Paksitan Press Foundation Rss Feed http://www.paksitanpressfoundation.org Regional Tax Office (RTO), Karachi has raised a demand of Rs 7 to 8 billion against certain private television channels (Aaj News not included) for non-payment of sales tax on advertisements for the period 2006-2009. http://www.pakistanpressfoundation.org/userMediaFilesDetails.asp?uid=21072 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:25:15 GMT PPFRSSID-330 Renowned writer and one of the pioneers of abstract poetry, Dr. Malik Nadeem, who died early on Tuesday morning in a Karachi hospital, was laid to rest in his ancestral graveyard in Kandhkot. http://www.pakistanpressfoundation.org/userMediaFilesDetails.asp?uid=21059 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:24:51 GMT PPFRSSID-329 President All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) Mujib-ur-Rehman Shami has said that different institutions cannot exist unconcerned with one another whenever, the executive starts fight with media it has to face the defeat. http://www.pakistanpressfoundation.org/userMediaFilesDetails.asp?uid=21064 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:24:13 GMT PPFRSSID-328 The 20th APNS Awards Ceremony is being held today at Islamabad wherein awards will be handed over to the winning journalists and advertising agencies for the years 2005-06 and 2007-08 simultaneously, stated APNS. http://www.pakistanpressfoundation.org/userMediaFilesDetails.asp?uid=21055 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:03:35 GMT PPFRSSID-327 Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has announced a 10 per cent quota for women in CSS jobs. http://www.pakistanpressfoundation.org/userMediaFilesDetails.asp?uid=21047 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:02:36 GMT PPFRSSID-326 A senior editor of The News was insulted and threatened by an official of the Intelligence Bureau in Lahore for participation in a discussion on the Indo-Pak relations held at a Lahore hotel on Feb 27. http://www.pakistanpressfoundation.org/userMediaFilesDetails.asp?uid=21013 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:42:09 GMT PPFRSSID-325 Senior Journalist Taj Muhammad Marri has developed cardiac problems and needs financial assistance by the government for his surgical treatment. http://www.pakistanpressfoundation.org/userMediaFilesDetails.asp?uid=21043 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:41:31 GMT PPFRSSID-324 Reprieve, a legal action charity that uses the law to enforce the human rights of prisoners in Guantanamo Bay and the other secret prisoners is all set to launch a media campaign in Islamabad from 14 March against the illegal detention and disappearance of the missing persons. http://www.pakistanpressfoundation.org/userMediaFilesDetails.asp?uid=21045 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:41:00 GMT PPFRSSID-323 Rawalpindi Islamabad Union of Journalists (RIUJ) and National Press Club (NPC) in a joint session held here on Friday reposed full confidence in the leadership of former President of NPC Mushtaq Minhas. http://www.pakistanpressfoundation.org/userMediaFilesDetails.asp?uid=21046 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:40:16 GMT PPFRSSID-322 Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Qamar Zaman Kaira has said the government is promoting free media in country and every effort was being made to resolve the problems faced by the media, espec-ially the print media in the country. http://www.pakistanpressfoundation.org/userMediaFilesDetails.asp?uid=21008 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:50:59 GMT PPFRSSID-321 Sultan Ahmad, one of the country’s senior-most journalists, died here on Tuesday after a protracted illness, ending a journalistic career that spanned six decades. He was 87. http://www.pakistanpressfoundation.org/userMediaFilesDetails.asp?uid=20974 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:16:38 GMT PPFRSSID-320 Justice Waqar Hasan Mir of the Lahore High Court on Tuesday disposed of a petition seeking ban on exhibition of Indian films in Pakistan in protest against exclusion of Pakistani cricketers from the Indian Premier League (IPL). http://www.pakistanpressfoundation.org/userMediaFilesDetails.asp?uid=20980 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:16:04 GMT PPFRSSID-319 Geo TV now in its new quarter presents new drama serials, shows, films and many more. Mega March will include best shows and drama serials for its viewers. http://www.pakistanpressfoundation.org/userMediaFilesDetails.asp?uid=20983 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:15:24 GMT PPFRSSID-318 The row between the media community and the police over the “unprofessional” attitude of the City Police Officer (CPO) Rao Muhammad Iqbal Khan towards journalists deepened on Monday when scores of media men took out a protest rally and blocked the city’s busiest Benazir Bhutto Road (BBR) for almost an hour. http://www.pakistanpressfoundation.org/userMediaFilesDetails.asp?uid=20972 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:26:24 GMT PPFRSSID-317 The federal government has quietly increased PTV monthly fee by Rs10, burdening hapless consumers by a massive additional load of Rs2.4 billion a year, for further facilitating the “official propaganda.” http://www.pakistanpressfoundation.org/userMediaFilesDetails.asp?uid=20964 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:25:32 GMT PPFRSSID-316 Media men on Sunday took out a protest rally on the Benazir Bhutto Road (BBR) against the City Police Officer (CPO) Rao Muhammad Iqbal Khan for implicating journalists in false cases in a bid to provide cover to his official negligence. http://www.pakistanpressfoundation.org/userMediaFilesDetails.asp?uid=20942 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 11:50:57 GMT PPFRSSID-315 Special court has remanded another man allegedly involved in blowing up CD shops and killing Polish engineer in Jand police custody for three days. http://www.pakistanpressfoundation.org/userMediaFilesDetails.asp?uid=20941 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 11:50:18 GMT PPFRSSID-314 A three-day simulation exercise at Karachi University ended after discussing core issues being confronted by the peoples of the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) member states. http://www.pakistanpressfoundation.org/userMediaFilesDetails.asp?uid=20945 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 11:49:38 GMT PPFRSSID-313 Need for dispensing with the culture of official secrecy and an effective and comprehensive legislation on access to information was stressed at a ‘Policy Dialogue on Freedom of Information’ here on Sunday. http://www.pakistanpressfoundation.org/userMediaFilesDetails.asp?uid=20944 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 11:49:15 GMT PPFRSSID-312