LAHORE: A bomb blast at the railway station caused chaos in the city, resulting in the cancellation of all entertainment and cultural events. At least three people were killed and numerous others were injured in the blast, causing fear and panic in the city. All cultural and entertainment events have been cancelled due to bomb [...]
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Cultural events in city cancelled after railway station blast
Posted by ppf.admin on April 25th, 2012
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Report exposes hazards faced by journalists
Posted by ppf.admin on March 17th, 2012
KARACHI: Expressing concerns over the killing of journalists in the country, media practitioners on Friday called for better security measures for their colleagues. Speaking at the launch of Media Commission Pakistan`s report entitled “Attacks on Journalists and Media Freedom” at the Karachi Press Club, they said that journalists were working in an environment of rising [...]
Shahzad Commission Results Marred by Free Ride for ISI
Posted by ppf.admin on January 30th, 2012
Government has to Take on Military and Intelligence Services and end Impunity The commission’s failure to get to the bottom of the Shahzad killing illustrates the ability of the ISI to remain beyond the reach of Pakistan’s criminal justice system. The government still has the responsibility to identify those responsible for Shahzad’s death and hold [...]
Pemra warns TV channels to abstain from unethical practices
Posted by admin on January 29th, 2012
Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) while taking serious notice of creeping unacceptable practices of moral policing by some TV channels has warned them to abstain from indulging in unethical journalistic practices whereby any act of a reporter, electronic media journalist, anchor or the TV channel as a whole be assumed in dis-conformity to generally [...]
Banning concerts?
Posted by ppf.admin on January 28th, 2012
KARACHI: This is with reference to your editorial of January 27 titled, “Banning concerts”. I have to say that the resolution passed by the Punjab Assembly is one of the most absurd things I have read about in quite some time. It does nothing to address the causes of the Alhamra tragedy, where a stampede [...]
