As if the menace of hoardings, signboards and banners in the city was not enough, now the names and monograms of different firms and multi-national companies have started appearing on the city roundabouts as well. Such practice of ‘adoption’ is emerging fast: a company adopts one roundabout in the city and sponsors the work related […]
* Swat Media Centre spokesman says 11 militants arrested in Kanju MINGORA: Security forces continued their operation against militants in various areas of Swat district, while authorities relaxed curfew in Mingora city and adjoining areas to provide the people basic commodities. The curfew hours were relaxed from 7am to 4pm in Mingora city and its […]
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has constituted two election tribunals in Sindh for hearing appeals against the decisions of returning officers (ROs) vis-‡-vis rejection or approval of nomination papers by candidates for the January 8 general elections. The first tribunal comprises of Justice Nadeem Azhar Sidduqi and Justice Dr Rana Mohammad Shamim. The said […]
NAWABSHAH: A huge blast rocked the city at 10:45 pm on Friday but no loss of life or property was reported. The blast occurred near the main railway track close to a sugar mill. The track was not damaged and the train traffic continued normally. Two express trains, Karachi Express and Balochistan Express, which were […]
ISLAMABAD: A top official of the South Asian Free Media Association (Safrna) said on Friday it was not possible for journalists in Pakistan to work independently in the presence of two black ordinances. “There are so many restrictions on media in Pakistan that it’s not journalism,” said lmtiaz Alam, Seereta.ry Safrna, during the Pak Media […]
SAFMA conference demands repeal of PEMRA, PNNABRO ordinances ISLAMABAD: American Ambassador Anne Patterson Friday said that her country has urged the Pakistani government to lift curbs on media, as free Press is an important part of democratic dispensation. “Free Press is, no doubt, a hallÂmark of the democratic process, but journalists too do have the […]
“It is heartening to see democracy in action in dangerous situations like that of Pakistan right now. It makes me proud,” says the United States peace activist Tighe Barry when asked to share his views on the activities at the Karachi Press Club (KPC). Barry is visiting Karachi for the first time along with his […]
ISLAMABAD – The government on Friday lodged an FIR (First Information Report) against two journalist organizations, staging protest demonstration against the imposition of emergency and curbs on media in the garb of Pemra Ordinance. The FIR (No.354) has been filed at Aabpara police station here over the protest called by the PFUJ and the RIUJ […]
We the media-persons from both the print and electronic media, representing various media bodies, including PFUJ, APNS, CPNE, PBA, SAFMA, SAMC, MCP, various press clubs and journalist unions, writers and civil society representatives from across Pakistan, having met on November 30, 2007, at Islamabad and deliberated upon the state of media, its freedom, media laws, […]
Reporters Without Borders wrote today to President Pervez Musharraf asking him to quickly rescind his ban on the Geo TV group’s various television stations and two independent radio stations, Power99 FM and Mast Fm 103. Mr. Pervez Musharraf President Islamabad Republic of Pakistan Dear Mr. President, The authorities in Dubai have just given the privately-owned […]
KARACHI: A 36-year-old man S has been charged with using physical force and continually raping his daughter 16-year-old T for the last six years. According to S’s statement to the police, he came home drunk one day and found his daughter, then 10 years old, alone at home. His wife B had gone to her […]
ISLAMABAD: The police have registered a case against Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) and Rawalpindi Islamabad Union of Journalists (RIUJ) for distributing pamphlets and displaying posters containing “hate material” against the armed forces. According to police, an FIR (354/07) was filed against the two unions under Section 188 of the Code of Criminal Procedure […]
ISLAMABAD: Media stakeholders on Friday rejected the Provisional Constitution Order (PCO), emergency rule, code of conduct for the media and the two anti-media ordinances as a breach of social contract between the citizens and the state, and demanded the restoration of the constitution and a pre-November 3 judiciary. The rejection was made in a declaration […]
ISLAMABAD – The government on Friday lodged an FIR (First Information Report) against two journalist organizations, staging protest demonstration against the imposition of emergency and curbs on media in the garb of Pemra Ordinance. The FIR (No.354) has been filed at Aabpara police station here over the protest called by the PFUJ and the RIUJ […]
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