KARACHI: The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom in over 100 countries, has expressed extreme concern over the proposed Pakistan Media Development Authority (PMDA) Ordinance, 2021. In a communication addressed to Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday, the IPI feared that implementation of the PMDA ordinance would drastically curtail …

Hollywood actor Lisa Banes is hospitalized in critical condition after she struck by a motorcycle in a hit-and-run in New York City on Friday. The 65-year-old Gone Girl actor was en route to a dinner party near Lincoln Center before meeting her wife when an individual on a red and black motorcycle “with no plate” struck her at 6:30pm, reported …

QAMISHLI: Syria’s Kurds on Saturday handed four relatives of fighters of the militant Islamic State group, including three children, to Dutch diplomats for repatriation, a thorny issue for authorities in the Netherlands. The group consisted of a Dutch woman and her two children as well as another 12-year-old girl, “a humanitarian case,” whose mother had agreed to her repatriation following …

ISLAMABAD: Water scarcity is an issue residents of the capital have been faced with for a long time, especially in summers. Nonetheless, in the last three decades, no concrete measures have been taken by the Capital Development Authority (CDA) to explore new resources in order to meet the water requirement of the citizens. Background talks with relevant officers showed that …