Islamabad-Paintings of K.B Abro and Nahid Raza was put on display here at Nomad Art Gallery on Sunday on the theme of “ stop violence against women”. The paintings of K.B Abro basically comprised digital art and looked like original paintings. K.B Abro used a totally different medium displayed in the gallery, digital art. The […]
ISLAMABAD: The earnest feel for women issues was portrayed effectively and passionately by two veteran artists, KB Abro and Nahid Raza in a painting exhibition titled ‘No to Violence against Women’, which starts today at the Nomad Art Gallery. The exhibition was organised in collaboration with the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) to […]
The Karachi Press Club (KPC) organised the annual Independence Day ‘Mehfil-e-Nishat’ (musical night) on Saturday for its members and their families. The event could not be held on August 14 this year because heavy rains had flooded roads and created havoc in the city. Programmes for children were also organized. These included rides, puppet shows, […]
A one-day training workshop on Freedom of Information and Investigative Journalism will be held on Tuesday, December 11 from 9.30 am to 5.30 pm at Hotel Beach Luxury. Source: The News Date:12/9/2007
LAHORE: Free media and independent judiciary have emerged as the most powerful and vibrant forces in a long struggle against widespread corruption prevalent across the country, said Editor-in-Chief of Daily Times Najam Sethi on Thursday. Addressing a seminar on ‘Eradication of corruption in Pakistan’ organised by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on the eve of […]
It is the need of changing times that publishers should convert their books on CD’s and digital electronic media so that the books may be publicised and promoted. President International Islamic University Dr Anwaar Hussain Siddiqui said at the inauguration of the four-day Book Fair that commenced here at Pakistan Academy of Letters here on […]
ISLAMABAD: Attock Refinery Limited (ARL) is adjudged as one of the most gender friendly company and is being awarded AASHA Award 2007 for providing more conducive working environment for both men and women. AASHA (Alliance Against Sexual Harassment at Work Place) has been organizing these awards every year but in 2007 the selection was more […]
LAHORE (December 02 2007): The alliance against sexual harassment organised an award ceremony for gender-friendly companies with the support of the European Union here on Saturday here at a local hotel. The companies that were given the awards were the Johnson and Johnson Pakistan, BASF Pakistan (Private Limited), Agha Khan Rural Support Program (AKRSP), Attock […]
ISLAMABAD: Top leaders of mainstream political parties and leading figures in print and electronic media are expected to attend the two-day Pak media conference on ‘Media freedom, SeÂcurity and Laws’ begins here Friday (today) against the backdrop of the current countrywide struggle for Press freedom. Arif Nizami, President Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE), will […]
Karachi Nov. 29 (PPI): The Second Annual PPF-Aslam Ali Press Freedom Award 2007 was awarded on November 28, 2007 to Mukesh Rupeta, correspondent in Jacobabad of The News and “Geo TV”. The award, instituted by Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), with support of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) recognises a person, organisation or […]
KARACHI (November 25 2007): The third Karachi International Book Fair will be held here at the Expo Centre from November 30. The five-day event is being organised by the Pakistan Publishers and Booksellers Association (PPBA) in collaboration with the National Book Foundation, Government of Pakistan. According to Syed Shahid Ahmed, one of the organisers, prominent […]
BADIN: The Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) is working on improving the condition of press clubs in the whole country and in this regard it would help journalists to set up 20 ‘model press clubs’ in Sindh, said PPF Secretary General Owais Aslam Ali, while speaking at a seminar on constitution of press clubs and their […]
Geo organised a musical concert Wednesday night to honour those journalists who were detained by law-enforcement agencies while protesting against curbs on media outside the Karachi Press Club on Tuesday. Junaid Jamshed performed his famous song “Dil Dil Pakistan” without musical accompaniment to show his solidarity with journalists. He said he had returned to stage […]
PESHAWAR, Nov 18: Speakers at a seminar regretted that despite constitutional protection human trafficking was menacing the society. The seminar was organised by the Community Appraisal and Motivation Programme (Camp) in collaboration with the European Union for capacity building of selected journalists of the NWFP and tribal agencies. Former attorney-general Qazi Mohammad Jamil, Advocate Barkatullah […]
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