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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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
ISLAMABAD (April 27 2007): The National Assembly on Thursday admitted seven adjournment motions to debate on the show-cause notice to Aaj Television by the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra), that was termed as a move to stifle media freedom. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Sher Afgan Niazi opposed the motions saying that he was not prepared […]
NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, April 26: Three armed men kidnapped a teenaged girl from her home in the Murtaza Shah Ji Haveli village near Kandiaro and raped her at gunpoint in the wee hours of Thursday. The girl’s father Mohammad Hassan Siyal along with his 13-year-old daughter told police that Ayaz Jatoi, Naheed Jatoi and Rehmatullah Jatoi […]
New York, April 27- The Human Rights Watch on Friday urged President Pervez Musharraf “to demonstrate a commitment to genuine media freedom by bringing to an end the use of coercion, intimidation, kidnapping and torture or the threat of it in government dealings with the print and electronic media.’ “We call upon you to bring […]
ISLAMABAD/RAWALPINDI – The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) directed cable television operators in the capital city of Islamabad to stop transmission of Royal TV. The channel’s transmission has been suspended in Islamabad and the adjoining city of Rawalpindi since the morning of 24 April 2007. According to a Royal TV press release, PEMRA’s action […]
ISLAMABAD:Journalists and Opposition staged a token walk out from NA proceedings following closure of transmission of Royal TV since three days without any prior notice. In the walk out, MMA’s Liaqat Baloch, PPPP’s Raja Pervez Ashraf, PML (N) Tehmina Daultana strongly condemned over closure of Royal TV. They were of the view that politics and […]
ISLAMABAD, April 26: A 30-day deadline given by the Lal Masjid administration to the owners of CD shops for winding up their business ends on Friday (today) and it is feared that the militants may resort to any action. “We are feeling insecure and require the government’s protection,” a shopkeeper in Abpara Market told Dawn. […]
ISLAMABAD, April 26: A group of pioneering women journalists has produced a series of radio programmes profiling the lives and times of Pakistani women of substance. The 15-minute radio programme – Shakhsi Khakey – depicts the famous and not so famous women from different walks of life. The programme is produced by Meri Awaz Suno, […]
KARACHI (April 27 2007): The government strongly believes in a free, vibrant and socially responsible media, Federal Secretary for Information and Broadcasting, Syed Anwar Mahmood said here on Thursday. Talking to APP, the senior government official said Pakistan had emerged to be the only country where “Cross Media Ownership” law had been promulgated. “This reflects […]
KHAIRPUR: District Nazim on Wednesday announced setting up of coordination committees at the police stations to maintain law and order and settle disputes through reconciliation instead of registering FIRs. Addressing a peace committee meeting, Nazim Pir Niaz Shah Jillani said with the setting up of the committees working of the police will be checked and […]
KARACHI – City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal has directed the official concerned that a booklet containing digital map of all the city’s under-construction roads and all utility services be compiled while a library of these books be set up in the Works and Services department to make details of utilities under-ground or along the roads […]
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