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TV channels to be used for educating children

KARACHI – Sindh Education Minister Dr Hamida Khoro on July 24 said education department has decided to use electronic media, especially TV channels for educating children in the province and for this purpose, educational programs will be purchased from other countries and broadcast after translating them into local languages. Speaking at inauguration ceremony of a […]


Lecture

KARACHI – The Citizens’ Media Commission of Pakistan has arranged a presentation and lecture by Javed Jabbar, former federal minister for information and founding convenor CMCP, on “Citizens’ Media Rights & Responsibilities” on Monday July 26 at 4.30p.m. at a local hotel in Karachi. Chairman of the Commission, former Chief Justice of Pakistan Dr. Nasim […]


Media role important in social reformation

NAROWAL – Media can play a key role in social reformation, said District Nazim Javaid Safdar Kahloon while talking to a delegation of journalists. He said journalists should use power of pen to eradicate evil from the society and work for the betterment and welfare of the human beings. The nazim said the district government […]


Musharraf to be briefed on Wage Award

ISLAMABAD – The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has been preparing to give detailed briefing to President Pervez Musharraf on the implementation of 7th Wage Board Award for newspaper employees. The preparations are on following directives from the President who has sought detailed briefing from the Ministry on the issue of implementation of the award, […]


Media and Pakistani society

By Raza Rahman Khan Qazi Perhaps the best way to study a society and its dynamics, especially of change is to study its social institutions. As far as Pakistani society is concerned it is passing through an era of unprecedented changes and the role of media cannot be overlooked in this process. Historically, Pakistani society […]


PPP MNA admits rift in party over karo-kari

ISLAMABAD- Chief whip of People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) MNA Syed Khursheed Shah has admitted that there are differences within the party over the issue of ‘Karo-kari” (honour killing). Speaking at “Meet-the-Press” programme of the Rawalpindi- Islamabad Press Club in Islamabad on July 23, Khursheed Shah said such differences on various social issues were part of […]


Resource centre for women planned

HYDERABAD- In order to promote products of women artisans at national and international level, the Sindh government will provide more than Rs40 million for the establishment of a women resource centre in the city. This was stated by the Sindh Minister for Social Welfare and Women Development, Saeeda Malik, while presiding over a meeting in […]


Training of midwives stressed

KARACHI- Midwives can help reduce maternal mortality rate drastically but the government does not attach enough importance to the education, training and development of midwives. This was observed by Dr Laila Gulzar, a Pakistani academician who teaches midwifery and nursing at an American university, while delivering a lecture at the PMA House on July 23 […]


Karo-Kari claims 4,000 lives in six years

KARACHI – Karo-kari is a despicable years-old custom, which has been devouring thousands of innocent lives since its inception and according to the official figure, it has claimed 4,000 lives of both men and women in the country during last six years. Punjab has the highest number of karo-kari incidents followed by Sindh, NWFP and […]


PTV: payment scale should berationalised

Writers of eminence who met Arshad Khan, Managing Director of the PTV, on July 19 impressed upon him the necessity – of rationalizing payment scale, standardiziltion – of policy for the acceptance and rejection of scripts and official recognition of the status of a writer who is a regular contributor. Present at the meeting were […]


Pakistani to act in Hollywood

NEW YORK – A Pakistani journalist, Agha Zulfiqar, has been included in the cast of $80 million Hollywood film titled “The Interpreter” to perform role of a Pakistani diplomat. The film is currently under production in New York, where its shooting is taking place in the UN headquarters. It is for the first time that […]


TV fee charged in June bill

SWABI – The Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) has started collecting TV license fee through the electricity bills from June, instead of July. A number of electricity consumers told Dawn in Swabi that in the bills of June all those who consumed more than 100 units were charged Rs25 as TV license fee. Source: […]


Maternity homes lack trained staff

KARACHI- Poor sanitary conditions, lack of equipment and untrained staff at majority of maternity homes are posing great threat to human lives. This was disclosed in a report prepared by the Karachi Child and Women Health Committee of city government. The report is based on a survey of different maternity homes, including PIB Maternity Home, […]


Childless women at risk of cancer

KARACHI – Majority of women with ovarian cancer do not come to doctors for early consultation, which is the major cause of deaths among the female patients. This was stated by Dr Saira of the Liaquat National Hospital at the Gynaecological Oncology Group meeting, held at the PMA House on July 23 morning. The meeting […]