KARACHI (May 25 2007): The All Pakistan Newspapers Society has expressed “grave concern” at the twin statements of the MQM Rabita Committee and the Mohajir Rabita Council, denouncing journalists and analysts in the print and electronic media as being “anti-Mohajir” and as “biased chauvinists.” The press release of the Mohajir Rabita Council specifically names 13 […]
HYDERABAD: A local leader of the Jamaat-e-Ahle Sunnat, Kazi Zameeruddin, here on Thursday alleged her daughter was tortured by the headmistress of a missionary school on May 12. He told newsmen that his daughter Saleha Kazi, a computer teacher, was beaten up by the headmistress and two other teachers of the St Bonaventure High School, […]
KARACHI, May 25: The All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) has urged the president and prime minister to take notice of recent statements of Mohajir Rabita Council (MRC) and MQM Rabita Committee against journalists and said that such deliberations may generate hatred against the press. In a statement signed by APNS secretary-general Mohammad Aslam Kazi, it […]
KARACHI, May 25: The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has expressed resentment over a press release issued on May 22 by the Mohajir Rabita Council (MRC) that “included a list of journalists described as chauvinistic, among other insults”. A statement issued by IFJ said: “It is alleged that the list included Zaffar Abbas (resident editor, […]
PESHAWAR, May 25: A former judge of the Peshawar High Court, Justice Khalida Rachid Khan, has been elected vice-president of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). A press release issued here said that during the 17th ICTR plenary session on May 21 in Arusha, Tanzania, Judge Dennis C.M. Byron (St Kitts and Nevis) was […]
KARACHI (May 25 2007): Executive Committee of the All Pakistan Newspapers Society at its meeting held on May 22, 2007 at Islamabad under the chairmanship of its President, Hameed Haroon condemned the attack on the offices of the Business Recorder and Aaj TV on May 12, 2007. He urged upon the Federal Government to institute […]
KARACHI (May 25 2007): Report of Fact Finding Commission (FFC) on attack on Business Recorder and Aaj TV: 1. The APNS President, Hameed Haroon vide letter dated May 18, 2007 formed a Fact Finding Commission (FFC) on receipt of complaint of violence/attack against Aaj TV/Business Recorder. 2. THE COMMISSION COMPRISED THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS: Owais Aslam […]
KARACHI: The recent press release issued by the Mohajir Rabita Council (MRC), which named some journalists and columnists as chauvinists, was unacceptable, said the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) that has appealed to media groups and demanded that immediate safety and security measures be taken for all journalists working in the print and electronic […]
ISLAMABAD, May 25: The current deployment of cellular antennas posed no risk to human health, people living in proximity to the towers even in densely populated urban centres. This was stated in a press statement issued on Friday by the Ministry of Information Technology (MoIT) to dispel public concerns due to “erroneous” reporting, in certain […]
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