Sunday, June 26th, 2022
Federal minister talks about the truth ‘Pakistani media style’
Two-day conflict reporting conference concludes with Peace Journalism awards KARACHI, JUN 26 /DNA/ – Social media has erased the line between truth and lies, and this is in my view is extreme reporting. Where facts, and reality are manufactured but only if you have sufficient manpower and resource, you can alter reality, said Federal Minister of Power Khurram Dastagir Khan at the keynote address on the second day of the two-day conference on ‘Extreme Reporting: Conflict and Peace in the Digital Age’ held at the Centre of Excellence in JournalismRead More
Counting of votes underway in violence-marred Sindh local govt elections
The vote count in the first phase of local bodies’ elections in Sindh began after polling, marred by violence — aerial firing at polling stations, scuffles and deaths — came to an end at 5pm on Sunday. The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) said voters at polling stations, where the voting process was suspended, will be given time equivalent to the period of disruption in the polling process. The polls were held in the province’s 14 districts. Two people, including the brother of a PTI candidate, died in poll-related violenceRead More
Norway pays tribute to victims of Oslo shooting
Oslo, JUN 26: Norway paid tribute on Sunday to the victims of a deadly shooting near a bar in the capital that shocked the normally peaceful country and led to the cancellation of a Pride march. The altar of Oslo cathedral was draped in a rainbow cloth for a service to remember the victims of the attack, attended by Crown Princess Mette-Marit. Investigators are probing the motives of the suspected gunman, who opened fire in the early hours of Saturday, killing two and wounding 21. “Oslo is in mourning. TheRead More
Torture is crime against humanity; IIOJK situation remains grim: Alvi
ISLAMABAD, JUN 26 (DNA) — President Dr Arif Alvi has urged the international community and human rights organizations to make all possible efforts to prevent torture and provide redress to people of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir. In a message on the occasion of International Day in Support of Victims of Torture being observed Sunday, the President said torture is a crime against humanity and the situation is particularly grim in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir, where the people are being subjected to brutal torture by the IndianRead More
Sorry state of affairs at Pak PWD Dept
The chief engineer accused to conducting fake visits; PM, Minister asked to look into the matter Mumtaz Ahmed Bhatti ISLAMABAD: Pakistan PWD has an important position in the construction sector. Anyone who sees roads, PCC streets, big and beautiful buildings built all over Pakistan must recognize the capabilities of Pak PWD engineers. Over the past few months, many questions have been raised about the quality of work of Pak PWD development projects. There are many complaints of substandard work on development projects in Pak PWD North Zone. Fake visits ofRead More
WHO says monkeypox is not yet a health emergency
Monkeypox is not yet a global health emergency, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has ruled, although WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he was deeply concerned about the outbreak. “I am deeply concerned about the monkeypox outbreak, this is clearly an evolving health threat that my colleagues and I in the WHO Secretariat are following extremely closely,” Tedros said in a statement issued on Saturday. WHO said in a separate statement that although there were some differing views within the committee, they ultimately agreed by consensus that at this stageRead More