KARACHI, May 05: CPJ expressed sorrow over the death of a freelance photographer killed in the suicide attack on Interior Minister Aftab Sherpao in Charsadda. 22- year old Mehboob Khan had recently started his career in journalism and provided photographs for national publications. Three more journalists were injured in the blast. They were ATV camera […]
By Gulzar Ahmad Khan and Iqbal Hoti CHARSADDA/MARDAN, May 4: Two bomb blasts in Charsadda destroyed seven CD shops, a cycle workshop and a hair-cutting salon on Friday. Another two bombs went off near the main gate of a school in a Gujarat village in Mardan. The first explosion occurred at the Ayaz Market in […]
KHAR, May 5: (AFP) Hundreds of militants Saturday smashed car cassette players, camera cell phones and ordered tribesmen to grow beards in a Pakistani tribal area, witnesses and officials said. Some 300 armed bearded men took dozens of cassette players from cars and snatched mobile phones with built-in cameras and destroyed them at two main […]
BADIN: President, Badin Press Club and renowned journalist, Abdullah Memon passed away on Saturday, May 5, 2007 of a heart attack at 1.35 a.m. He has been buried in his family graveyard, Shah Qadri, Badin. Journalists, citizens, and civil society organizations attended his funeral. Memon had worked for the Sindhi newspaper ‘Daily Ibrat’ for 35 […]
LAHORE (May 04 2007): On the World Press Freedom Day, May 3, the South Asia Media Commission (SAMC) Wednesday bemoaned the killing of four journalists in the region where it said media freedom suffered continued decline. Afghan journalist Ajmal Nakshbandi and his associate Sayed Agha, a media worker, and Selvarajah Rajivarnam, a reporter for Tamil […]
JAMSHORO: Despite legislations to safeguard women’s rights and the government promises to end inhuman traditions discriminating against womenfolk, women continue to suffer in interior Sindh. Recently, a girl, Saddori Kalhoro, resident of Tharo Shah, district Nosheheroferoz, was allegedly raped by her brother-in-law. However, the police failed to apprehend the accused. Subsequently, she threatened self immolation, […]
KARACHI,May 03: The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has issued new warnings about the safety of journalists in Pakistan as four journalists were injured in the last week’s suicide bomb attack aimed at Federal Interior Minister Aftab Khan Sherpao, in Charsadda. This incident highlighted the dangers, facing by journalists in Pakistan, IFJ President Christopher Warren […]
LAHORE (May 03 2007): Journalists through out the world will observe May 3 as World Press Freedom Day. Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has organised a token walk to start from Parliament Lodges. Besides office bearers of PFUJ, members of Rawalpindi Union of Journalists and members of various civil society organisations will participate in […]
NEW YORK: Two Asian nations, Pakistan and Thailand, are among the countries where press freedom has deteriorated the most over the last five years, a new analysis by the Committee to Protect Journalists said on Wednesday. Pakistan ranks No 6 following alarming increases in the murders and abductions of journalists, while Thailand comes 10th because […]
KARACHI, May 2: The first consultative meeting of the Progressive Writers Association held here during the closing sessions of Sajjad Zaheer centenary celebrations has decided to reorganise the PWA. After completing the initial coordination work, the committee also prepared a draft manifesto of the organisation which was approved by the delegates. A one-day convention of […]
LAHORE,May 02:World Press Day would be observed on Thursday May 3, 2007 throughout the world including Pakistan. Journalists organisations like South Asia Free Media Association (SAFMA), Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), Punjab Union of Journalists (PUJ) and other journalists’ bodies will organise different programmes to highlight the press freedom issues in country on this […]
Peshawar — Speakers at a seminar here on Thursday lauded the struggle being waged by working journalists for gathering and disseminating information and opposed all kinds of curbs placed on the press by successive regimes in the country. The seminar on the International Press Freedom Day was held by the Khyber Union of Journalists at […]
LAHORE, May 30: The Punjab Union of Journalists on Wednesday staged a demonstration in front of the Lahore Press Club to condemn death threats to three senior Karachi journalists. A large number of city journalists carrying placards and banners urged the government to protect journalists. They also raised slogans against the MQM and the government. […]
KARACHI, May 02: At least five journalists, one editor were killed, six were kidnapped and tortured by intelligence agencies, while over 50 journalists of print and electronic media were injured, as new trends of violence against the journalists emerge in Pakistan in 2006, says a report of Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), on the […]
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