DS Report The wait is finally over. The enrollment for Knight Center's new free MOOC, "Data Journalism and Visualization with Free Tools" has started. Spearheaded by two giants of data journalism and data visualization fields i.e., Simon...

DS Report LAHORE: The prevalence of stunting among children under five years of age is highest in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s newly merged districts (KP-NMD) i.e., 48.3% followed by Balochistan and Gilgit-Baltistan i.e., 46.6 percent each,...

By Muhammad Daud Khan ISLAMABAD: On Commemoration of the 40th year of hosting Afghan refugees, the Ministry of States and Frontier Regions (SAFRON) says Pakistan is hosting three million refugees. The Safron has released the data...

  By Arshad Dogar & Khalid Khattak LAHORE: An analysis of police records since 2017 shows that on average three cases of rape or sodomy with children under 10 years of age have been reported on...

By Numan Wahab Pakistan’s fight against polio attracted widespread media attention and global appreciation after video of a Pakistani polio worker Irfan, braving harsh snow to ensure children get polio vaccine, went viral on social...

DS Report In the wake of ever increasing availability of data, data literacy has become one of the crucial skills for journalists. While it is largely defined as one’s ability to “read, understand, create and...

DS Report A notification of Ministry of Information, Broadcasting, National History and Literary Heritage about the new rates (per 60 seconds) for electronic media in Pakistan for airing government/public sector advertisements/campaigns was widely shared on social...

  By M. Naveed Alam Medical and Dental Colleges’ Admission Test (MDCAT) for medical and dental colleges of Punjab province was held on Sept. 23, 2018. While the mainstream media reported the test was held smoothly...

By M. Naveed Alam LAHORE: Want to explore and learn fundamentals of data journalism? This free online course, being offered for the first time in Pakistan, might be of your interest! With August 20, 2018 deadline to...

  By Muhammad Daud Khan ISLAMABAD: An analysis of the final list of the candidates reveal that 172 women candidates are contesting elections for National Assembly and 386 for the four provincial assemblies’ seats.  Election Commission...