WASHINGTON: The White House on Tuesday expressed broad support for “freedom of expression” and assembly in Pakistan but stopped well short of encouraging demonstrations against President Pervez Musharraf. “I have not heard anyone in the administration actively encouraging anyone to do anything but return to civilian rule,” spokeswoman Dana Perino told reporters asking about possible […]
KARACHI: Law enforcement personnel banned the media from the Sindh High Court for the first time in history Tuesday. It has always been the case that courts and their proceedings are open to the public and accessible to everyone. There have been precedents in which the entry of the media has been regulated for security […]
KARACHI (November 07 2007): Despite the emergency-oriented high alert, life in Karachi returned to normalcy on Tuesday as no untoward incident was reported from any part of the city. Hundreds of media persons, however, gathered in the Karachi Press Club (KPC) and vowed to join the lawyers in their fight for restoration of democracy in […]
ISLAMABAD (November 07 2007): The journalists continued their boycott to coverage of official events for third consecutive day in protest against the strict curbs imposed on media following the proclamation of emergency by General Musharraf. Widespread unrest prevails among masses amid black out of about 50 national private news channels along with BBC, CNN, Al-Jazeera […]
RAWALPINDI (November 07 2007): A high-level meeting chaired by President General Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday reviewed the overall security situation in the country, following the imposition of emergency and expressed satisfaction over the measures taken. The President directed that the journalists arrested during the protests be immediately released. The meeting here at the President’s Camp […]
Karachi:Speakers at a joint protest meeting reached a consensus that they would not surrender before the authorities and would continue the struggle for the freedom of press. The consensus was reached at a joint protest meeting of Karachi Press Club (KPC), Karachi Union of Journalists (KUJ) and Association of TV Journalists (ATJ) held at the […]
New York, November 4, 2007-The government of President Pervez Musharraf should withdraw the severe restrictions it has placed on Pakistan’s news media and allow independent television and radio stations to resume coverage of the country’s political crisis, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. “President Musharraf’s drastic steps to silence news coverage make a mockery […]
PFUJ plans protest drive KARACHI, Nov 6: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has decided to launch a countrywide movement against the imposition of state of emergency and curbs on media freedom. At an emergency meeting held in Islamabad on Tuesday, the PFUJ gave a 48-hour ultimatum to the government to withdraw the two […]
HARIPUR, Nov 6: The Hazara-based FM radio station – FM Power 99.4 – remained off air for the third consecutive day on Tuesday in protest against the confiscation by the Pemra authorities of the equipment of its sister concern, FM Power 99 of Islamabad. The station manager of FM Power 99.4, Mr Tasaduk Awan, told […]
ISLAMABAD (November 07 2007): The business of dish antenna came to a halt on Tuesday in Rawalpindi and Islamabad following government’s orders to close down the antenna outlets for indefinite period, with a warning that the trader found violating the orders would have to face five years jail term and Rs 10 million fine. Most […]
ISLAMABAD: Curbs on media are against the interest of Pakistan and contradict the progress made by the country during the last few years towards a democratic polity, said US Press Attaché Elizabeth O Colton while addressing the concluding ceremony of a two-day journalism workshop on Tuesday. “Any extreme and unreasonable curbs on free media are […]
KARACHI, Nov 6: Two cable operators were shot dead in Al Falah area on late Monday night, in what has been described as a case of a targeted killing. SP Shah Faisal Javed Meher said that Faizan Hashmi and Mohammad Fahad were passing through the area in their car when assailants on motorcycle opened fire […]
Five media persons, arrested on Monday during a clash between police and journalists, were brought from the Darakshan police station to the Judicial Magistrate (South) Zeeshan Akhter on Tuesday. However, the matter was not taken up owing to the non-appearance of lawyers as they were boycotting court proceedings. According to the details, five media persons […]
(RSF/IFEX) – RSF firmly condemns a crackdown by the security forces on the privately-owned news media. Dozens of journalists have been detained, attacked or prevented from working. Transmission equipment has been seized from several broadcast media. New regulations on newspapers and broadcast media promulgated on 3 November 2007 are a death warrant for some of […]
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