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 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...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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