By A.B. Arisar UMERKOT: The post-traumatic fallout of the gang-rape victim continues to hark back forcing her to attempt suicide, besides ruining her health as she has become insomniac, restless and teary-eyed and suffers from constant headache and body ache. The family of the girl hailing from Khipro are in sheer dilemma over the ghastly […]
ISLAMABAD: A TV channel named after Benazir Bhutto and an FM Radio are being set up in the public sector to educate farmers about modern farming technology suiting their needs. The channel will reach 6.6 million farmer households across the country and will mainly telecast agriculture-related programmes. The matter was discussed by Pakistan Agricultural Research […]
LAHORE: A large number of journalists on Wednesday staged a protest in front of the Punjab Assembly against the baseless accusations leveled on the Jang group of newspapers and Geo TV by senior PPP minister Raja Riaz. Civil society members, lawyers and people from all walks of life participated in the protest. The protesters were […]
Farrukh Khan Pitafi In the presence of owner-editors the assurance of content quality and adherence to media ethics becomes impossible. Our profession has become highly complacent and in a conflict between the business owners and a professional editor, most journalists wish to stand with the former. Never throughout my career have I felt as ashamed […]
By Dilshad Azeem ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) would move the court of law for a lifetime ban on Raja Riaz for describing those who helped restoration of an independent judiciary in the Musharraf rule as Indian agents, a SCBA presidential candidate promised on Wednesday. “Not only his membership should be terminated but […]
PESHAWAR: The All Pakistan Federation of Labour (APFL) has lashed out at the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leadership for levelling baseless allegations against media persons and the Jang Group. President of the federation Aurangzeb Durrani expressed anger that unsubstantiated allegations were made against senior media persons who have fought against corruption and strived for the […]
LAHORE: Secretary General Wapda Central Hydroelectric Labour Union Khursheed Ahmed condemned the blackmailing and suppression of the journalists of Jang Group by the government functionaries. He was speaking at a seminar Wednesday on information technology at the Bakhtiar Labour Hall. He said free media was the fourth pillar of the state and it was its […]
By Ahmad Noorani ISLAMABAD: The Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) has asked the Judicial Commission, probing torture on The News reporter Umar Cheema, to officially write to its Director General, Counter Terrorism, if the commission wants to summon responsible ISI officials to interrogate, secretary of the commission stated during commissionÂ’s Wednesday hearing. The development took place […]
By Saleem Shahid QUETTA: The Baloch Students Organisation-Azad announced on Wednesday that it had ended its boycott of national newspapers and TV channels after a meeting with representatives of Balochistan Editors Council and Quetta Press Club. The group had earlier announced that it would block distribution of all newspapers, except two local dailies, in the […]
Farrukh Khan Pitafi In the presence of owner-editors the assurance of content quality and adherence to media ethics becomes impossible. Our profession has become highly complacent and in a conflict between the business owners and a professional editor, most journalists wish to stand with the former. Never throughout my career have I felt as ashamed […]
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