ISLAMABAD: An as-yet ‘incomplete’ National Assembly — short of reserved seats claimed by the PTI-Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) alliance — will hold its inaugural sitting today (Thursday) after President Arif Alvi relented from his earlier stance and assented to a summary seeking the summoning of the maiden sitting of the lower house. Earlier, the NA...
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February 27, 2024February 27, 2024Pakistan
New Punjab CM to face huge challenges in service delivery
LAHORE: The newly-elected first female Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz will face huge challenges as her predecessors left a very high level of service delivery and presence in public. During the last 13-month tenure, Caretaker Chief Minister Mohsin Naqvi has appeared as the fastest chief minister in terms of working. He broke the records of...
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Rethinking Tobacco Taxation in Pakistan: A Call for Immediate Reforms
Rethinking Tobacco Taxation in Pakistan: A Call for Immediate Reforms Introduction The Framework Convention on Tobacco Control[i] (FCTC) aims to mitigate the adverse impacts of tobacco consumption. Tobacco taxation, a key FCTC measure, remains underutilized in several low and middle-income countries including Pakistan. The lack of a proper policy has resulted in a weak tobacco...
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February 26, 2024February 26, 2024Pakistan
Maryam Nawaz makes history, takes oath as Punjab’s first female chief minister
Newly-elected Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz took the oath of office Monday shortly after being elected as the first woman chief executive of the province. Over 1,000 guests including diplomats, celebrities, political leaders, journalists, and Sharif family members Nawaz Sharif, Shehbaz Sharif among others attended the swearing-in ceremony that took place at Punjab Governor House....
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February 2, 2024February 2, 2024MULTIMEDIA, Pakistan
Media Matters for Democracy launches ‘Facter’, a collaborative digital tool for newsrooms to counter misinformation
Media Matters for Democracy (MMfD), a leading media development organisation in Pakistan focusing on Media and Information Literacy, digital rights, and media sustainability, has launched ‘Facter,’ a collaborative fact-checking tool for newsrooms, in Islamabad on 2nd February 2024. Designed to counter misinformation, Facter leverages technology to aggregate verified content from various news sources and...
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January 25, 2024January 25, 2024MINORITIES, Pakistan
In Sialkot, the policemen broke the inscriptions of the Ahmadiyya cemetery.
Yet another horrifying act of violence against Ahmadis took place in Daska on 24th January 2024 at 10 am, where the police desecrated the tombstones of Ahmadi graves. The graveyard was allotted to the Ahmadiyya Community by the Government of Punjab. The graveyard had 101 total graves out of which 75 had a tombstone. The...
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January 23, 2024January 23, 2024MULTIMEDIA, Pakistan
6-Point Agenda on Media Freedom And Journalist Safety For Political Parties’ Electoral Manifestos
LAHORE: NWJDR released its 6-Point Agenda on Media Freedom And Journalist Safety For Political Parties’ Electoral Manifestos. Journalists from all over Pakistan have signed this agenda showing their assent. As Pakistan navigates its path towards democratic progression, it’s imperative for political parties to embed a comprehensive digital rights agenda for journalists and media personnel in...
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January 18, 2024January 18, 2024Pakistan
‘Marg Bar Sarmachar’: Pakistan conducts ‘precision military strikes’ against terrorist hideouts in Iran
‘Marg Bar Sarmachar’: Pakistan conducts ‘precision military strikes’ against terrorist hideouts in Iran State news agency IRNA confirms seven people “who did not have Iranian nationality” killed in strike Video grab shared by Iranian state media showing smoke billowing following several explosions in Iran’s southeastern province of Siestan-o-Baluchistan province on January 18, 2024....
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January 16, 2024January 16, 2024EDUCATION, MINORITIES, Pakistan
Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan has threatened a well-known scholar and Professor of NDU Dr. Husnul-Amin.
ISLAMABAD – The Shalimar police have officially registered a case against unidentified terrorists, including motorcyclists claiming affiliation with a banned militant outfit. This action was taken based on the issuance of life threats to a professor at the National Defense University (NDU), Prof. Dr. Husnul Amin, who is a renowned scholar, author of...
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January 10, 2024January 10, 2024Pakistan
Elections, journalism, and transparency: CEJ-IBA launches fact-checking initiative ahead of General Elections 2024
Islamabad: The Center of Excellence in Journalism at the Institute of Business Administration (CEJ-IBA) has launched a non-partisan fact-checking initiative, iVerify, to advance the scope of independent and unbiased reporting in the country’s journalistic landscape. Addressing the iVerify launch ceremony at Serena Hotel, Islamabad, Amber Rahim Shamsi, Director CEJ-IBA, said that the tool would prove...