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Daily Archives: April 28, 2007

ANP calls for ban on FM stations

PESHAWAR, April 27: The Awami National Party has asked the government to ban illegal FM radio stations, help find the missing people and take action against those who hurl threats at peaceful citizens. These demands were made through resolutions adopted unanimously at the meeting of the party’s provincial leaders at the Bacha Khan Markaz here […]


PFUJ wants parliament to name Pemra chief

KARACHI, April 27: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has accused the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority of suppressing the freedom of expression and pressurising private TV channels through different tactics and demanded a new Pemra set-up with its chairman and members nominated by parliament. According to a press release, the Pakistan Federal Union […]


Opposition rally against attack on councillors

KARACHI, April 27: A large number of opposition members in the city council along with their party supporters assembled outside the council’s building on M.A. Jinnah Road after Friday prayers to condemn the incident of violence that took place in the house on Thursday. Holding party flags and portraits of the party chairperson, PPP workers, […]


Woman assaulted repeatedly

Twenty-two-year-old Zohra registered an FIR at the Zaman Town police station against her fiancè, who repeatedly raped her over a period of 20 days. According to details from the police, a complaint was received complaint by Zohra who lives with her mother at Mohammad Ali Colony, Zaman Town. She said that whenever she was alone […]


Husbands to be jailed for harassing wives!

ISLAMABAD: Under a new law husbands will be put behind bars on charges of sexually harassing their wives. Sources told The News that the Law Ministry is giving final touches to a draft legislation to be called Protection Against Domestic Violence of Women & Children (PADVWC), which is seen as the furtherance of the already […]


Uncle turns ‘rapist’

KASUR, April 27: A girl was raped allegedly by her uncle at Jumber Kalah village in Phool-nagar police station precinct on Friday. According to the victim’s fat-her, his brother Naseer Ahmad stayed at his home as a guest and he raped his daughter late on Thursday night. Police have registered a case. Source: Dawn Date:4/28/2007


Foreign mediamen visit Jamia Binnoria

KARACHI, April 27: Representatives of Voice of Germany on Friday paid a visit to Jamia Al-Binnoria Almia in Site, where they were taken to different departments. During the visit they also exchanged views with Chancellor of the Jamia, Mufti Muhammad Naeem, regarding propaganda in the West about madressahs and the Jamia Hafsa issue. Responding to […]


Cable operator’s office attacked in Kohat

Kohat, April 28: A cable operator’s office was damaged when some people threw petrol bombs into it on Friday night. The manager of Cable World 2000 told police that two people who came on a motorcycle threw petrol bombs into the office at 8.35 pm and sped away towards east. The same office had also […]


Journalist tortured by CIA police

NAROWAL, April 28: CIA police subjected a local journalist to torture for more than an hour on Saturday. Reportedly, two CIA plainclothesmen were severely beating two men on Zafarwal by-pass, when journalist Irfan Ali Javaid approached them and inquired about the reason for the manhandling. The policemen got infuriated and started thrashing Irfan. Later, they […]


PFUJ demands independent PEMRA body

Karachi (PPI) — Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), criticized the role of Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA), in suppressing the freedom of expression and pressurizing the private tv channels through different tactic and demanded new set-up of PEMRA, whose Chairman and members should be nominated by the Parliament. PFUJ also demanded new Chairman […]


Moscow looking for allies, say visiting journalists

PESHAWAR, April 27: A group of Russian journalists visited Peshawar University’s Area Study Centre (for Russia, China and Central Asia) on Friday. On the occasion they said Russia was looking for allies in Central and South Asia, adding that Pakistan was in a good position to cash in on the opportunity. Addressing an informal gathering […]


Demands Day

KARACHI, April 27: The All Pakistan Newspaper Employees Confederation (Apnec) has decided to hold a `Demands Day’ on April 30. The Apnec at a meeting on Thursday also decided that a procession would be taken out from the Jang press to the Karachi Press Club at 6pm. Source: Dawn Date:4/28/2007