MINGORA, Dec 3: Security forces claimed on Monday to have found a huge arms cache in a school in Swat. They also said that a militant commander had been arrested in Shangla district. Meanwhile, militants are reported to have vacated all major areas, including the town of Matta, in the Swat valley. Local people said […]
The Pakistan Post will soon introduce the scheme of money transfer through mobile phone services, said the Director-General Pakistan Post, Arshad Khan, on Monday. The DG Pakistan Post chaired the meeting of Pakistan Postal Services Management Board at the office of Postmaster-General, Sindh, which was especially addressed by Federal Minister for Communications Barrister Habib-ur-Rahman who, […]
MARDAN: Unidentified militants blew up a video shop situated on the Mardan-Malakand road. However, no loss of life was reported. The explosion damaged the windowpanes and shutter of the shop, situated at Mangal Bagh Chowk. Earlier, unidentified men distributed pamphlets in residential areas of Mardan warning people to halt ‘un-IslamicÂ’ businesses, or face consequences. Source: […]
PESHAWAR, Dec 3: A CD shop and a barber shop were blown up in the Sheikh Mohammadzai area on Monday, police said. The owner of the CD shop, Daud Khan, told police that they had received threats from some people. Police have started investigation. Source: Dawn Date:12/4/2007
MARDAN: Unidentified militants blew up a video shop situated on the Mardan-Malakand road. However, no loss of life was reported. The explosion damaged the windowpanes and shutter of the shop, situated at Mangal Bagh Chowk. Earlier, unidentified men distributed pamphlets in residential areas of Mardan warning people to halt ‘un-Islamic’ businesses, or face consequences. Source: […]
Pakistan media enjoyed ‘selective freedom’ as they are not allowed to raise certain issues, said David Barsamian, one of the pioneers of ‘alternative media’ in the US. Talking to journalists at the Karachi Press Club (KPC) on Monday, he said that a private TV channel conducted a lengthy interview of him but did not ask […]
Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) and All Pakistan Newspapers Employees Confederation (APNEC), the two apex bodies of the newspapers employees expressed concern over the rising incidents of violence against journalists and attack on their families, the latest were the brutal murder of the senior correspondent of daily Jang, Mirpurkhas Zubair Ahmed Mujhaid and the […]
KARACHI, Dec 4: Additional district and sessions judge Tasneem Sultana on Tuesday rejected the pre-arrest bail application of Shaikh Abdul Majeed, the father of murder victim Hafiz Shaikh Mohammad Azeem, and remanded him to jail custody for 14 days. Shaikh Abdul Majeed, through his counsel Javaid Mir, had submitted an application under Section 498 of […]
ISLAMABAD, Dec 3: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) and the All Pakistan Newspapers Employees Confederation (Apnec) have expressed concern over the rising incidents of violence against journalists and attacks on their families. The two organisations adopted resolutions during a three-day meeting here, condemning violence against journalists, calling for the release of lawyers and […]
LAHORE – The Pakistan Freelance journalists Association (PFJA) has welcomed the launch of Waqt TV and termed it as a step to safeguard the ideology of Pakistan. In a statement issued here on Monday President FJA lqbal Yousafi congratulated Chairman Nawa-e-Waqt Group Majid Nizami on opening the new channel. “It would prove to be a […]
ISLAMABAD (December 04 2007): Speakers at a workshop urged media to play its due role more responsibly and objectively to safeguard women’s rights. The Women’s Rights Training Workshop was organised by Action Aid Pakistan to sensitise young journalists and students of mass communication about women’s rights issues. It developed a 25-point code of conduct to […]
For women, their online experiences are usually positive, empowering and safe. However, sometimes they rely too much on their own judgment in making decisions online which they end up regretting… When we talk about problems related to women, the top most priority is given to their safety. No one can ignore the harassment women face […]
ISLAMABAD (December 04 2007): Gender Reform Action Plan (Grap) is one of the largest projects on the portfolio of the Ministry of Women Development. “The overall aim of this project is to promote women’s access to the economic, political and social empowerment at the national, provincial, and district level”, an official told APP here on […]
PESHAWAR, Dec 4: A suspected woman suicide bomber blew herself up at a checkpoint in the high-security military cantonment area on Babar Road on Tuesday, police and security officials said. A security official said the woman wearing a blue burqa had been stopped by guards at the checkpoint. “She lifted the veil from her face […]
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