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Sindh govt keen to develop IT sector

KARACHI – Provincial Minister for Information Technology Syed Mustafa Kamal has said that the government is keen to make Sindh a model province by large scale development in IT sector. He said the youths of Sindh would be provided latest IT education so that they could compete internationally. He said this while speaking on the […]


Workshop on environment journalism

KARACHI – National Forum for Environment and Health with the collaboration of Sindh Information and Environment Departments will hold a one-day training workshop on ‘Environment Journalism’ at a local hotel on August 31, 2004. According to a press release, issued on August 6, informed that the workshop has been arranged for the journalists of electronic […]


JI media workshop concludes

PESHAWAR – A two-day media workshop arranged by Jamaat-i-Islami, NWFP to enhance mass communication skills of its press and information secretaries in the province concluded in Peshawar on August 6. The workshop, which commenced on August 5 evening, was attended by the party’s press and information secretaries from all parts of the province and federally-administered […]


CPNE meeting

KARACHI – A meeting of the standing committee of the Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editor (CPNE) will be held in Islamabad on August 12. Consideration of the proposed amendment to the defamation law will be part of the meeting’s agenda. Source: Dawn Date:8/7/2004


Harassment of journalists condemned

KARACHI – The Journalists Protection Movement (JPM) has expressed deep concern over the alleged harassment of journalists in the tribal areas. The JPM leaders, Moa’azam Raza Tabassum and Iqbal Qasim alleged that the local administration of tribal areas was harassing journalists and photographers, who were reporting the violation of human rights in the cited areas. […]


Top literary award for Ada Jafri

ISLAMABAD – This year’s “Kamal-i-Fun Award” for life time achievement in literature has been given to poet Ada Jafri. She is the first woman recipient of the award since the literary prize was established by the Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL) in 1997. A nine-member jury of literary personalities adjudged the nominees for the 2003 […]


PPF seminar

KARACHI – The Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) is organising a seminar on ‘The Resettlement Issue of the Lyari Expressway Project’ on Thursday, August 5, 2004 from 4.00 pm to 5.30 pm at the PPF Vicky Zeitlin Media Library, Press Centre, Kamal Ataturk Road, Karachi. Shafiqur Rehman Paracha; Project Director, Lyari Expressway Resettlement Project; Baseer Naveed, […]


Amendments submitted by ARD: Defamation bill

ISLAMABAD – The Alliance for Restoration of Democracy has submitted two amendments to the newly-introduced defamation bill, sources said. They said that amendments were submitted by ARD’s parliamentary secretary Izhar Amrohvi to the National Assembly Secretariat on August 2. The bill, introduced on July 29 by the government to amend defamation laws, seeks an increase […]


Hudood laws’ issue

LAHORE – The PPP-P, which has till today been refusing to go along with the MMA over the Hudood laws’ issue, seems to be softening its stance, as the two have agreed to reach some agreement. MMA Deputy Secretary-General Liaquat Baloch told Dawn here on Monday that both the MMA and the PPP-P would form […]


Workshop on environmental journalism

KARACHI – The National Forum for Environment and Health (NFEH) is holding a free training workshop on “Environmental Journalism” for working journalists engaged in health and environment reporting in the print and electronic media in the Sindh on August 31. The one-day workshop is scheduled at Karachi Sheraton in collaboration with Sindh Information Department, Sindh […]


CPNE’s meeting on August 3

KARACHI – A meeting of Sindh Committee of Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) will be held on Tuesday, August 3, 2004, at 4:00 pm to discuss the situation created by the unilateral amendment proposed by the government in the Defamation Ordinance 2002 and its impact on the newspapers. Source: Business Recorder Date:8/3/2004


Shujaat opens Business Plus tomorrow

ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain will formally open the Business Plus television channel on August 3. Business Plus is a Lahore based TV channel in the private sector. Source: Daily Times Date:8/2/2004


PTV launches Salam Pakistan campaign

ISLAMABAD – PTV on August 1 launched a special 14-day national campaign aimed at inculcating pride, hope and confidence in the masses as individuals and as Pakistanis. Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Sheikh Rashid Ahmad, briefing the journalists here at PTV headquarters said the “Salam Pakistan (salute to Pakistan)” campaign promises to rebuild the […]


Media’s power not less than atomic bomb

KARACHI – Noted personalities from media, marketing, public relations and corporate sectors, including icons of show business, gathered to celebrate the 21st anniversary of Interflow Communications, one of the leading advertising agencies in the country, which also operates subsidiary media concerns. Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Sheikh Rashid Ahmed specially attended the event held […]