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Daily Archives: July 6, 2007

Urdu Newsletter June 29 To July 06, 2007

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Death of journalists condemned

Khyber Union of Journalists Tuesday showed profound grief over the death of on duty fellow journalists. The union announced to observe today (Wednesday) as black day and taking out protest rally from Peshawar press club. Source: The News Date:7/6/2007


Journalist killed in mosque clashes; three others wounded

The Committee to Protect Journalists mourns the death of Javed Khan, a photographer for the Islamabad-based daily Markaz and a cameraman for U.K.-based DM Digital TV. Khan was shot in the chest and neck on Tuesday while caught in crossfire between government forces and the students of Lal Masjid (Red Mosque) in Islamabad, according to […]


Media responsible for arson at ministry: Faisal

ISLAMABAD: Federal Environment Minister Faisal Saleh Hayat has condemned the Lal Masjid students’ action of setting ablaze the Environment Ministry’s building and held the media responsible for the incident. “We had demanded security from the Islamabad administration and police eight months ago in view of the proximity with Lal Majid, but they did not pay […]


Nazim writes against his deputy

TOBA TEK SINGH, July 5: District Nazim Chaudhry Abdul Sattar has written to provincial government on Thursday against District Naib Nazim Chaudhry Khalid Sardar over a controversial district council resolution. In his letter to Punjab Local Government and Community Development Department, he pointed out that Chaudhry Khalid Sardar illegally added resolution No 41 in the […]


Sale of air time to foreign broadcasters prohibited: Pemra

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has reiterated that sale of air time by the community based local FM Radio stations to foreign broadcasters is prohibited under the law and this regulatory provision has time and again been upheld by the courts of the country. Elaborating the concept, the Pemra spokesman said in […]


City council session

Karachi:The common session of the City District Council Karachi will be held on Thursday July 12 at 3.30 p.m. in the Council Hall of Council Secretariat building, M.A. Jinnah Road Karachi. Source: The News Date:7/6/2007


HRCP seeks judicial probe into madressah activities

ISLAMABAD, July 5: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has called for a judicial probe into the functioning, financing and activities of religious seminaries all over the country. Speaking at a news briefing here on Thursday, the secretary general of HRCP, Syed Iqbal Haider, observed that independent judicial commissions should be constituted in each […]


‘Rapists’ of disabled woman remanded

KASUR, July 5: Phoolnagar police have sent two rape accused on a two-day remand. The police registered a case against Rana Bilal alias Billa and Sadique on Wednesday, two days after they allegedly raped a disabled woman, and arrested them the same day. According to details, Bilal and Sadique allegedly entered the makeshift house of […]


Boy assaulted

LAKKI MARWAT, July 5: An eight-year-old boy was sexually assaulted by a man in Mela Mandrakhel area here on Thursday. Police registered a case against the accused under section 377 of the Pakistan Penal Code. The victim’s father said the boy had gone with a friend to a nearby field for playing. He alleged that […]