JACOBABAD, June 3: A large number of journalists and activists of different political parties took part in a procession held on Sunday in protest against robbery a day ago in the house of a reporter of a private TV channel. The procession led by District Union of Journalists president Nazar Abbas Shah started from the […]
LAHORE, June 3: Two TV channels went off air in different parts of the country on Sunday night. The switch-off in case of Geo TV, according to its website, was almost countrywide while Aaj TV blackout was in Lahore and Islamabad. “The government has blocked the transmission of the Geo News TV channel across the […]
By Nusrat Nasrullah WEEKEND MAGAZINE (June 02 2007): President General Pervez Musharraf does speak with what one may describe as an “intermittent regularity” on media situation in Pakistan, and frankly expresses his opinions on what he expects the electronic and print media in the country ought to be doing. And he has done this again […]
LAHORE : A man allegedly clubbed his 22-year-old wife to death over a domestic issue in Shahdara on Saturday. Police said Rehana of Toba Tek Singh contracted love marriage with her cousin Rafiq about eight months ago. The newly wed couple left their native town as their families were not happy with their marriage and […]
KARACHI: The Cable Operators Association of Pakistan (CAP) on Saturday announced to shut down the transmissions of those TV channels which, according to them, are showing negative programmes against the solidarity of Pakistan, the armed forces and the judiciary. Addressing a crowded press conference at the Karachi Press Club, the chairman of the association, Khalid […]
ISLAMABAD (June 03 2007): Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Muhammad Ali Durrani on Saturday said that nobody will be allowed to indulge in negative propaganda against Pakistan and national security institutions, under the cover of press freedom. “Media is patriotic but at this moment it has to cooperate with government”, he said this while […]
The federal information minister, Mr Muhammad Ali Durrani, sounded out of character when he complained Thursday that the government was upset over an “unhindered” coverage of recent events by the media. He threatened the electronic media with PEMRA rules that authorise the state to “hinder” live coverage of events in the country. It appears that […]
Summary Urdu Newsletter May 25 to 01 June, 2007 Date 6/1/2007 Download urdu newsletter.pdf
Karachi May 31: Renowned musician Salman Ahmed disclosed that MQM activists threatened him several times in the last fifteen years. He stated on one occasion, when he refused to perform at the chief of MQM’s Altaf Husaain’s marriage function in Karachi and London where other artists, including Ali Azmat, were browbeaten to perform, he was […]
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