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Daily Archives: December 3, 2007

=> KARACHI, Dec 2: A modern media resource centre equ

KARACHI, Dec 2: A modern media resource centre equipped with sophisticated gadgets, computers and other equipment, has been established at the Sindh Assembly building to facilitate the media in covering proceedings of the house and other events in a better manner. A group of journalists were shown around the centre and briefed about the new […]


=> BUNER: Unknown miscreants have blown up three vide

BUNER: Unknown miscreants have blown up three video shops in Swari Bazaar by planting locally-assembled time devices that also damaged dozens of other shops in the market. The devices, planted at Mian Yousaf Music Centre, Malik Cassette House and Ismail Music Centre, exploded one after another on Saturday at 10.37 p.m. Large contingent of police, […]


=> PESHAWAR, Dec 2: A music centre was blown up as a

PESHAWAR, Dec 2: A music centre was blown up as a result of a bomb explosion in the Tauheedabad village here on Sunday morning, while another bomb was defused in the Faisalabad-Zargarabad village. Police said it was a mortar shell that rammed into the music centre. It was the second bomb blast in the area. […]


=> PESHAWAR, Dec 2: A music centre was blown up as a

PESHAWAR, Dec 2: A music centre was blown up as a result of a bomb explosion in the Tauheedabad village here on Sunday morning, while another bomb was defused in the Faisalabad-Zargarabad village. Police said it was a mortar shell that rammed into the music centre. It was the second bomb blast in the area. […]


=> BUNER: Unknown miscreants have blown up three vide

BUNER: Unknown miscreants have blown up three video shops in Swari Bazaar by planting locally-assembled time devices that also damaged dozens of other shops in the market. The devices, planted at Mian Yousaf Music Centre, Malik Cassette House and Ismail Music Centre, exploded one after another on Saturday at 10.37 p.m. Large contingent of police, […]


=> ISLAMABAD, Dec 2: A meeting of the federal executi

ISLAMABAD, Dec 2: A meeting of the federal executive council of the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists and the national executive committee of the All Pakistan Newspaper Employees Confederation resolved on Sunday to continue their struggle for freedom of the press and for the economic rights of newspaper employees. The peaceful struggle, a resolution said, […]


=> Islamabad: Rawalpindi-Islamabad Press Club (RIPC)

Islamabad: Rawalpindi-Islamabad Press Club (RIPC) will send two journalists to perform Haj this year. In this regard, a draw was held under the supervision of Secretary RIPC Afzal Butt in which Ilyas Shahid of ‘Daily Jang’ and Jehangir Minhas of ‘Daily Khabrain’ were announced as the lucky persons to perform Haj. President RIPC Mushtaq Minhas […]


=> ISLAMABAD (APP) -Minister for Information and Broa

ISLAMABAD (APP) -Minister for Information and Broadcasting Nisar A. Memon Sunday said there would be no compromise on the media freedom and the discussions are underway to resolve the media-related issues. “The media freedom is intact and it would stay. There would be no compromise on it. However, the media should abide by the code […]


LARKANA – The Sindh Educational Development Society

LARKANA – The Sindh Educational Development Society Larkana (SEDS) held a dialogue programme on ” Role of family in safeguarding rights and eliminating violence against women” at village Dost Mohammad Metlo on Sunday in context with 16 days of activism against gender violence being celebrated world wide from November 25 to December 10. On the […]


=> QUETTA: There is no news about a journalist allege

QUETTA: There is no news about a journalist allegedly arrested by an intelligence agency three days ago. His family fears that he would be tortured by the agency. Journalists Javid Lehri and his friend Abdul Rehman were arrested from the hostel of Degree College Khuzdar at midnight on November 29, Daily Azadi Editor Mohammad Asif […]


=> KHAIRPUR: A woman was shot dead by her brother-in-

KHAIRPUR: A woman was shot dead by her brother-in-law on the charge of being a Kari in Mahi Mahi, Kambar district, on Sunday. Accused Abdul Qadir Chandio gunned down his sister-in­law Rahat Khatoon, suspecting she had developed illicit relations with some one from the same village. After committing the crime, the accused managed to escape. […]


=> KARACHI: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (

KARACHI: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) managed to free a family of 30 that was forcefully house-arrest­ed by the men of local land lord, Lalu Baloch. Chanisar, son of Balia, and his cousin Khushal, son of Rama, were two members of the 30-per­son family who managed to escape the forceful imprisonment and get […]