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Mir Shakil-Ur-Rahman is no stranger to the news business. When he was a child, he spent every lunch break from school at his father’s newspaper office, learning the ropes. He was lucky. Dad had founded and built up a major print media group. When Rahman took over, he extended the group’s reach into electronic media. [...]

Eye Television Network Limited, that has launched HUM TV as its Satellite TV channel, is all set to make its Initial Public Offering (IPO) on Monday and Tuesday (June 27-28). The company launched its formal operations on January 17, 2005. The sponsors admit that although the company is new, it is backed by celebrities like [...]

G-Hanz Germany Chief Executive Officer (CEO) U K Ghosh has said Synergy Corporation Pvt limited, in collaboration with their German partners G-Hanz, have planned to invest Rs 350 million for the manufacturing of plasma television sets in Pakistan. “The group had been the first in the country for coming up locally in assembling vacuum tube [...]

The government has planned to set up 47 radio stations in various areas of the country to create awareness among the masses about socio-economic issues and their solutions including promotion of literacy …

The Discovery Times Channel’s Sharmeen Obaid, 27, was awarded the prize for international reporting for “Reinventing the Taliban,” a 46-minute documentary about the MMA, a Pakistan-based group similar to the Taliban whose power is growing. The $10,000 prizes go to journalists under the age of 35 and are the largest all-media general-reporting awards in the [...]

Showcasing the newfound warmth in India-Pakistan relations, the erstwhile city of Nawabs – Lucknow – is playing host to the first-ever exhibition of award winning photo journalists from Pakistan. The three-day exhibition, which began on Monday, features 33 photographers under the aegis of Lahore Photographers’ Association. A large number of people, a majority of them [...]

A new Pashtun TV station in Pakistan is revitalizing a traditional form of expression. Featuring mostly men wearing trousers and T-shirts, playing guitar and keyboards along with Pashtun instruments, Khyber TV is fusing tradition with outside influences and creating space for change. “Khyber Beats,” the channel’s music video show, has gained millions of viewers in [...]

If Bollywood is taking efforts to cement the friendship between India and Pakistan, Lollywood is not far behind. In his attempt to enhance the business and friendship between two nations, Javed Raza, known as Pakistan’s showman; has roped in Bollywood hottie Neha Dhupia for an item number in his Pak film, Kabhi Pyar Na Karna.

The University of Sindh on Tuesday launched a multimedia centre at the Institute of Information Technology to facilitate scholars for holding conferences, seminars and workshops at local as well as national and international level and MPhil and PhD seminars. The centre will promote research culture at the campus and inter linkages with universities and research [...]

The second smallest continent of the world, Europe plays host to people belonging to different cultures, speaking different languages and espousing different religious ideas. By embracing such religious and cultural diversity, Europe negates the theory of clash of civilizations. The first documentary screened on Friday night was about Jean Monnet (1888-1979), who is widely regarded [...]