Pakistan Today employees in major protest

Pakistan Today employees in major protest

09 May 2012

KARACHI: The employees at the Karachi office of Pakistan Today held a major protest Monday evening over delay in payment of salaries. The angry employees locked up the office and chanted slogans against the management.  They later gathered at the printing press. Reports said that even threats from the Chief Operating Officer Babar Nizami failed to shake the [...]

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Five-day week for journalists!

Five-day week for journalists!

09 May 2012

  ISLAMABAD: Asking for two holidays a week for journalists in Pakistan may be asking for something out of this world. But perhaps this is one thing Pakistani journalists need urgently that would help them have more time for themselves, for their families and above all enable them to perform better professionally. Curiously when it comes [...]

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No privitisation: Disco unions ‘lock out’ offices

No privitisation: Disco unions ‘lock out’ offices

09 May 2012

By Our Correspondents Published: May 9, 2012 “We will disconnect electricity to all regions in southern Punjab if our demands are not met in three days,” union leaders said. GUJRANWALA / MULTAN / FAISALABAD: Power distribution workers in several cities including Faisalabad, Gujranwala and Multan took out protests on Tuesday against potential privatisation of the power sector [...]

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Agriculture lacks post-harvest technology

Agriculture lacks post-harvest technology

08 May 2012

By Our Correspondent Published: May 8, 2012 Mexican tasteless mangoes are being sold at $4 per piece in the US while the delicious mangoes of Pakistan have the potential to be sold at more than $5, but it is not the case due to lack of post-harvest technology. PHOTO: FILE FAISALABAD: The missing links between policymakers and [...]

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Nothing quite like The Muslim

Nothing quite like The Muslim

08 May 2012

Nothing quite like The Muslim         ISLAMABAD: They come and they go, but no English daily has quite had the legend-like impact of The Muslim (1978-1999). Despite better technology and information network capability and capacity, not The News, The Frontier Post, Daily Times, The Post, The Express Tribune, Dateline Islamabad or Pakistan Today has been able to quite match the popularity, creditability or newsworthiness [...]

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