Devcom facilitates cultural action plan for federal capital on December 23, 2018Culture is the actual face of a society that reflects its historic roots and the ideas, customs, and social behaviour of its people. Most nations use art, culture and heritage as the key element of their diplomacy efforts and to promote tourism. Although, Pakistan is blessed with the diversity of culture dating back to 7000-8000 […]
The crafty LokVirsa on December 20, 2018Strangely, the LokVirsa — the National Institute of Folk and Traditional Heritage, an attached department of the federal ministry of information and broadcasting, has turned to a commercial den. Every nook and corner is being rented out at heavy price for cultural events even to small non-commercial and non-profit organisations engaged in the cultural promotion. […]
Sustainable development and conservation on December 11, 2018December 11 is globally celebrated as the International Mountain Day (IMD). It reminds us every year the shameless actions we have been taking over the decades that ruined the nature and natural resources hosted by the mountains. The day was founded in 2002 while the world celebrated the UN International Year of Mountains. The Food […]
First 100 days and after on December 3, 2018Speaking to a grand show off ceremony at the Jinnah Convention Centre in the federal capital on Thursday, Prime Minister Imran Khan spoke at length what his government would be doing to eradicate poverty and corruption from the country in the times to come. He cited several schemes and plans instead of presenting what actually […]
Waiting for a few days more on November 24, 2018Deep silence is all around three weeks after. No one asks anyone about the outcome of the hundreds of arrests made by the government after the violent protests by the Tahreek Labiak Pakistan (TLP) against the Supreme Court verdict to acquit Asia Bibi in the infamous blasphemy case eight years after. Even the TLP leadership […]
Interacting with Indian media on November 13, 2018The experiences of many Pakistani experts, intellectuals, journalists and showbiz in the past reflected that interacting with the Indian media is always risky. One’s point of view is twisted and spinned out of the context it was actually narrated in. Such kind of incidents had created untoward situations for Pakistanis interacting with the India media […]
MOIB: Penny wise and pound foolish on October 31, 2018Before anyone could ‘dig out’ the much known actualities of the so-called rumours coffined in the files of the Press Information Department (PID) of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MOIB), the PID building caught fire last Wednesday and all the record was gutted. For those who are unaware of the ‘key role’ of the […]
Accountability of NAB and PTI regime on October 23, 2018Pakistan is one of the ‘wonderful’ countries where unexpected wonders happen quite often. They come in countless manners, shapes and designs. Mostly they are politically infatuated and manoeuvred. Initiated, supported or driven by the strategic or tactical internal or external elements active in the country to achieve certain goals best known only to them. Often […]
Black coats, bleak justice on October 16, 2018The proceedings in Lahore registry of the Supreme Court on Saturday in a case of lawyers thrashing a policeman in a sessions court, reflected the uncalled for behaviour of the Lahore Bar Association (LBA) representatives. The elected LBA representatives were all out to protect their nominated lawyers by hook and by crook. They threatened and […]
Diplomacy for collaborative climate action on October 8, 2018Last week of September was celebrated worldwide as the second Climate Diplomacy Week – a time for the EU Delegations around the world to reach out to communities and partner organisations for collaboration on climate action. The first worldwide Climate Diplomacy Week of this year was marked in the third week of June. Launched by […]