PESHAWAR- On the call Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), the Peshawar-based journalists on Wednesday set up a protest camp in front of Peshawar Press Club against imposition of emergency and restrictions on media and Pemra Ordinance. The protest camp, which was organized at main Sher Shah Soori Road despite of police threats, attracted a […]
KARACHI: The City Council session became combat zone on Wednesday, when members of opposition and treasury groups exchanged harsh words against each other, which compelled convener Nasreen Jalil to suspend the meeting for fifteen minutes. The opposition leader Saeed Chani tried to speak on the resolution approved the other day pertaining to the disqualification of […]
HANGU: A police constable’s beheaded body was found on Wednesday in Valan village, said Hangu DSP Mohammad Irshad. “[This] beheaded body of a spy is a gift for the militia, police and army. People should avoid joining these departments,” reads a letter left with the body, police officials said. The Saddar Police Station constable Amjad […]
KARACHI: The Karachi Union of Journalists (KUJ) organised a token hunger strike on Wednesday against media restrictions imposed under a State of Emergency after a protest call by the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ). A token hunger strike camp was set up outside KPC, Wednesday morning and was led by KUJ President Shamim-ur-Rehman, Ghousi, […]
PESHAWAR: Rejecting the imposition of emergency and curbs on the media, the journalist community of the city on Wednesday staged a big rally to protest against the suspension of basic human rights. Before demonstrating on Sher Shah Suri Road, members of the Khyber Union of Journalists (KhUJ) staged hours-long sit-in in front of the Peshawar […]
MULTAN, Nov 14: Local journalist on Wednesday demanded withdrawal of amendments to press laws and an end to the governmental pressure on cable service providers. During a protest camp set up at the Press Club, the journalists hoisted black flags and wore black armbands. Some of them had gagged themselves, symbolising the curbs on free […]
PESHAWAR, Nov 14: Journalists across the NWFP on Wednesday held protest rallies and set up hunger strike camps in protest against the imposition of the state of emergency and curbs on the media. The Khyber Union of Journalists set up a hunger strike camp outside the Peshawar Press Club on the call of the Pakistan […]
KARACHI, Nov 14: Journalists on Wednesday observed a token hunger strike outside the Karachi Press Club on the ninth day of their protest campaign against imposition of emergency and curbs on the media. Slogans demanding lifting of all restrictions on the media and implementation of the 7th wage award for newspaper industry workers were raised […]
ISLAMABAD-Defying gag laws infuriated journalists Wednesday while staging a protest demonstration at Zero Point vowed to continue their struggle until media muzzling is abolished. It was the sixth consecutive day of protests announced by PFUJ against the blackout of independent news channels and introduction of media hostile ordinance after the proclamation of emergency. “ We […]
Karachi: “I don’t have the courage to visit the burnt studios. It reminds me of the friends and colleagues who passed away and the memorable work we had done. It is my biggest loss,” says Mehmood Ali. Now a TV artist, Mehmood began his career from Radio Pakistan in 1948 — a time when the […]
Karachi: The South Asia Free Media Association (SAFMA) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF), a Paris-based international organisation of journalists, have severely criticised the curbs on the media. The SAFMA has decided to support decisions made by the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) in dealing with the current curbs put on the media under the […]
In a meeting held at the Secretariat, Pakistan Broadcaster Association (PBA), Karachi, today, the board of directors of association elected, unopposed, the office bearers for the term 2007-2008. Salman Iqbal (ARY Digital) as Chairman, Ghazanfar Ali (Indus TV) as Senior Vice-Chairman, Muhammad Aslam Kazi (KTN) as Vice-Chairman, Syed Sarfaraz Hussain Shah (APNA Channel) as Secretary-General, […]
KARACHI, Nov 14: A division bench of the Sindh High Court on Wednesday issued notices to provincial and federal attorneys for November 16 in a petition questioning a ban on four television channels. The bench, which consisted of Justices Munib Ahmed Khan and Abdur Rehman Farooq Pirzada, earlier asked the petitioner Independent Media Corporation’s counsel, […]
KOHAT, Nov 14: Militants blew up a music centre near the Ghamkol Afghan refugee camp on Wednesday morning. According to police, a bomb was planted outside the Babar music centre, which went off at about 5.45am, destroying the centre and damaging four adjacent shops. Militants blew up another music centre in Teri Bazaar in the […]
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