KARACHI (November 06 2007): Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB) is organising networking events in Dublin, Ireland, from November 7 to 10. A statement here on Monday said that the event would be held in collaboration with the Embassy of Pakistan in Dublin, Ireland Pakistan Business Council (IPBC), Dublin Chamber of Commerce, Irish IT Industry and […]
KARACHI: Arrests were conducted, journalists were baton-charged and civil society protestors refused to vacate the premises of the Karachi Press Club in the afternoon Monday where tensions escalated from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. The press club was surrounded by security personnel anticipating a protest in the morning. Civil society members had organized one for […]
KARACHI: Police in Karachi moved in to seal the printing press of the Jang Group, the country’s largest media house, on Monday after the management refused to bow down to verbal orders from government officials to stop printing one of its papers. The afternoon paper, Awam, had to print extra editions to cope with the […]
KARACHI, Nov 5: Police laid a four-hour siege to the Karachi Press Club, and arrested nine people, including five journalists, who were protesting against the government attempt to prevent the publication of a supplement by the Awam newspaper. Those arrested were journalists Mohammad Mohsin, Shariq Ahmed, Nazeer Khan, Fazal-ur-Rahman and Asghar Shah, nationalist leader Hasil […]
KARACHI, Nov 5: Media organisations in the metropolis have condemned the imposition of emergency, restrictions on the media and arrest of journalists and political and social workers. At their separate meetings held here on Monday, the Karachi Union of Journalists, the Association of Television Journalists and the Karachi Press Club reviewed the situation for evolving […]
Karachi (PPI) – President Pervez Musharraf’s declaration of emergency rule in Pakistan is a direct attack on media personnel and institutions, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) said Monday. The IFJ’s Asia-Pacific Director, Jacqueline Park, called on Pakistan’s Government to rescind immediately the two ordinances it issued on Saturday night, saying they severely restrict the […]
* Over 150 arrested, sent to different places RAWALPINDI: Police on Monday injured dozens of reporters and lawyers when they tried to enter the Rawalpindi district courts, which was sealed. Only judges and their staff were allowed to enter the court premises. Litigants were also stopped outside the court. The riots intensified when the lawyers […]
KARACHI (November 06 2007): Police on Monday raided a printing press belonging to Pakistan’s biggest-selling newspaper group amid tough curbs on the media imposed under the state of emergency, officials said. They stormed the Karachi premises of Awam, a sister publication of Jang group. Following reports it was bringing out a special supplement on the […]
KARACHI – Senior photographer of The Nation Nazeeruddin Siddiqui was thrashed by the police prior to picking him up on Monday, while he was performÂing his duty out the Karachi Press Club. Till the filing of this report, neither the government nor the police officials were ready to divulge any detail about the whereabouts of […]
*More than 100 lawyers including staffer of the Nation, 2 correspondents of private TV channels held* KARACHI – Law Enforcement Agencies (LEA) hit state pillars in a course of emergency declared by General Pervez Musharraf the President of Pakistan. The heavy contingents of LEA personnel including police and Rangers cordoned off Karachi Press Club, Sindh […]
HYDERABAD, Nov 5: A married Hindu woman sought protection from her husband whom she accused of torturing her. Ms Shrimati Sodhi told journalists in Tando Mohammad Khan that her husband, Sodheer and his accomplices were after her and her life was in grave danger. She said that she had taken refuge with her parents as […]
Reporters Without Borders firmly condemns a crackdown by the security forces on the privately-owned news media. Dozens of journalists have been detained, attacked or prevented from working. Transmission equipment has been seized from several broadcast media. New regulations on newspapers and broadcast media promulgated on 3 November are a death warrant for some of the […]
LAHORE: As many as 54 human rights activists, educationists, intellectuals and journalists arrested in a raid at the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) have been sent to Kot Lakhpat Central Jail after police lodged an FIR against them. The arrested activists were meeting to discuss the post emergency situation in the country and the […]
KARACHI (PPI) – The Hong Kong-based Asian Human Rights Commission AHRC Monday appealed to the international community to take a firm stand and show that they stand for democracy and human rights, in Pakistan. “The imposition of Emergency by the military government on November 3, 2007, is nothing less than the thinly disguised imposition of […]
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