MEHRABPUR: The number of deaths in Karachi Express tragedy is reported to have risen to at least 58 on Wednesday morning with at least 120 other people wounded. Karachi Express train packed with holiday travellers derailed at Tuesday-Wednesday night near Mehrabpur, officials said. The Karachi Express night train was on its way to Lahore when […]
KARACHI: Several bogies of Lahore bound Karachi Express derailed near Mehrabpur railway station in district Naushehro Feroz, railways sources said. About 50 people were feared dead and dozens wounded in the train accident early Wednesday, foreign news agency reported. The train was traveling between the southern port city of Karachi and eastern border city of […]
ISLAMABAD — To aware journalists about election laws and improving their ability to focus on party manifestos rather than personalities, a private organisation, Intermedia, in collaboration with ‘The Asia Foundation’, organised a daylong media orientation workshop on “Election Reporting for Journalists” here on Tuesday. Bashir Ahmad Tahir, Amir Ahmed Butt and Humera Sharif gave presentations […]
PESHAWAR: An explosion occurred in an audiocassette shop here, but no loss of life was reported. Police said that some unknown persons had planted explosives by the side of the tape repairs and audiocassette shop located in the main market at Phandu, the outskirts area here. The blast damaged the door of the shop and […]
PESHAWAR: An explosion occurred in an audiocassette shop here, but no loss of life was reported. Police said that some unknown persons had planted explosives by the side of the tape repairs and audiocassette shop located in the main market at Phandu, the outskirts area here. The blast damaged the door of the shop and […]
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court Tuesday issued notices to Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra), Federation of Pakistan and attorney general in a case regarding suspension of transmission of Geo TV and adjourned the hearing till January 1, 2008. A three-member bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar observed that apparently […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has demanded repeal of the two ordinances namely the Press, Newspapers, News Agencies and Books Registration (Amendment) Ordinance, 2007 and Pemra (Third Amendment) Ordinance, 2007 issued on November 3, 2007. This was stated by a delegation of PFUJ led by Huma Ali and accompanied by Mazhar Abbas, C […]
TIMERGARA, Dec 18: Spea-kers at a dialogue held on Tuesday criticised the government for imposing curbs on freedom of speech, claiming that military rule was the cause of all the problems the country was facing. The dialogue – “Independent Judiciary, Media and Election Commission is Necessary for Free and Fair Elections” – was organised by […]
KARCHI: The Council of Pakistan Newspapers Editors (CPNE) on Tuesday expressed concern over prevailing situation of media freedom in Pakistan. An informal meeting of the Karachi-based CPNE members held here with its president Arif Nizami in the chair. The meeting reviewed different administrative matters of the CPNE and discussed in details the prevailing situation regarding […]
KARACHI (APP) – In view of prevailing situation, the Karachi Press Club’s annual election scheduled for December 29 has been postponed. An announcement by the KPC Election Committee on Friday said the polling would now be conducted on January 5 from nine a.m. to, five p.m. it has, however, made it clear that as the […]
=> KARACHI (December 19 2007): All Pakistan Newspaper KARACHI (December 19 2007): All Pakistan Newspaper Society (APNS) Secretary-General Muhammad Aslam Kazi has announced that the member publications of the APNS will observe two closed holidays on Friday, December 21 and Saturday, December 22, 2007, respectively, on account of Eid-ul-Azha, says a press release. Consequently, there […]
KARACHI – Continuing our endeavour to encourage and promote the spirit of journalism and honour the best journalistic talent across Pakistan and India, CNN International today announced the winners of CNN Young Journalist Award 2007 (CNN YJA) at a gala ceremony in New Delhi, India, in association with CNN-IBN, ‘Outlook and ITC Welcome group.’ The […]
ISLAMABAD, Dec 18: The Supreme Court on Tuesday served notices on the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra), the federal government and the attorney-general on petitions against ban on Geo News television channel. A bench comprising Chief Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar, Justice Mohammad Nawaz Abbasi and Justice Mian Hamid Farooq has taken up the petitions […]
Geo TV received the first Pakistan Society of Human Resource Management Award, 2007,’Most Preferred Graduate Employer in Pakistan’ in the media sector at a ceremony Tuesday evening. Shaukat Tareen, Chairman, Karachi Stock Exchange, presented the award to Imran Aslam, President, Geo TV network. The award in the category of the most preferred employer in the […]
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