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Daily Archives: October 12, 2012

National Assembly passes resolution against obscenity on TV channels

By: Muhammad Anis ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly on Thursday unanimously passed a resolution expressing serious concern over the broadcasting of illegal foreign channels through cable network, the growing trends of obscenity and indecency through local channels and the unchecked flow of blasphemous and vulgar material through the internet into Pakistan in violation of the Constitution […]


Women protest against murderous attack on Malala

KARACHI: Women from different walks of life joined representatives of NGOs working for cause of women empowerment in large numbers, at Karachi Press Club on Thursday, to register their protest against cowardly attempt on life on Malala Yousufzai. Protesters who strongly condemned the attack on the girl student’s van that injured three girls, including Malala, […]


Social media sites overwhelmed by postings on Malala shooting

By: ANWAR KHAN Social media internet sites, Facebook and Twitter were overwhelmed by Thursday by Pakistanis’ indignation over the attempt on the life of Malala Yousufzai, a 14-year old student activist from Swat Valley. Over the past two days, internet users termed the shooting of the teenage girl a brazen attempt in the militancy plagued […]


‘Nadra to provide smart card to employees of Sindh government’

Divisional Commissioner Hyderabad Ahmed Bux Narejo has said that a Registration Cell (DATA BASE) is being established in Commission rate Secretariat with the collaboration of Nadra to prepare and provide Smart Card to each employee of Sindh government. This he informed while presiding over a meeting regarding issuance of smart cards to employees of Sindh […]


Dunya – a film featuring khwaja siras

By: Sher Khan LAHORE: The media’s portrayal of khwaja siras (transgender individuals) is often negative. In the film industry, such a character is either the subject of a joke or frowned upon and given limited roles. In Shoaib Mansoor’s Bol, we saw the transgender community play a more positive role as its members tried to […]


After Rehman Malik gave Nadra the job, battle lands in court

By: Saba Imtiaz KARACHI: A battle over arms licenses has landed in court with Interior Minister Rehman Malik’s name at the centre of the controversy. Billions of rupees are involved. Thirty-eight people have filed a petition, saying that the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) is in contempt for not following court orders: It is […]


Appointment of chairman Pakistan Telecommunication Authority challenged in Supreme Court

By: Abrar Mustafa ISLAMABAD: The appointment of the chairman of the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) is in violation of The Pakistan Telecommunication (Re-organization) Act 1996, and merit based prescribed criteria (which were previously followed and notified by the Federal Government). The appointment of chairman PTA is based upon nepotism, favouritism, and personal whims and wishes […]


Drive planned to curb violence against women

KARACHI: The National Commission on Women Status has invited every Pakistani to join the One Billion Rising Campaign aimed at discouraging violence against women. While presiding over a meeting of civil society organisations’ representatives on Thursday, NCWS Chairperson Anis Haroon urged people from all walks of life and age groups to join their counterparts across […]


Slander or fair criticism?

THE debate has always been on and will continue. A restraining order by the Islamabad High Court to the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority has added greater urgency to the discussion about freedom of expression and law in the Pakistani context. The order asked Pemra to ensure that nothing defamatory of the superior judges is […]


14 killed in Sibi, Dera Bugti blasts

QUETTA: At least 14 people were killed and 28 others injured in two blasts, one in Sibi and the other in Dera Bugti, on Thursday. According to police, 11 people were killed and 26 injured when a powerful bomb strapped to a motorbike exploded near a restaurant on Nishtar Road in Sibi. The injured were […]


Supreme Court orders production of jirga members, Wani girls

By: Amanullah Kasi QUETTA: Taking notice of a jirga in Dera Bugti in which 13 girls were reported to have been made Wani (given away in marriage to settle a dispute), the Supreme Court ordered on Thursday that the matter be thoroughly investigated and the tribal elders involved be produced before court, along with the […]


CD shops blown up in Nowshera

By: Parvez Jabri NOWSHERA: Unknown miscreants destroyed two CD shops with explosives in Nowshera but fortunately no casualty was reported. According to police, unidentified men placed explosives in the CD shops at Pabbi Station Chowk due to which the CD shops were completely destroyed while some nearby shops were partially damaged. However, the police added […]


Reporters Without Borders ‘outraged’ at Malala attack

PESHAWAR: International press freedom organisation, Reporters Without Borders, on Thursday joined worldwide condemnation of the Taliban attack on 14-year-old campaigner Malala Yousufzai in Mingora. “Reporters Without Borders is outraged at this cowardly attack on such a young activist. The cruelty of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in targeting this young girl is absolutely disgusting,” the organisation […]


Initiatives being taken to implement media code: Press Council of Pakistan head

ISLAMABAD: Chairman Press Council of Pakistan (PCP) Raja Shafqat Abbasi said on Thursday that the PCP is taking many initiatives to implement media code of ethics for media practitioners in Pakistan. This he said during a meeting with German envoy to Pakistan Dr Cyrill Nunn who called on him at the PCP Secretariat. The PCP […]