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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THATTA: Noted young poet Habibullah Sanji Sujawal expired here on Thursday after a protracted illness. He was a cancer patient. The deceased was son of a famous Sindhi poet, Sarwech Sujawali, who is also popular for his revolutionary Sindhi poetry. Habibullah was buried in his ancestral graveyard near Sujawal. A large number of mourners attended […]
PESHAWAR, May 24: Unidentified armed men attempted to enter the house of Daily Times cartoonist Muhammad Zahoor late on Thursday night and fired shots at an area watchman when he tried to stop them. Zahoor, who has won four APNS awards for best cartoonist, said that the men rang his doorbell at 2am but he […]
NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, May 23: The finance department of district government is not releasing funds therefore, sports activities could not begin, complains UC nazim, Phul. Mohammad Hayat Phul during the district council meeting on Wednesday said that he, being chairman district sports committee, contacted the official concerned for release of funds but to no avail. Source: […]
SUKKUR: Erum Maseeh, who became Maryam after converting to Islam, was allowed to marry of her own free will with a police constable by the Sindh High Court Bench, Sukkur, on Wednesday. Erum, resident of Ghotki, had left her house early on Monday with Constable Rafiq Mirani. On Wednesday she appeared before the SHC and […]
LAHORE: The Balochistan chapter of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Wednesday condemned the provincial government’s decision to close down the monthly Sumalan published from Bolan. The commission called the move a flagrant violation of the right to freedom of expression and an attack on the freedom of the press. The commission, in […]
The MMA government of the NWFP has finally struck a deal with the maulvi who in the past had asked his followers to resist polio vaccination. This is the same cleric who once said in an interview that he saw no reason for women to venture outside their homes –not even to get an education. […]
Mohajir Rabita Council (MRC), an ethnic political group in Pakistan’s southern province of Sindh, has denounced twelve Pakistani journalists as being ‘chauvinists,’ and criticized their role in the violence during protest rallies held in Karachi on May 12, 2007, during the visit of the suspended Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhary to the city. […]
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