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Daily Archives: June 4, 2007

Woman seeks justice, protection

CHAKWAL, June 3: A woman has sought justice and state protection as she is being threatened by the relatives of her husband who allegedly murdered him to grab property. Talking to journalists here on Sunday, Nargis Sultana said she was severely beaten up by six of the relatives of her husband and forced to parade […]


No compromise on Pemra rules: PM

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Sunday said the violation of law by the electronic media would not be tolerated and termed any attempt to defame the armed forces a conspiracy against the country. “We will not allow anyone to defame the Army as it is our national asset and we are proud of our […]


Government prohibits television coverage of president’s comments on judicial controversy

Islamabad-The Pakistan government has prohibited independent television channels from televising programmes, including live talk shows and discussions, on the issue of the president’s comments regarding the suspended Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry. According to press reports, a letter issued to television channels the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) said that live talk […]


Journalists protest against robbery

JACOBABAD, June 3: A large number of journalists and activists of different political parties took part in a procession held on Sunday in protest against robbery a day ago in the house of a reporter of a private TV channel. The procession led by District Union of Journalists president Nazar Abbas Shah started from the […]


Transmission of two TV channels blocked

LAHORE, June 3: Two TV channels went off air in different parts of the country on Sunday night. The switch-off in case of Geo TV, according to its website, was almost countrywide while Aaj TV blackout was in Lahore and Islamabad. “The government has blocked the transmission of the Geo News TV channel across the […]