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Daily Archives: June 3, 2007

TV Thoughts: ‘I alone insisted the media be given freedom’, President General Musharraf; Dawn News TV’s test run

By Nusrat Nasrullah WEEKEND MAGAZINE (June 02 2007): President General Pervez Musharraf does speak with what one may describe as an “intermittent regularity” on media situation in Pakistan, and frankly expresses his opinions on what he expects the electronic and print media in the country ought to be doing. And he has done this again […]


Man clubs wife to death

LAHORE : A man allegedly clubbed his 22-year-old wife to death over a domestic issue in Shahdara on Saturday. Police said Rehana of Toba Tek Singh contracted love marriage with her cousin Rafiq about eight months ago. The newly wed couple left their native town as their families were not happy with their marriage and […]


CAP threatens to shut down ‘anti-state’ TV channels

KARACHI: The Cable Operators Association of Pakistan (CAP) on Saturday announced to shut down the transmissions of those TV channels which, according to them, are showing negative programmes against the solidarity of Pakistan, the armed forces and the judiciary. Addressing a crowded press conference at the Karachi Press Club, the chairman of the association, Khalid […]


Criticism on army is not tolerable: Durrani

ISLAMABAD (June 03 2007): Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Muhammad Ali Durrani on Saturday said that nobody will be allowed to indulge in negative propaganda against Pakistan and national security institutions, under the cover of press freedom. “Media is patriotic but at this moment it has to cooperate with government”, he said this while […]