SANGHAR: A complete strike was observed in Khipro town on Wednesday on a call given by the Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz (A) in protest against an incident in which a group of young men allegedly subjected a girl to gang-rape, filmed her and posted it on the Internet. The protesters marched in the streets of […]
LAHORE: Lahore High Court Chief Justice Khawaja Muhammad Sharif on Wednesday postponed for October 29 the suo motu proceedings on abduction and torture of The News senior journalist Umar Cheema. On Wednesday, SP (Investigation) Islamabad Tahir Ayub appeared before the court and submitted a detailed report about the incident. He submitted that efforts were underway […]
KARACHI: President Asif Ali Zardari has hit out at the media for unnecessarily raising the issue of civil-military disconnect in flood management when the natural disaster had hit large parts of the country during the past few weeks. In fact, in his view, if there is a disconnect it is “between the media, the people […]
* Shiv Sena, MNS oppose Pakistani artists’ participation in Indian reality show LAHORE: Indian civil society activists on Wednesday asked the Indian and Maharashtra government to provide security to the Pakistani artists participating in a reality show on a private Hindi channel after threats from two extremist Hindu organisations. A statement issued by a group […]
A team of “Express News”TV channel, was fired upon by unidentified men in Orangi town of Karachi on October 6, 2010. The team was attacked as they were filming a factory producing fakecold drinks for their weekly programmes “Consumer Crime”. The news team included Huma Bukhari, the programme host, Associate Producer Rehan Hussain and cameramen […]
Go on and find a living room, gather around a group of people you know and ask them what is wrong with the media today. You’ll get a whole bunch of responses as everyone stampedes to condemn the various evils afflicting our media. The media is too sensational. The media is money hungry. The media […]
By: Javaid-ur-rahman ISLAMABAD — Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani Wednesday directed Federal Bureau of Revenue (FBR) and Ministry of Commerce to work hand-in-hand to rein in the menace of smuggling in the country. “Emphasising the need to promote local industry, PM also directed the Interior Ministry to close all the avenues of smuggling”, said […]
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