ISLAMABAD: Journalists Friday observed ‘black day’ throughout the country on the call of Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) against the imposition of emergency in the country, ban on private TV channels and new curbs imposed on media. Journalists of the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad observed black day on Friday. They (journalists) boycotted […]
ISLAMABAD, Nov 9: Journalists observed a ‘black day’ on Friday across Pakistan on the call of the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) to protest curbs on the media and the promulgation of two anti-media ordinances. Journalists set up camps and held meetings, wearing black ribbons and armbands. They also boycotted official functions. Some buildings […]
Journalists across Pakistan marked today as a Black Day for the country’s media, led by the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), in protest at the Government’s failure to meet the PFUJ’s deadline for a withdrawal of anti-media ordinances issued by President Pervez Musharraf at the weekend. Anchors on Pakistan television channels that are able […]
KARACHI, Nov 9: The Sindh government has imposed a ban on the entry of journalists into the secretariat after office hours and asked all the departments located in the new and old secretariat buildings not to entertain any journalists after the office timings. According to official sources, these instructions have been issued after the imposition […]
KARACHI: Cable operators and subscribers have been left in the dark after the ban on news channels imposed by the government since last week. Now cable services subscribers are saying that they plan to stop making payments to cable service providers as they are not receiving their desired channels as contracted to them. “When we […]
ISLAMABAD, Nov 9: International news channels BBC and CNN went off the air in the country again on Friday as opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was placed under house arrest ahead of a protest rally. Authorities stopped cable operators from broadcasting international and private Pakistani news channels on the weekend, after President Gen Pervez Musharraf imposed […]
In one of my articles I had given the figure that it would take Pakistan 500 years to become a democracy, a democracy not polluted by adjectives but pure and simple democracy. However, as a result of the proclamation of ’emergency plus’, meaning emergency-martial law, I have revised my estimate. Now I can safely presume […]
HOW far the government is willing to go to deny people the right to information was made visible on Wednesday when shops selling satellite dishes were targeted by the police and forced to shut down. In Karachi electronics dealers complained that despite the fact that they possessed all the necessary documents needed to sell such […]
KARACHI, Nov 11: Women rights bill passed by the National Assembly last year has not yet changed the state of women in the country, particularly in Sindh where nearly four hundred women and girls were killed on different pretexts during the last 10 months. At least 1,481 persons, including 367 women and 21 minor girls, […]
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