LAHORE: The significance of the print medium can never be overlooked because other advertising channels, including the electronic media, do not have such strength and flexibility as the newspapers and magazines do. A printed message gives information to readers with more convenience than other means of communication do. These observations were made by Manhattan Pakistan’s […]
IT IS a matter of great concern that journalists continue to face tremendous risks while doing their job thus belying the government’s claim that the media is free. On Saturday, Babur Hussain, a Dawn News reporter, was picked up by plainclothes men outside his home in Rawalpindi and taken to an unknown location where he […]
VOA By Simon Marks Lahore, Pakistan Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf is under fire over his country’s human rights record. Western and Pakistani human rights groups accuse the military ruler of tolerating abuses as Pakistan tries to combat the threat of terrorism. But senior figures within the Pakistani government say the country’s intelligence agencies are doing […]
ISLAMABAD, Sept 19: Rawalpindi-Islamabad Union of Journalists (RIUJ) has condemned the abduction of a reporter of DawnNews by security agencies and his subsequent release after two days. The RIUJ office-bearers have warned the government that if the abduction of journalists and their torture were not stopped, the journalist community would launch a protest movement against […]
MURREE, Sept 19: A teenaged boy with the help of other family members killed his stepmother apparently in anger at his father’s second marriage, the police said on Wednesday. Zakir, a resident of Aliot village, had wedded Tasleem about six months ago, enraging his first wife and children. On Tuesday night, Zakir’s 17-year-old son Usman […]
Karachi:Despite failing to get a “go ahead” from the government of Pakistan, the Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL), on Wednesday, formally announced the introduction of a golden handshake scheme to lay off its “extra” employees but said nobody would be compelled to accept the offer. Insiders claimed that PTCL management had finalised the plans to […]
ISLAMABAD, Sept 19: With the aim to achieving customer satisfaction, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on Wednesday started an automated country-wide survey to check the quality of service (QoS) being provided by Cellular Mobile Operators (CMTOs) to consumers. “Quality check is in our mandate,” said Deputy Director PTA, Khurram Ali Mehran talking to Dawn. “We have […]
LARKANA, Sept 19: The Larkana circuit bench of the Sindh High Court on Wednesday ordered the DPO of Shikarpur to arrest the SHO of Lakhi Ghulam Shah police station after registering an FIR against him for keeping a 70-year-old pesh imam in illegal confinement for 26 days. The division bench comprising Mr Justice Amir Hani […]
LAHORE: Jamaat Islami Pakistan has appointed Shahid Shamsi as its Media Coordinator. He is attached with Jamaat Islami for the last 31 years and prior to this office was the Secretary Information. It may be remembered that in place of Shahid Shamsi Jamaat Islami has appointed Amirul Azeem as its Information Secretary. Source: The Post […]
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