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Daily Archives: October 27, 2010

Two boys arrested for hacking SC website

By Iftikhar A. Khan ISLAMABAD: Two teenagers accused of hacking the Supreme Court’s website have told investigators that they had been consulted for the purpose by a cyber criminal based in India. Informed sources told Dawn on Tuesday that the boys who hacked the website last month had been arrested in Kohat after they were […]


Media accused of discouraging investors

TAHIR AMIN ISLAMABAD: Minister for Labour and Manpower Khursheed Shah on Tuesday held media solely responsible for the country’s deteriorating economy, saying that some committed investors were hesitant because of dismal portrayal of the country’s affairs by media. The minister said: “the coverage of violent incidents particularly the Karachi mayhem forced the committed investors to […]


Media asked to regulate itself

ISLAMABAD: While appreciating the role of journalists in their struggle to achieve freedom of information during military regimes, speakers at a seminar here on Tuesday stressed that media needs to regulate itself in order to give primacy to public interest and protect citizens’ right to information instead of playing a role that could harm democracy […]


Ghazal maestro for revival of ‘true’ classical music

By Shoaib Ahmed LAHORE: Renowned ghazal singer Ghulam Ali has regretted the role of arts councils and the Ministry of Culture in promoting classical music in its true sense. The singer urged the government to hold music and singing workshops from the platform of arts councils and underline the need for a national academy where […]


Talk shows

Sir: Every talk show is garnished with sermons by the anchorperson. In the final analysis, one tends to conclude that they innocently give subterfuge and total carte blanche to the PPP-MQM government to keep ruining the country with their corruption and incompetence. The media is equally responsible for this damage by hyping on about issues […]


ISI behind attack on Cheema: Punjab minister

ISLAMABAD: Punjab’s sitting Law Minister Rana Sanaullah, in his written statement presented before the Umar Cheema Judicial Commission on Tuesday, stated that he was sure on the basis of his knowledge and experiences that the elite intelligence agency, ISI, was involved in abduction, subsequent torture and humiliation of a senior journalist of The News a […]


Geo imposter sent to jail

By Shamim Bano Karachi: Judicial Magistrate (JM)- South Hatim Aziz Solangi sent a suspect on remand to police custody till October 28 for allegedly holding a fake identity card of the Geo TV channel. The suspect, a man named Fahd Iqbal, was arrested on October 25, 2010 after he produced a fake Geo press pass […]


PML-N submits motion against Cheema’s harassment

By Muhammad Anis ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has submitted an adjournment motion in the National Assembly Secretariat against continuous harassment of senior journalist Umar Cheema. The adjournment motion was submitted by PML-N parliamentarians Chaudhry Birjees Tahir, Anosha Rehman, Bilal Yaseen and others on Tuesday. Quoting press clippings of newspapers dated October 25 (Monday), […]


FG Ebrahim to be ombudsman for The Express Tribune

Justice (retd) Fakhruddin G Ebrahim In the interest of promoting journalistic integrity and transparency, The Express Tribune will have Justice (retd) Fakhruddin G Ebrahim as ombudsman for the paper. He will act as mediator on issues that may arise from news or opinions appearing in our publication, in the interest of promoting accountability and fairness […]