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Daily Archives: March 18, 2007

Protest against police attack on TV channel

SHEIKHUPURA, March 17: Scores of journalists hailing from Nankana Sahib and Sheikhupura districts took out a protest rally here on Saturday. They were carrying placards and banners inscribed with anti-government slogans to express solidarity with the journalists of Islamabad. Addressing at the local press club, speakers said assault on a private TV channel in Islamabad […]


Journalists condemn attack on TV office

HYDERABAD, March 17: Journalists and political and social activists brought out rallies across the province on Saturday against police attack on the offices of a private TV channel and an English daily in Islamabad. In Hyderabad, journalists staged a rally, which started from the local press club and got back to its starting point where […]


Journalists slam attack on media offices

PESHAWAR, March 17: Journalists in large numbers took part in a demonstration on Saturday which was held to protest against an attack by policemen on a news organisation on Friday. The demonstration was organised by the Khyber Union of Journalists to denounce what was termed ‘state-sponsored terrorism unleashed against the countryÂ’s print and electronic media’. […]


PFUJ calls for judicial probe

ISLAMABAD, March 17: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has called for the formation of an independent judicial commission headed by a judge of the High Court to investigate the attack on GEO TV’s Islamabad offices. In a joint statement on Saturday, Huma Ali, President of PFUJ, and Secretary-General Mazhar Abbas, said the commission […]