December, 2009

Press
12/21/2009	: ‘The Democrats’ wins KPC polls
12/20/2009	: Imtiaz Faran elected KPC president
12/19/2009	: Media’s role unjust: minister
12/18/2009	: CPNE condemns abduction of reporter
12/18/2009	: To fight extremism, radicalism: Media needs a prog...
12/17/2009	: Kidnapped Guardian reporters freed in Afghanistan
12/15/2009	: Call to recover journalist
12/14/2009	: Journalist thrashing Police unable to trace culpri...
12/14/2009	: PUJ condoles death of Sohail Qalandar
12/12/2009	: Erra eulogises media role
12/11/2009	: Petitions against journalists’ colony dismissed
12/11/2009	: Media termed a new king-maker
12/11/2009	: PPP initiates campaign against 'hostile media grou...
12/10/2009	: Civil society, media asked to help repeal blasphem...
12/10/2009	: CJP asks media not to discuss NRO
12/9/2009	: Media targeting PPP, says Ayaz Soomro
12/7/2009	: Media Ehtesab on the cards, says minister
12/7/2009	: Pervaiz presents bank certificates to media
12/6/2009	: Hospital pharmacy sealed on CM’s orders
12/4/2009	: APNS granted WAN membership
12/3/2009	: Thano Bulla Khan Press Club inaugurated
12/3/2009	: Pakistan editor wins WAN press freedom award
12/3/2009	: Annual election of KPC on 19th
12/3/2009	: HRCP condemns attack on columnist’s house
12/2/2009	: No headway in Kamran Shafi’s house attack case
12/2/2009	: Pakistani editor wins award
12/1/2009	: Press Freedom index gose Law in Pakistan
Broadcasting
12/21/2009	: Pemra to issue FM radio licences on merit
12/19/2009	: ‘Recovered Rs500m to boost PTV’
12/15/2009	: VOA airs Urdu service sans editing
12/13/2009	: Geo TV, Nadia Khan get awards
12/11/2009	: TV channel summoned over‘dishonouring’ Sindhi cap ...
12/11/2009	: 71 percent against showing Indian movies in cinema...
12/10/2009	: Pop stars slam suicide bombings
12/7/2009	: FM radio equipment seized
12/7/2009	: Entertainment Brigade set to revive street theatre...
12/6/2009	: Demo against private TV channel
12/5/2009	: Senate body wants TV channels
12/4/2009	: Radio programmes on special persons launched
12/2/2009	: Protest against private TV channel
12/1/2009	: Theaters gain in cinemas’ loss on Eid
Information Technology
12/20/2009	: IT labs set up in 4,286 schools in Punjab, says Sh...
12/20/2009	: Senate body hails PTA’s issuance of notices
12/19/2009	: Telecom sector making enormous progress: Prime Min...
12/19/2009	: Punjab government organises IT exhibition today
12/19/2009	: PTA chief seeks foreign investment in broadband se...
12/19/2009	: Cellular firms questioned over poor service in Pak...
12/18/2009	: Regularising of SIMs data: PTA introduces online f...
12/18/2009	: PTCL service
12/17/2009	: PTCL’s Tele-Majlis facility
12/17/2009	: PTCL launches special package for Christmas, New Y...
12/17/2009	: Cellphone banking to take Pakistan by storm
12/16/2009	: Punjab, Malaysia sign MoU on IT, agriculture
12/15/2009	: Telecom, IT moot on January 19-20
12/15/2009	: PTCL launches packages to woo landline customers
12/12/2009	: Punjab IT labs project appreciated globally
12/12/2009	: Eight Nadra centres to open on Sundays
12/7/2009	: Mobile phone scams — rattraps for the innocent?
12/6/2009	: Malicious SMS and racist jokes enrage Pukhtoons
12/6/2009	: Twin brothers’ fingerprints confuse Nadra machine
12/5/2009	: Court seeks information on phone towers
12/5/2009	: White House targets mobile users in Pakistan, Afgh...
12/5/2009	: ‘Punjab can launch joint ventures with Microsoft’
12/4/2009	: 175 IT labs open in Attock dist
12/4/2009	: CM opens computer labs project
12/3/2009	: PTCL, SCO ink MoU
12/3/2009	: SHC displeased with PTCL policy
12/3/2009	: NADRA distributes Rs 8.45bn among IDPs
Obituary
12/19/2009	: Renowned TV actor killed while cleaning gun
12/14/2009	: Death of journalist widely condoled
12/13/2009	: Senior journalist dies of cardiac arrest
12/12/2009	: Fehmida and Kundi condole demise of Najeeb Ahmed
12/11/2009	: Journalist Najeeb Ahmed dies
12/2/2009	: Classical singer Ustad Sharafat passes away
Attacks on Media
12/16/2009	: ‘Missing’ Baloch journalist found in police custod...
12/12/2009	: PBC jams VOA Pashto service
12/5/2009	: Foreign journalists expelled from Bhakkar
12/1/2009	: President, PM, slam firing at Kamran Shafi’s resid...
Gender Issues
12/21/2009	: Vani victims seek justice
12/21/2009	: Man says wife killed by in-laws for ‘honour’
12/20/2009	: Aurat Foundation holds consultation on CEDAW repor...
12/20/2009	: Programme to mainstream gender issues in health la...
12/20/2009	: Farmer kills wife, her alleged lover
12/20/2009	: Girl shot dead on rejection of proposal
12/19/2009	: Two arrested in beautician’s murder case
12/19/2009	: Two sisters claim to be wives of one man
12/19/2009	: Girls’ school staff await salary for five months
12/19/2009	: Judgment in Kainat Soomro gang-rape case on 22nd
12/19/2009	: ‘19,547 women abuse cases in Sindh’
12/18/2009	: Protective bail for Lahore DSP facing rape charges...
12/18/2009	: Militants blow up girls school in Bannu
12/17/2009	: City Nazim inaugurates women education projects
12/17/2009	: Sports activities for women to be promoted
12/17/2009	: Drive begins to create awareness about women prote...
12/17/2009	: SP summoned in girl’s ‘murder’ case
12/16/2009	: Man booked for stabbing young wife to death
12/16/2009	: Man shot dead for ‘honour’
12/16/2009	: Action sought against people involved in Karo-Kari...
12/15/2009	: Two young girls abducted by revengeful attackers
12/15/2009	: Two jailed for life in gang-rape case
12/15/2009	: Women’s uniforms in armed forces
12/15/2009	: Harassment of women: Govt delaying adoption of bil...
12/15/2009	: Another school blown up in Khyber Agency
12/14/2009	: Four arrested over girl auction
12/13/2009	: Girl sold in open auction
12/13/2009	: Relief in property tax for unmarried, divorced wom...
12/13/2009	: Self-proclaimed Sufi condemns family to death & ru...
12/12/2009	: Court orders child-marriage victim be handed over ...
12/12/2009	: 6O people fell victim to karo-kari in 2009
12/11/2009	: Semi-decomposed body of young married woman recove...
12/11/2009	: ‘52pc women suffer abuse during pregnancy’
12/11/2009	: Young woman found strangled
12/11/2009	: Man arrested for marrying 10-year-old girl
12/11/2009	: Most peasant women cheated in land distribution, s...
12/10/2009	: Man sentenced for rape of stepdaughter
12/10/2009	: Women fighting gender bias in media
12/10/2009	: Amendment to child marriage act sought
12/10/2009	: Home-based women workers decry exploitation
12/9/2009	: Demo against underage marriage
12/8/2009	: Seven-year-old killed after rape in Lahore
12/8/2009	: Girl’s death: hospital’s MD held
12/7/2009	: Extremism threat to women, says WAF
12/6/2009	: No honour in murder
12/6/2009	: Moot highlights women's role in media
12/5/2009	: Nurse found strangled in hospital staff colony
12/5/2009	: Call for strategy to check violence against women
12/5/2009	: Working women ultimate victim of militancy in Fron...
12/5/2009	: Honour killing: man gets death
12/4/2009	: Man kills wife over petty issue
12/4/2009	: Pakistani girl awarded at international speech com...
12/4/2009	: Lawyers thrash woman, her sons at court
12/4/2009	: HPV prevalence among Karachi women low: study
12/3/2009	: Four killed over karo-kari
12/2/2009	: ‘Illegally detained’ woman found in hospital
12/2/2009	: Neighbour held for model’s murder
12/1/2009	: Reconciliatory committees: Women members get train...
12/1/2009	: Girls’ school blown up in Bajaur
12/1/2009	: Man booked for killing mother
12/1/2009	: Teenage girl shot dead
Human Rights
12/21/2009	: Torture in society shows state’s mindset: HRCP
12/19/2009	: HRCP concerned at misuse of ECL
12/19/2009	: Recognition of rights requires struggle
12/18/2009	: French Human Rights prize for Pakistani school
12/16/2009	: Child labour will not be tolerated: minister
12/12/2009	: DCO: Protection of HRs collective responsibility
12/12/2009	: Pakistan laments HR champions' absence from UN mee...
12/11/2009	: NGOs deplore human rights violations
12/10/2009	: Pakistanis mark rights day as abuses reach peak
12/4/2009	: HRCP flays FC firing on car
Governance
12/21/2009	: Fourth video surveillance network planned
12/21/2009	: Closure of mosques at night ordered
12/21/2009	: No PPP minister will quit: Taseer
12/21/2009	: EC rejects NWFP govt plea for Swat by-poll delay
12/20/2009	: Foreigners photographing sensitive installations a...
12/20/2009	: Babar Awan gets pre-arrest bail in criminal case
12/20/2009	: NAB chief refuses to attend law ministry meeting
12/19/2009	: NAB clears Aitzaz, Babar Awan gets notice
12/19/2009	: Musical function: CTO among three suspended
12/18/2009	: NAB reopens five NRO cases in Balochistan
12/18/2009	: Babar Awan elevated as law minister
12/18/2009	: Law passed to regularise pre-’97 Katchi Abadis
12/18/2009	: NAB resumes probe Travel ban slapped on 247 hit by...
12/18/2009	: Malik gets contempt of court notice
12/18/2009	: Traffic Police Centre: Shahbaz takes notice of mus...
12/18/2009	: SA attacks media, politicians for maligning Zardar...
12/17/2009	: Back to Oct 5, 2007: •Zardari, key aides in a quan...
12/17/2009	: Cabinet approves major austerity measures
12/17/2009	: SC orders fresh appointments in NAB
12/17/2009	: COAS rejects US demand for new operation
12/16/2009	: Sindh bans entry of 123 religious leaders
12/16/2009	: AJK Council's budget presented
12/16/2009	: Tarin to unveil mega plan for NWFP uplift: Humayun...
12/16/2009	: Portfolios of ministers changed
12/16/2009	: SC asks govt to elaborate on ‘GHQ threats’
12/15/2009	: Arts council voters give split mandate
12/15/2009	: Dr Aafia’s kidnapping FIR lodged
12/15/2009	: NAB probe into Rs9 billion BoP scam: Awan, Pirzada...
12/14/2009	: Why are cabinet changes being delayed?
12/14/2009	: Gilani favours LG elections on party basis
12/14/2009	: Ghous Ali Shah out, Zia new PML-N head in Sindh
12/14/2009	: Balochistan bans issuing domicile certificates
12/14/2009	: Defying illegal orders: Lawmaker hell-bent on puni...
12/13/2009	: CNG price to go up by Rs 8 from Jan 1
12/13/2009	: Sindh to get Rs68bn more under NFC, says Qaim
12/13/2009	: City Council passes two resolutions
12/12/2009	: Loadshedding to resume: Minister passes the buck o...
12/12/2009	: National Counter Terrorism Authority established
12/12/2009	: Mehdi Shah sworn in as first chief minister of G-B...
12/12/2009	: Provinces’ share increased
12/12/2009	: 1,350 contractual teachers' services regularised
12/11/2009	: Six DMG officers, 23 DIGs promoted
12/11/2009	: Portfolios of three ministers changed
12/11/2009	: Benazir murder case : Ex-parte proceedings ordered...
12/11/2009	: Govt considering to set up Media City in major cit...
12/11/2009	: Govt urges SC not to go beyond NRO pleas
12/11/2009	: Dr Aafia case: LHC wants to know fallout if ICJ re...
12/9/2009	: Rs two billion spent on community uplift projects ...
12/9/2009	: SC gets list of cases dropped under NRO
12/9/2009	: Govt fixes tobacco price at Rs98 per kg
12/8/2009	: Accountability: Govt accepts PML-N’s proposals
12/8/2009	: ‘NRO discriminatory, violates basic rights’
12/8/2009	: CJP seeks record of all loans written off since 19...
12/8/2009	: ‘Sindh govt giving Rs9bn for Karachi uplift projec...
12/8/2009	: Sindh govt violating order on sugar sale at weekly...
12/8/2009	: Balochistan package gets positive response
12/7/2009	: Supreme Court reopens NRO cases today
12/6/2009	: Amendment to law on dissolution of marriage approv...
12/5/2009	: PPP restores Aitzaz’s CEC membership
12/4/2009	: 17-judge SC bench to hear NRO cases
12/4/2009	: Pakistan rejects CNN report on bonded labour
12/4/2009	: Guess who walked away with nation’s 100 bn rupees?...
12/3/2009	: New local councils: Cabinet panel finalises propos...
12/3/2009	: Mirza issues immediate arrest warrant for former C...
12/2/2009	: Regularisation of employees: Court issues contempt...
12/2/2009	: Most of Rs100bn loans written off in Musharraf era...
12/2/2009	: Rs360m for development of Qasimabad taluka announc...
12/2/2009	: SC to take up petitions against NRO on Dec 7
12/1/2009	: Kerosene to cost Rs4.76 more: Sharp rise in prices...
Views and Opinions
12/21/2009	: Looking for comedy in modern-day Pakistan: Make jo...
12/20/2009	: CNICs’ expiry date
12/19/2009	: Women's impressions about women
12/15/2009	: UK media: a year of gagging
12/15/2009	: Cable TV
12/15/2009	: Mobile madness
12/14/2009	: Women abuse
12/14/2009	: The media’s new front
12/13/2009	: Cinemas have been revived now what about Pakistani...
12/12/2009	: Sindhi-cap
12/11/2009	: Charge against media
12/11/2009	: Nadra clarifies position
12/11/2009	: Human rights
12/11/2009	: Human Rights Day
12/10/2009	: Constitutional package — facts and fallacy
12/10/2009	: Menace of obnoxious calls and messages
12/9/2009	: Let’s self-censor fifth column media chatter
12/8/2009	: Recognising harassment
12/8/2009	: Pakistani musicians’ statements
12/8/2009	: Sindhi Press Reaffirming Sindhi culture
12/7/2009	: Domestic violence against women
12/6/2009	: Women, content and form
12/6/2009	: IT education
12/5/2009	: Imam-e-Kaaba's message to mass media; ban on minar...
12/4/2009	: Advocating women’s rights
12/2/2009	: Why girls become a dilemma for parents?
12/2/2009	: Tribute to an ace TV producer
12/2/2009	: Female Legislators Committee
12/1/2009	: Women’s rights
12/1/2009	: Wrong-headed thinking
Scholarships and Fellowships
12/5/2009	: PhD scholarships in journalism
Media Events
12/19/2009	: Journalist Najeeb Ahmed remembered
12/18/2009	: Majid Nizami calls for united, strong nation
12/18/2009	: 25th death anniversary of Faiz Ahmed Faiz observed...
12/16/2009	: Policy Forum on “Right to Information” today
12/15/2009	: Books launched at KPC
12/15/2009	: Zia Mohyeddin enthrals audience with tahtullafz re...
12/14/2009	: Wakhi Cultural Festival concludes
12/14/2009	: Music festival ends on a high note
12/13/2009	: Journalists urged to promote Sindhi literature
12/13/2009	: Music festival creates the right vibes
12/12/2009	: FUUAST moot
12/11/2009	: Music festival
12/10/2009	: Glowing tributes paid to Wasi Haider
12/10/2009	: Archives of performing arts being developed
12/9/2009	: KC conducts 4th mock trial on freedom of expressio...
12/9/2009	: Russian film festival starts today
12/7/2009	: Day observed across Sindh: People wearing Sindhi c...
12/5/2009	: Lok Virsa all set to hold Wakhi Festival from 9th ...
12/5/2009	: KPC veterans honoured
12/4/2009	: Pre-marriage screening urged to ward off hereditar...
12/3/2009	: Trivial issues being blown out of proportion: Fehm...