PESHAWAR – Pushto satellite television channel Audiovisual Technology Khyber on July 16 started its three — day live transmission, which would be followed by regular transmission from July 19. The channel’s assignment editor Umer Farooq told newsmen at the launching of the live transmission on July 16 night at the press club that the regular […]
MINGORA — A senior government functionary said on July 15 that newsmen would be provided proper training to enhance their skills. He said they would also be give chances of foreign tours on the basis of their capabilities. Addressing Swat Press Club members, Muhammad Afzal Khan, additional secretary of information, NWFP, said efforts would be […]
KARACHI – The All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) has rejected linkage of Wage Board Award implementation with the government advertisements. The APNS spokesman was reacting to Sheikh Rashid’s statement after the cabinet committee meeting regarding non-payment of some journalists’ salaries. He also rejected any change in the composition of six-member cabinet committee headed by Federal […]
In an open letter, Reporters Without Borders calls on the president Pervez Musharraf to ensure that the full facts are uncovered about the killing of Daniel Pearl. His Honourable Pervez Musharraf President of the Republic Islamabad – Pakistan Paris, July 15, 2004 Dear Mr. President, It is two years to the day since Ahmad Omar […]
KARACHI – Scores of women belonging to the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal on July 13 staged a protest demonstration in Karachi at the Karachi Press Club against the proposed amendments in the Hudood Ordinance and blasphemy laws. Women protestors were holding placards inscribed with slogans against government polices and amendments in the Hudood Ordinance and blasphemy laws. […]
KARACHI – Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Shaikh Rasheed Ahmed has said that no further changes in Sindh are under consideration and the changes being brought about at the centre would be long-lasting. “An economics expert would run the affairs of the country which would ensure prosperity and progress in near future”, he said, […]
KARACHI – The Pakistan Advertising Association’s Best Mass Medium of the Year 2004 Award was awarded to daily Nawa-i-Waqt, a publication of the Nida-i-Millat Group, at the 18th Excellence Award ceremony held at a local hotel in Karachi on July 13. Federal Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed was the chief guest. He distributed the awards […]
KARACHI – Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Shaikh Rasheed Ahmed has said that no further changes in Sindh are under consideration and the changes being brought about at the centre would be long-lasting. “An economics expert would run the affairs of the country which would ensure prosperity and progress in near future”, he said, […]
QUETTA – One of three suspects held on July 11 night in a raid by law enforcement agencies on the Joint Road is a foreigner while another suspect had been working as a correspondent for a foreign Television channel in the city, sources revealed on July 12. The foreigner is identified as Abbas, belonging to […]
ISLAMABD – The cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain in Islamabad on July 12 approved the following television channels: Kashish TV Network (Daily Kawish), TV Media Network Pvt. (Daily Express), Interact Pvt. (Daily Khabrain), Sahafat Vision (Daily Sahafat), Dolphin Media (Daily Halchal), Asia News Network (Daily Jinnah), General Newspapers (The Leader Karachi), […]
KARACHI – A new FM radio station was formally launched on July 10 night on the well-illuminated lawn of the Hindu Gymkhana. The chief executive officer of CITYFM89, Zeina Saigol, told Dawn that the round-the-clock FM radio station had run a test transmission from February to May. “CITYFM89 had its soft launch in May. But […]
BEIJING – China Radio International (CRI) will expand its Urdu service’s duration from one hour to three hours daily for Pakistani listeners from July 15. “We have decided to expand our Urdu network in view of the rowing Sino-Pak relations and the interest, being shown by the listeners.” a CRI official told newsmen in Beijing […]
Letter to the editor… Sir: Recent talk of showing Indian movies in Pakistani cinemas has prompted many people to theorise about what the reaction of the public would be and what it would do to Pakistani cinema. In the first case, the important thing to remember is that we, as Pakistanis, can’t deal with people […]
1SLAMABAD – The countrywide journalists convocation entitled “First National Press Convocation” will be held here on July 10 at the Convention Centre Hall at 9:00 am. The event is being organised by Devolution Trust for Community in Empowerment, to highlight the issues of journalists community in the country. Around 4,000 journalists of 517 press clubs […]
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