RAWALPINDI: Mischievous, sparkling and full of life host Nadia Khan is starting her programme the “Nadia Khan Show – Geo Phir Mazay Say” today (Friday). After a gap of two years, Nadia Khan will be talking live with her admirers. Nadia Khan is famous for her extemporary sentences, laughter and sense of humour.Nadia Khan has […]
Radio Pakistan will exclusively broadcast ball-to-ball running commentary during the upcoming cricket series between Pakistan and South Africa. The 1st test match between Pakistan and South Africa will begin at Johannesburg tomorrow (Friday). The series starts on Feb 1 and would consist of 3 Test matches‚ 5 one day international(s) and two T-20 games. The […]
KARACHI: BBC World Service has announced the upcoming launch of the first ever BBC Urdu TV programme, Sairbeen, which will be broadcast from Monday, 11 February on a private TV channel in Pakistan. The new BBC TV programme builds on the longstanding success of the flagship daily BBC Urdu radio programme brand, Sairbeen, which is […]
KARACHI: Viewers will have a rare opportunity of watching two top class hosts — Dr Shaista and Nadia Khan — in Geo TV’s programme ‘Utho Jago Pakistan’ today (Thursday). Both Shaista and Nadia are undoubtedly the queens of morning shows, having a large number of fans across the world. Nadia will be Shaista’s guest in […]
ISLAMABAD: Women members of the NA Standing Committee on Human Rights lashed out at Managing Director of the Pakistan Television (PTV) Yousuf Baig Mirza on Tuesday. Mirza made an appearance before the committee on Tuesday, after being summoned to explain his position over claims made by PTV anchor Aisha Sana that he married her and […]
By: Sher Khan LAHORE: The low-budget independent horror thriller Siyaah, which is scheduled for a nationwide release on March 15, deals with the themes of black magic and exorcism. The film’s director Azfar Jafri, a self-taught film-maker based in Islamabad, joined the project after producer Imran Raza Kazmi tried out several screenwriters and directors. “I […]
ISLAMABAD: Appointment of chairman of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) has been challenged in the Islamabad High Court (IHC). Barrister Akram Sheikh has filed an application on the behalf of Independent Media Corporation (Pvt.) Limited, praying to the court that the notification of Chaudhry Rasheed Ahmed, the PEMRA Chairman, be set aside as […]
By: Sher Khan LAHORE: After being closely associated with the Pakistani drama industry for the past few years, producer-director Farooq Mengal has now decided to steer the wheel into another direction and shoot a feature film. Titled Hijrat, the Quetta-based director’s debut film is about a love triangle with a backdrop of human rights issues. […]
By: Muhammad Saleh Zaafir ISLAMABAD: Federal Secretary for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Rashid Ahmad has been appointed Chairman of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) with immediate effect. The Establishment Division has issued the notification pertaining to his appointment, and he will assume charge of his new assignment on Monday. He is a professional […]
By: Saad Hasan KARACHI: After a long delay, the premiere of Sabiha Sumar’s feature film Good Morning Karachi is finally taking place at the Goteborg Film Festival in Sweden on January 28 with hopes that it will create the much-needed stir to encourage a local distributor for a Pakistani launch. The 90-minute movie, which is […]
By: Sher Khan LAHORE: While it has not been officially banned yet, Zero Dark Thirty, the Oscar-nominated Hollywood flick based on the decade-long hunt for Osama bin Laden, is unlikely to be screened in Pakistan. Distributors consider the film, which features the May 2, 2011 US raid on Bin Laden’s Abbottabad complex as its climax, […]
By: Tughral Yamin KARACHI: Where successive Pakistani governments have subjected the country’s once prosperous film industry to official neglect, a recently discovered letter penned by Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah reveals the country’s founder gave seminal importance to the industry. “I am in receipt of your letter of December 30th 1944, and I wish more Mussalmans […]
By: RIZWAN THE Pakistani public, which has gone crazy over the Turkish plays now being screened here, has not seen the best play called The Magnificent Century. It is about the political, military and love life of Suleiman the Magnificent. Almost the entire of Europe has been watching it for a year, with at least […]
KARACHI: The organisers of 28th Annual Conference Radiology Society of Pakistan and 6th SAARC Congress of Radiology (SCR-2013) on Tuesday invited radiologists of the country to attend the moot in large numbers. The three-day event, scheduled from February 8 to 10, will include pre-conference workshops on February 7. Daily Times
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