ATTOCK, June 6: The union council Attock city-II Nazim Rana Shaukat Ali Khan along with Naib Nazim Dr Sheikh Waseem Saddique and like-minded councillors observed four hours token hunger strike from 11 am to 3pm here on Wednesday at Madni Chowk to press for his demands. Besides labour leaders and workers, the local lawyers including […]
PESHAWAR: A division bench of the Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Wednesday upheld the verdict of the anti-terrorism court of Swat by dismissing the appeal of a person convicted in an abduction-cum-rape case of a four-year-old girl. The convict, Ziarat Gul, had raped a minor girl, Siddiqua, daughter of Malook, in the Lal Qala area […]
MULTAN, June 6: The Multan civil judge has rejected police request for physical remand of five arrested journalist and sent them on judicial remand here on Wednesday. Makhdoompur police registered two separate cases against journalists Ayub Niazi, Irfan Ahmad Malik, Lal Khan, Rana Abdul Sattar and Mirza Nisar and arrested them. A local court granted […]
PESHAWAR, June 6: A condolence reference was held for Provincial Director of Information Seyed Mehdi Hussain at the Media Centre on Wednesday. Presided over by NWFP Information Secretary Mohammad Afzal Khan, all staff members attended the reference. Mr Hussain was shot dead by unknown men on Tuesday near his home in Hashtnagri locality of the […]
The News-June 07, 2007 ISLAMABAD: The government has suspended any proceedings under the Pemra Amendment Ordinance against the electronic media till a six-member committee reviews the recent changes in the ordinance and submits its report to the prime minister. According to a statement issued late on Wednesday night, the committee will submit its report to […]
Restrictions likely on live TV coverage: Media asked to behave ISLAMABAD, May 31: The government on Thursday decided to invoke some existing laws to curb unhindered media coverage, particularly electronic media’s live coverage of outdoor events while, Information Minister Mohammad Ali Durrani warned newspapers and private television channels against crossing what he termed ‘legal limits’. […]
ISLAMABAD, June 6: A journalists’ protest against new government curbs on the electronic media disrupted the opening of the National Assembly’s last budget session on Wednesday and then put them virtually in the dock over allegedly provoked scuffles and slogan-chanting in the press gallery. The journalists started with a token walkout from the press gallery […]
MULTAN, June 6: Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) on Wednesday held a protest demonstration against curbs on media and registration of cases against journalists. Participants, including a large number of civil society representatives and lawyers, also blocked the Abdali Road. Carrying banners and placards, they also shouted slogans against the government for placing restrictions […]
ISLAMABAD, June 7: An angry National Assembly speaker barred journalists from parliament on Thursday in a show of insensitivity to their protests against new media curbs and what critics called the regime’s desperation in the face of a democratic movement spurred by the prevailing judicial crisis. It was another first in Pakistan’s parliamentary history as […]
ISLAMABAD: The district administration on Wednesday withdrew a case filed against more than 200 journalists for holding a protest outside the Prime Minister’s Secretariat on Monday. The case was withdrawn on the orders of Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz who asked Interior Secretary Syed Kamal Shah to supervise the procedure of withdrawal of the first information […]
ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Amir Hussain on Wednesday cancelled all press cards issued to journalists for their entry into the parliament house for the coverage of the current session of the assembly.Fresh passes for the coverage of the session will be issued later. Meanwhile, a number of journalists representing various national and regional newspapers […]
ISLAMABAD: The presidential ordinance amending the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) law while the Senate is in session, has revived an old debate over such ‘instant legislation’. Even the Supreme Court once took a very serious note of such ‘high-speed law-making’ without the involvement of the Parliament when the legislature does exist, and ruled […]
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