, but […]
* PAL chairman says Prof Malik is a great critic ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL) has published books on literary critics Mumtaz Shireen and Prof Fateh Muhammad Malik. The recently published books of the Pakistani Adab Ke Memar series, ‘Prof Fateh Muhammad Malik: Life and Works’ by Muhammad Hameed Shahid and ‘Mumtaz Shireen: […]
The Mini-INPUT festival of TV films, jointly sponsored by Geo TV and the Goethe-Institut, continued for the second day on Tuesday at the Goethe-Institut, Karachi. Among the films screened were, Rosita, Main Ne Quaid Ko Dekha Hai, and Rage. All three had profound messages to convey, messages so relevant to the modern-day world with its […]
Pakistan and Iran should start making joint films depicting common values, said caretaker provincial Minister for Culture Ms Amber Raza Nancy on Saturday while inaugurating Iranian Film Festival at Arts Council, organized by Iran Cultural Centre in connection with the 29th anniversary of Iran revolution. The minister said that Iranian films truly reflect the country’s […]
The Goethe-Institut, Karachi, in collaboration with Geo Network Television, on Friday arranged screening of short films produced by the TV channel, Aag, before an impressive audience on its premises, which were well received by over 100 youths. Keen interest of youths in the short movies was evident from the fact that the Goethe’s auditorium was […]
KARACHI – Media industry can play a very important role in maintaining the good governance in the country, said Ziagham Khan, the trainer of a workshop entitled Parliamentary Journalists held here on Wednesday under the auspices of the USAID. He said that media is the fourth pillar of the state where it has a very […]
KARACHI, Jan 30: An Iranian film festival will kick off on Saturday with the film “M as Mother” directed by Rasool Mulla Qulipour, showing at 4pm at the Arts Council of Pakistan, Karachi. The festival will conclude on Feb 6, says a press release. The event is being organised by the Khana-i-Farhang — the Iranian […]
The Anjuman Tarrqai-e-Urdu (ATU) has published a fresh edition of “Muhammad Hussain Azad’-Part-I” by Dr Aslam Farrukhi. The book presents a detailed study of the life and literary role of a great Urdu writer and critic, Muhammad Hussain Azad. In the West, the trend to determine literary status of poets and writers by the poets […]
Karachi – An effective and close coverage of the ensuing general polls would greatly help in minimising the chances of rigging, speakers told a workshop here on Friday. The workshop on “Coverage of Election 2008” was organised by the Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) for working journalists at a local hotel. The speakers said many political […]
RAWALPINDI (January 26 2008): Photo exhibition of former prime minister and chairperson Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Benazir Bhutto was held here at Rawalpindi-Islamabad Press Club on Friday. The exhibition was organised by senior photo journalist Amjad Hussain in collaboration with other professional photographers. PPP central leader Senator Safdar Abbasi was the chief guest. Senior party […]
Lahore: The press institute of Pakistan is holding a one day seminar on Requisites of Election Reporting here today (Saturday) at 4-C, LDA Flats, Lawrence Road at 2 pm. Minister for Human Rights And Social Welfare, Maqbool Elahi Malik will preside, while Director Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, I. A. Rehman and senior journalist Athar […]
ISLAMABAD — To aware journalists about election laws and improving their ability to focus on party manifestos rather than personalities, a private organisation, Intermedia, in collaboration with ‘The Asia Foundation’, organised a daylong media orientation workshop on “Election Reporting for Journalists” here on Tuesday. Bashir Ahmad Tahir, Amir Ahmed Butt and Humera Sharif gave presentations […]
Speakers paid glowing tributes to veteran journalist and founding leader of the Karachi Union of Journalists (KUJ) and Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), Minhaj Barna on the occasion of launching of his first poetry book “Marssiya Chauthay Sutoon Ka”. In this connection a function was held at Karachi Press Club on Wednesday which was […]
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