The printing press office of “Daily Times” newspaper in Karachi, the capital city of Sindh province, was attacked on September 19, 2012 by some armed men during a strike called by a religious and political party, Jamaat-e-Islami, against the anti-Islamic film. A staff member of Daily Times told PPF that dozens of armed men first […]
PESHAWAR: The public anger simmered as the protest demonstrations against the anti-Islam movie monster with each passing day in provincial metropolis in the wake delay in penalize the filmmaker. The infuriated protestors on Wednesday asked the government to sever diplomatic relations with the US and expel its Ambassador in protest. The protestors hailing from different […]
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court Wednesday ordered Pemra to immediately stop telecasts of movies about the holy prophets on the cable network and the PTA to filter out all blasphemous web content. The court also summoned the chairmen of the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) and the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on October 5 […]
KARACHI: Protest continued in the metropolis on Wednesday outside US consulate and Karachi Press Club against the blasphemous film Various religious, secular, business community and minorities condemned the production of anti-Islam film. Scores of workers of Jamat Ahle-e-Sunnat Pakistan, All Karachi Tajir Ittehad and Hindu community staged protest against the movie outside Karachi Press Club […]
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Qamar Zaman Kaira said Wednesday that Federal Cabinet has proposed Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to enter into an agreement with Youtube website to for blocking any sacrilegious material. Replying to media persons questions after the cabinet meeting,Kaira said that the government has blocked the entire Youtube in the country […]
Minister for Interior Rehman Malik on Wednesday strongly condemned the publication of blasphemous material against Islam, saying the government stands united with nation in the protest against the negative movie. Talking to media persons after the inaugural session of a peace conference organised by Bardasht organisation here, he asked the nation, Ulema and religious parties […]
By: Sehrish Wasif ISLAMABAD: Six months on, the process of establishing the National Commission on the Status of Women (NCSW) is still in limbo with hardly anyone at the senior level paying much heed to it. The slow progress stands in contrast to the government’s tall claims regarding women development and empowerment — with such […]
KARACHI: At least 13 people, including political activists, were killed on Wednesday. In North Nazimabad, two rival political activists were shot dead, leaving the police to figure out who started the tussle. Khan Bahadur, a worker of Awami National Party (ANP), was shot dead by motorcyclists while he was playing carom with his friends in […]
KARACHI: The incident of the twin blasts in Karachi is highly condemnable. Bomb blasts in different parts of the country have become a common occurrence and are designed to create a climate of fear and the feeling that no place is safe in Pakistan. It may not always be possible for the police to look […]
On September 10, the police arrested 10 men who are implicated in the ordering of a 13-year-old girl to marry an elderly man in Mingora, in order to settle a feud between two families. The tradition, known as swara, is a Pashtun custom of forcibly marrying girls to men of rival families to settle disputes. […]
LAHORE: Expressing anger and rage over the sacrilege movie made in the US, Islami Jamiat Talaba’s (IJT) Punjab chapter organised a demonstration outside the American consulate on Wednesday. Their march towards the consulate was, however, stopped by 1,500 policemen who had blocked roads leading to the building. Hundreds of students affiliated with Jamaat-e-Islami’s student wing, […]
LAHORE: Journalists in the city on Wednesday protested against the anti-Islam movie and staged a demonstration outside the US consulate. Several print and electronic media organisations and associations, including Punjab Union of Journalists (PUJ), PUJ Dastoor, Photojournalist Association and Punjab Assembly Press Gallery Committee took part in the protest. The protesting journalists criticised the double […]
ISLAMABAD: Senate Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting on Wednesday condemned sacrilegious film and urged the government to raise the issue at annual United Nations General Assembly session scheduled to begin later this month. The meeting held here under the chairmanship of Senator Kamil Ali Agha unanimously adopted three resolutions on the anti-Islam movie. In […]
ISLAMABAD: Presidential Spokesman Senator Farhatullah Babar has asked the Information Ministry to review the policy of the ABC for the newspapers. He said that every single thing about the assets of the members of the parliament is shown in media and the newspapers, but the newspaper owners keep their several things secret during the printing […]
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