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Daily Archives: January 4, 2008

Urdu Newsletter Jan 04 To Jan 11, 2008

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=> The police in Pakistan’s southern province of Sind

The police in PakistanÂ’s southern province of Sindh have registered criminal cases against 34 journalists, during the period of rioting that followed the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto on December 28, 2007. According to the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), police have registered cases against under the anti-terrorism and anti-riot acts and […]


=> DADU: Police on Thursday booked four journalists,

DADU: Police on Thursday booked four journalists, allegedly on the instructions of former federal minister Liaqat Ali Jatoi, at Johi and Mehar police stations. Reports said two senior journalists, Attique Ahmed Janwary and Niaz Janwary, were booked at police station Mehar, the native town of Liaquat Ali Jatoi, while two other journalists, Zulfiqar Ali Abbasi […]


=> KARACHI, Jan 3: The Pakistan Federal Union of Jour

KARACHI, Jan 3: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has condemned arrest and registration of cases against journalists in Sindh, since the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto and demanded their immediate release and withdrawal of the cases. The PFUJ said in a statement that in the interior of Sindh some journalists had […]


=> Islamabad: Journalists, students and civil society

Islamabad: Journalists, students and civil society members on Thursday set up a protest camp outside the Islamabad Press Club and rallied to PEMRA office, demanding media freedom. The PPP leader Babar Awan, former minister J. Salik and others made speeches during the rally. Awan said the curbs placed on media by the PEMRA were “unacceptable”. […]


=> HYDERABAD, Feb 3: Sindh Printers, Publishers and B

HYDERABAD, Feb 3: Sindh Printers, Publishers and Book Sellers Association chairman Naseem-us-Sehr has appealed to Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad to appoint a committee to hold an inquiry into the delay in publication of textbooks by the Sindh Textbook Board. In a statement issued here on Sunday, he said that following the assassination of Ms […]


=> KARACHI, Jan 3: As life in the city returns to nor

KARACHI, Jan 3: As life in the city returns to normal after days of violence following the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, the careers of over half a dozen police officers stand in danger of being derailed to varying extents since departmental officials are in the process of finalising charge-sheets against them regarding […]


=> HYDERABAD, Jan 3: Although four SHOs of police sta

HYDERABAD, Jan 3: Although four SHOs of police stations have been suspended for negligence of duty, no action has been taken against any supervising police officer (SPO) in the district after the violence broke out following the assassination of PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto. SHOs of Hussainabad, GOR, Bhittai Nagar and Husri police stations were suspended […]


=> LAHORE, Feb 3: The Human Rights Commission of Paki

LAHORE, Feb 3: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has voiced concern over lack of legislation in public interest, especially the government’s apathy towards the approval of the Senior Citizens Bill pending for the past many years. “The government is not at all serious in the welfare of the people,” HRCP Director I.A. Rehman […]


=> LANDI KOTAL, Feb 3: Two workers of the Internation

LANDI KOTAL, Feb 3: Two workers of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) have gone missing in the Khyber tribal region, according to officials. The Islamabad-based communication officer of the ICRC, Sitara Jabeen, told Dawn on Sunday that the workers who were going to the Torkham checkpoint, near the Afghan border, had disappeared […]


=> LAHORE, Jan 3: The Human Rights Commission of Paki

LAHORE, Jan 3: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has condemned the extension in detention of Supreme Court Bar Association President Aitzaz Ahsan and called for his release. It also called for the release of detained judges, lawyers and civil society activists. Condemning the extension in Ahsan’s detention for another month in a statement […]


=> LAHORE – Lawyers of Lahore Bar Association (LBA) o

LAHORE – Lawyers of Lahore Bar Association (LBA) on Thursday took out a protest rally from Aiwan-e-Adl to Data Darbar to condemn the assassination of former premier Benazir Bhutto, for the restoration of judiciary and against the curbs on media. Hundreds of lawyers joined by activists of civil society organizations and students thronged the Lower […]