The Action Committee of the Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) has decided at a meeting held at the CPNE Secretariat to highlight the importance of the international Solidarity Day by the media associations with the Pakistani media on the present emergency situation. Therefore, we invite your good self to kindly participate in the broad […]
KARACHI -Department of Mass Communication Karachi University (KU) will hold a one day exhibition on “Media and the Modern World” today (Monday) at Dr Feroz Ahmed Institute of Mass Communication, KU. As per announcement made by the KU on Sunday, the KU Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Pirzada Qasim Raza Siddiqui will inaugurated. Source: TheNation Date:11/12/2007
The seventh KaraFilm festival, which was postponed in the wake of the October 18 suicide attacks in Karachi, has been put off till further notice. Since 2001, the film festival has been taking place at the end of every year. The event has attracted a large number of movie buffs from the city and brought […]
KARACHI, Nov 7: Dawn’s staff reporter Faiza Ilyas has won the Pakistan Press Foundation’s “Gender in Journalism Award 2007” in the category of “most gender sensitive reporting”. Supported by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco), the award was conferred by former Sindh High Court judge Majida Rizvi on Tuesday. The article which […]
Dr. Mohammad Ali Shaikh’s book ‘Satellite Television and Social Change in Pakistan: a case study of rural Sindh’ will be launched at Karachi Press Club on Saturday, November 10. Source: The News Date:11/6/2007
ISLAMABAD: Action Aid Pakistan is organising a two-day training workshop on ‘Women’s rights and gender sensitive reporting of crimes against women’ here on November 22-23. The main objective of the workshop is to sensitise journalists about women’s rights issues, raise awareness of various forms of abuses of women’s rights, identify patriarchal elements within and outside […]
PESHAWAR- Arnold “Skip” lsaacs, International trainer and freelance journalist has said that news media play a crucial role, telling voters what they need to know to make an informed choice. Conducting a daylong training workshop for journalists here at Peshawar entitled “Investigative journalism and Elections Reporting” arranged by the Public AfÂfairs Section of US Consulate […]
Sindh Governor, Dr Ishratul Ebad, on Thursday called upon the print and electronic media to play their role positively, saying media persons should avoid demoralising and misleading people by sensationalising “ordinary and unimportant events”. Addressing the Qalamkar Awards distribution ceremony at the Governor’s House, organised by the Sindh Culture and Tourism Department, he termed the […]
ISLAMABAD: Civil awards were conferred on 154 citizens, including the late Ednan Shahid, the founding editor of The Post, and 17 foreign nationals on the Independence Day in recognition of their outstanding services for Pakistan. The President of Pakistan will hand over the awards at an impressive ceremony to be held here on March 23 […]
LAHORE – There was a time when the cinemas were closing down or turning into theatres for stage plays. Now the reverse trend has begun and the latest to come back in the fold of cinema industry is Alfalah theatre, which would screen Bollywood flick ‘Awarapan’ from 20th of this month. In year 2000 Alfalah […]
KARACHI, June 16: A week-long film festival to pay homage to the legendary actor of the Pakistani silver screen, the late Mohammad Ali, is set to start at the Arts Council of Pakistan, Karachi, on Sunday. Prominent artistes and singers including Nadeem, Mehdi Hassan, Ghulam Mohiyuddin and Izhar Qazi will attend the inaugural ceremony at […]
LAHORE: The Punjab government has decided to set up a Writers’ Club in Punjab Institute of Languages Art and Culture (PILAC) in order to provide a platform to blossoming writers, officials told Daily Times on Saturday. The officials said the writers’ club building would be constructed on the PILAC cafeteria and would have a 400 […]
KARACHI, April 18: The publication of a book titled ‘Satellite television and social change in Pakistan: A case study of rural Sindh’, authored by Dr. Mohammad Ali Shaikh has been hailed by the President. In a letter addressed to the author, President Musharraf remarked that “The book invokes an interesting facet of information revolution with […]
KARACHI,April 12: Former Foreign Secretary Najmuddin A. Shaikh called for developing common interests in the region and setting issues among the Saarc states to strengthen this eight-nation block. He was speaking at a public dialogue on ‘New dimensions of Saarc’, organised on Thursday by the Pakistan Press Foundation here at its Vicky Zeitlin Media Library. […]
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