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Daily Archives: November 26, 2007

FIR of murdered journalist not lodged yet

MIRPURKHAS – Three days passed the FIR of deceased journalist Zubair Ahmed Mujahid has not been registered due to negligence his relatives. Reportedly, unknown assailants killed senior journalist Zubair Ahmed Mujahid. In satellite Town when he was going to house on the bike along with his colleague on Friday night. DIG Mirpurkhas Mazhar Shaikh had […]


Shujaat, Mushahid greet CPNE new office-bearers

ISLAMABAD – President of Pakistan Muslim League Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and Secretary General Mushahid Husssain Syed have extended warm felicitations to the newly elected office-bearers of the Council of Pakistan Newspapers Editors (CPNE). In their joint message issued here on Sunday to Arif Nizami, President, and Khushnood Ali Khan, Secretary General of the Council, they […]


CD businesses shut down in Karkhano Market

* Most market owners asking shopkeepers to wind up CD business owing to fears of bomb blasts PESHAWAR: Most of the shopkeepers, previously dealing in CDs, have switched over to other businesses while some of the Afghan businessmen have migrated to Afghanistan, shopkeepers in the Karkhano Market told Daily Tunes on Sunday. Fearing attacks from […]


Journalists to stage sit-in outside Jang office

Journalists will stage a sit-in outside the Jang office against curbs on the media and closure of TV channel Geo on Sunday (today), announced KUJ President Shamim-ur-Rahman at a sit-in at the Karachi Press Club (KPC) on the first day of second phase of the media movement which started on Saturday. Journalists staged a sit-in […]


KhUJ holds protest rally

PESHAWAR: Continuing its protest drive, the Khyber Union of Journalists (KhUJ) on Saturday staged a protest rally against the imposition of emergency and curbs on the media. KhUJ President Jan Afzal and Peshawar Press Club President Muhammad Riaz led the protesters. The rally that was taken out from the Peshawar Press Club turned into a […]


SHC issues notices to AG, Pemra


New body of Umerkot Press club elected

MIRPURKHAS: The new body of the Umerkot Press Club for the year 2007-08 was elected unanimously on Sunday in Umerkot. Following are the newly elected office-bearers Haji Gul Hassan Arisar as Chief Patron, Allah Jurio Soomro as president, Lajpat Malhi as vice president, Wali Muhammad Maher as general secretary, Bhagwan Das Khatri as joint secretary, […]


Condolence meetings held for murdered journalist

MIRPURKHAS: The Mirpurkhas Press Club and the National Press Club Mirpurkhas separate condolence meetings here on Saturday presided by Rashid Saleem and Qamaruddin respectively. The meetings condemned the murder of senior journalist Zubair Ahmed Mujahid and demanded the authorities to ensure immediate arresting of the involved culprits and punish them. The meetings paid rich tributes […]


Journalists express solidarity with Geo

Under the protest plan announced by the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), media people staged a sit-in outside the Jang offices on Sunday to register their protest and convey their messages to the ruling authorities. The Karachi Union of Journalists (KUJ), along with the media people belonging to Dawn group, and other media organisations, […]


Senior journalist K-M Sharif passes away

KARACHI: Senior journalist K.M. Sharif passed away here early Sunday morning due to cardiac arrest. He was 72. He leaves behind his wife, a son and four daughters. Sharif was suffering from multiple diseases, including heart condition, for quite some time. On Sunday morning, he suffered a major cardiac attack, which proved fatal. He breathed […]


Punish the journalists, gag the press, the party is on

What is it that the press is paying for? Why is it that the government continues to train its guns on the media and is in a mood to teach them a lesson. The Pakistani press has been fiercely independent more so because of the extended years it has spent fighting against dictatorship and the […]


Civil society workers protest Munir Malik’s detention

* Express solidarity with deposed judges and media ISLAMABAD: The civil society members on Sunday staged a protest demonstration against the detention of Munir A Malik, former president of the Supreme Court Bar Association. The protestors, over 60 in number, gathered in front of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) and condemned the government […]


Anti- govt literature banned

Peshawar: NWFP government selling and purchasing of several booklets regarding sectarian matters and contain anti-government material. As per detail the booklets namely; Ahle Bait Aur Tahqeeq Aa1-e-Muhammad, Midat-ul­Marg, Jamhoriat Aur Intekhabat, Islami Nizam lbtadai Khaka, Zalim Ka Hath Kon Rooke Ga, leaflets namely Sayasi Ghazal, Pak Fauj Ke Jawan Ki Pukar, a hand bill Khabar […]


Maria nominated for ‘young player of the year’ award

ISLAMABAD: The Women’s International Squash Players Association (WISPA) has nominated Pakistan’s top player Maria Toor Pakay for the young player of the year award, Daily Times learnt here on Monday. A source in the Pakistan Squash Federation (PSF) said the final result would be announced on the eve of world squash award ceremony to be […]