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‘A newspaper without strong online presence will die out’

By: Sidrah Roghay Earl J Wilkinson says youngsters today expect ‘news to walk to them’; unless a news story is trending on social media they refuse to read it Back when Earl J Wilkinson was a journalist, he did not care about money. But the recession that hit the United States of America in 2008 […]


Media without social media?

By: Madeeha Ishtiaque Audience, once a passive recipient of information and merely cornered to the opinion section of a political talk show or ‘letter-to-the-editor’ is now empowered to not merely regulate but also originate the content it wishes to watch and read – thanks to the big social media revolution. What social media has done […]


Employers Federation of Pakistan website launched

Decades-old labour laws, including the Factory Act, needed to be reviewed to bring them in line with modern day requirements, Secretary of Sindh Labour Department Arif Elahi said on Wednesday. Speaking as the chief guest at a function marking the launch of the Employers Federation of Pakistan’s (EFP) website, he said there should also be […]


Social media users in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Social media users in Pakistan are the haves as they are in the US and the UK. Just as in these other countries, Facebook is the most popular social networking site, followed by Twitter, LinkedIn, Google Plus and Pinterest. Thus, when it comes to social media, Pakistani internet users are treading the same path […]


Symmetry Group: Digital media company wins regional award

KARACHI: “Winning the ‘South Asia Digital Media of the Year Award’ will lead Pakistan to the international advertising scene in the future,” CEO and co-founder of the Symmetry Group, Sarosh Ahmed told a gathering of select journalists in press event on Wednesday. Sharing details of the group’s performance in the Campaign South Asia Awards 2012 […]


Lahore High Court imposes bars on internet usage

By: MIAN DAWOOD LAHORE: The Lahore High Court administration has introduced Internet Browsing Policy (IBP), imposing restrictions on the net surfing without permission. Justice Mansoor Ali Shah, the LHC Information Technology (IT) admin judge, has imposed the ban to avoid misuse of the internet. Under the policy, the officials have to get permission for the […]


Internal polls a must for parties: Election Commission of Pakistan

By: Mumtaz Alvi ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Friday issued a reminder to the political parties asking them to file intra-party poll documents and statements of their accounts, failing which they won’t be allotted symbols to contest the general elections. The commission said that the fresh applications had been invited from political […]