KARACHI, Feb 23: Speakers at a protest rally on Friday condemned the government for imposing restrictions on a newspaper, Islam, and demanded that freedom of press be ensured and the paper be allowed to be published without undue pressures and restrictions. They also demanded release of a cameraman of the Al-Jazeera Television Network who was […]
ISLAMABAD, Feb 23: Journalists and politicians will discuss media-related issues at a roundtable conference on “State of Press Freedom in Pakistan” here on Saturday. Interior and information ministers, Aftab Sherpao and Mohammad Ali Durrani, respectively, will also speak on the occasion, said a press release. The event, which has been organised jointly by Pakistan Federal […]
Worsening press freedom KARACHI (PPI) – A coalition of international and local press freedom and media, groups, led by the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate in Pakistan, the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), is conducting an urgent mission to Pakistan, in response to the deteriorating press freedom situÂation and worsening safety […]
KARACHI: Journalists held a protest demonstration outside Governor House Friday, demanding the government lift a ban on three Urdu-language publications, Daily Islam, Weekly Islami and Monthly Al-Abraar. A meeting of working journalists’ bodies, KUJ and PFUJ, headed the demonstration at the press club. Speakers condemned and criticised the government’s decision, which they said was a […]
KARACHI (February 24 2007): The Board of Directors of Pakistan Broadcasters Association (PBA), at a meeting held in Karachi, welcomed the passage of Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) Amendment Bill by National Assembly as a positive step forward. The meeting, presided (over) by PBA Chairman Shakil ur Rahman, noted that after much delay the […]
* HRW says Pakistan Army withdrawal gave Taliban free reign to commit abuses * Government responsible for governance and safety of tribal populations ISLAMABAD: Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday issued a reprimand to Pakistan, saying that Islamabad had to act to protect civilian populations in its tribal areas from attacks by the Taliban, which, […]
KARACHI, Feb 23: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan Secretary General, Iqbal Haider, on Friday condemned the armed attack on a human rights activist in Orangi Town. The HRCP leader said two armed men shot at HRCP activist Gul Mohammad Baloch on Thursday night in Union Council No 2 of Orangi Town in the jurisdiction […]
GUJAR KHAN, Feb 23: Additional Sessions Judge Mian Muhammad Shafi Friday handed down death sentence on eight counts and Rs0.8 million fine to a man for killing his wife and seven children in Gujar Khan city in 2001 after losing his earnings in a lottery. Ghulam Muhammad, who ran a Tandoor on Hayat Sar Road, […]
LARKANA, Feb 23: Eight armed men allegedly broke into the house of a farmer in the Ghulam Ali Khuhawar village on Thursday night and raped three married women. The farmer, Sheroo Bagri, on Friday night registered an FIR with the Taluka police station against Soomar Jagirani, Rashid Jagirani, Rajib Khuhawar and five unidentified people. He […]
LAHORE, Feb 24: A young married woman was strangled in Shafiqabad area on Saturday allegedly by her husband after she snubbed him for having relations with another woman. Police said that accused Haji Zubair had first given sleeping pills in milk to Amna Ashfaq, 25, and then strangled her at his residence in Khokhar Town. […]
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