No new media law without consultation with stakeholders: Fawad Chaudhry on June 6, 2021Declaring the purported draft of the media development making the rounds online as fake news, Federal Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry has made it clear in no uncertain terms that the PTI government believes in freedom of the media. To regulate print, electronic and social media, the government will bring in laws in consultation with all […]
No media law without stakeholders’ consultations: Fawad on June 5, 2021Declaring the purported draft of the media development making the rounds online as fake news, Federal Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry has made it clear in no uncertain terms that the PTI government believes in freedom of the media. To regulate print, electronic and social media, the government will bring in laws in consultation with all […]
Remembering Salmaan Taseer Shaheed on May 31, 2021Today marks the 77th birthday of Salmaan Taseer Shaheed, the founder of Daily Times. He was a brave man who never shied away from raising his voice […]
Who wears the PML-N trousers? on May 28, 2021Regardless of who lives at the palatial Jati Umra estate, the well-guarded fort of the PML-N has been home to a deafening silence for decades. Not a single tidbit of gossip about Sharif family dynamics has ever escaped those thick walls. However, the cracks began to appear in the facade earlier this week. A journalist […]
Ali Zafar report Truth delayed is truth denied on May 27, 2021Barrister Ali Zafar keeps everyone guessing. The new entrant to the ruling PTI, who grabbed a Senate seat earlier this year, was tasked by the Prime Minister with looking into the sugar scam. Especially after Jahangir Khan Tareen made headlines for all the wrong reasons and sent shockwaves through both opposition and treasury circles. After […]
Ali Zafar report set to blow JKT saga wide open on May 25, 2021All eyes are on Barrister Ali Zafar, tasked by Prime Minister Imran Khan with coming up with a detailed report on the sugar scam, especially in the context of Jahangir Khan Tareen. The ace lawyer from Lahore, also a Senator of the PTI, was to analyze the sugar scam probe by the Federal Investigation Agency […]
Samar Bilour: My political role is the best revenge on terrorists on May 23, 2021Samar Bilour is a woman of many things – the widow of martyr Haroon Bilour, daughter-in-law of martyr Bashir Bilour and the first woman elected as MPA on a general seat in 18 years. She is the provincial information secretary of the Awami National Party (ANP). Recently, she exchanged her views on political, social, apolitical, […]
Tareen ditched by comrades? on May 23, 2021For now, the Buzdar government is out of the woods. And this means there is no crisis in the centre as well. Chief Minister Usman Buzdar met the five-member delegation of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) parliamentarians forming the Jahangir Khan Tareen group. The delegation, consisting of Saeed Akbar Nawani, Noman Langarial, Nazir Chauhan, Ajmal Cheema […]
Tragic crash and survivors on May 23, 2021After one year of the crash of PIA Flight PK8303, the heirs of those ill-fated passengers who lost their lives in the crash, have yet to be informed about the investigation, while many of them have not been paid compensation. The government, however, says that only those families, which did not provide inheritance documents, have […]
10 million jobs promise but not a single post on job portal on May 22, 2021Lahore: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s (PTI’s) popular electoral slogan of 10 million jobs is being taken care of by the Punjab Labour Department. Making job hunt easier for the job hunters, the department has, for the first time in history, launched its online job portal. Provincial Minister for Labour Ansar Majeed Khan inaugurated the job portal […]