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Daily Archives: November 12, 2007

Internet cafe blown up in Peshawar

PESHAWAR – An Internet cafe was blown up on Sunday when some explosive material went off damaging the building and injuring its owner, police said. ‘The incident occurred at around 3pm when the explosive material planted by unknown militants went off at the Internet cafe situated at Ishrat Cinema Road in Gulbahar area,” a police […]


Journalists’ protest enters third day

ISLAMABAD, Nov 11: On the call of Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), mediapersons’ protest against closure of independent TV channels and violence against their colleagues continued for the third day here on Sunday. The Rawalpindi-Islamabad Union of Journalists (RIUJ) had set up a protest camp outside the Geo TV office. Leaders of Pakistan People’s […]


TUJ observes Black Day

MIRANSHAH (North Waziristan) – On the call of Tribal Union of journalists (TUJ) journalists from all over North Waziristan Agency have observed black day on Sunday for denouncing declaration of State of Emergency in the country. The TUJ members from allover North Waziristan Agency assembled in the premises of Press Club at Miranshah where four […]


Journalists set up token hunger strike camp at LPC

LAHORE (November 12 2007): Journalists of print and electronic media here on Sunday set up a token hunger strike camp at Lahore Press Club against the restrictions on electronic media in the country. Several journalists participated in the token hunger strike camp. They raised slogan against the government for imposing restrictions on media and declaring […]


CPJ for withdrawal of UK journalists’ expulsion order

NEW YORK (November 12 2007): The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has demanded of the Pakistani government to withdraw expulsion order of three British journalists. Three British journalists were given 72 hours to leave Pakistan on Saturday after their paper ran an editorial that used an expletive in an allusion about President Pervez Musharraf. Two […]


Young journalist belonging to Hyderabad passes away

KARACHI:Another scion of the renowned Kazi family of Hyderabad passed away in Los Angeles California on November 10. The death of Kazi Jawad Akbar who was the grandson of former media stalwarts and senior politicians, the late Kazi Abdul Majeed Abid and the late Kazi Mohammad Akbar came just nine months after the death of […]


Love marriage couple killed

MANSEHRA, Nov 11: A man and his wife, who had fled Mardan after marrying of their own will four months ago, were killed here on Saturday night. Police sources said Israr alias Majid and Nargis had shifted to Mansehra’s Hafiz Bandi area after marrying against the wishes of their parents. On Saturday night, some people […]


Media accused of sensationalism

KARACHI, Nov 11: The Adviser to Sindh Chief Minister on Information, Hamid Hussain Abidi, said that the government wanted the media to take advantage of the freedom granted to them in a positive and constructive manner. Talking to journalists at his office here on Sunday, Mr Abidi said that no restrictions had been imposed on […]


Curb on media reflects failure of government

ISLAMABAD-Journalists’ struggle for free access to information for every man Sunday peacefully entered the third consecutive day amid loud slogans of journalists and civil society activists here in front of Geo building. PFUJ and RIUJ were protesting against hostile ordinances and curbs on private television channels imposed by the government after the state of emergency […]


Govt urges media to confirm news before publication

PESHAWAR – The NWFP government has directed all the newspapers and other news organizations in the province to confirm its reporting regarding provincial government departments and servants from the concerned departments prior to publication. Through a letter issued by Directorate of Information Government of NWFP, under the subject of ‘Publication of Slanderous materials’ the concerned […]


Elections by January 9, says Musharraf

ISLAMABAD: President General Pervez Musharraf on Sunday announced that the general elections would be held before January 9, within 60 days of the National Assembly’s (NA) dissolution on November 15. Assemblies’ dissolution: “The NA will stand dissolved on November 15 on completion of its five-year constitutional tenure, and the provincial assemblies of Punjab, Sindh and […]


One-day exhibition at KU

KARACHI -Department of Mass Communication Karachi University (KU) will hold a one day exhibition on “Media and the Modern World” today (Monday) at Dr Feroz Ahmed Institute of Mass Communication, KU. As per announcement made by the KU on Sunday, the KU Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Pirzada Qasim Raza Siddiqui will inaugurated. Source: TheNation Date:11/12/2007