Most senior journalists that The News spoke to on Monday endorsed a recent report prepared by a Fench organization, Reporters Sans Frontiers (RSF, or Reporters Without Borders), and opposed the promulgation of the two ordinances through which the media (electronic media in particular) was gagged by the regime. They said that the ban imposed on […]
Fair and free elections will not be possible in Pakistan next month without a free media, which does not exist because of continuing media restrictions imposed by President Pervez Musharraf, say Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) and other IFEX members. “Despite claims to the contrary by the government, the Pakistani media continues to work under severe […]
The bomb that killed 11 people when it went off Monday evening in Bilal Chowrangi (near the Landhi Industrial Area) was pre-planted and had been attached to a motorbike, eyewitnesses (including those who had been injured in the blast) told The News. Most of the victims were pushcart owners who had been standing nearby. Panic […]
ISLAMABAD, Jan 14: The Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) has decided to limit its boycott of superior courts to one hour a day and a complete boycott on Thursdays, keeping in view the hardship being faced by litigants. A PBC resolution released here on Monday said that the climb down had been made in the interest […]
PESHAWAR, Jan 14: With most of the lawyers here criticising the decision of the Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) to relax the boycott of the superior courts, the NWFP Bar Council has convened a crucial meeting of all the bar associations in the province on Tuesday to decide the future course of action. “Our vice chairman […]
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has strongly condemned the maltreatment of female demonstrators [outside Justice (Retd) Rana Bhagwandas’ house on Sunday] by male policemen. The demonstrators had gathered outside Justice (Retd) Bhagwandas on Sunday evening to hold a candlelight vigil and protest against his undeclared house-arrest. While they were leaving, policemen (uniformed and […]
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has strongly condemned the maltreatment of female demonstrators [outside Justice (Retd) Rana Bhagwandas’ house on Sunday] by male policemen. The demonstrators had gathered outside Justice (Retd) Bhagwandas on Sunday evening to hold a candlelight vigil and protest against his undeclared house-arrest. While they were leaving, policemen (uniformed and […]
KARACHI, Jan 14: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has criticised the police action against members of civil society who were expressing solidarity on Sunday with the deposed judge of the Supreme Court, Justice Rana Bhagwandas, who is under house arrest. The HRCP demanded that all the fabricated cases against the civil society members be […]
KARACHI (APP) – Violence (homicide, suicide, and trauma) is a leading cause of death for children, adolescents and young adults, more prevalent than disease, cancer or congenital disorders. An Agha Khan University Hospital’s press release issued here Monday said Consultant Psychiatrist Dr Ehsan Ullah Syed discussing aspects of violence in Pakistani society at its Signs, […]
HYDERABAD, Jan 14: Journalists staged a demonstration in Tandojam on Monday to protest against the arrest of a local correspondent and registration of a criminal case against president of press club in Shaikh Bhirkio Agha Janib. Ramzan Brohi, a journalist based in the Husri town, was arrested again soon after he was released on bail. […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Intellectual Forum (PIF) on Monday fully endorsed the recommendation of the Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) to name Murree Road, Rawalpindi, after late Benazir Bhutto and build Shaheed Minar at the assassination site at Liaquat Bagh. Writers and intellectuals from all the four provinces, Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Kashmir in a literary dialogue […]
KARACHI (January 15 2008): The All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) has announced that all member publications will observe one closed holiday on Sunday (January 20), on account of Ashura. Consequently, there will be no morningers on Monday (January 21), whereas the evening newspaper will not appear on Sunday (January 20). Source: Business Recorder Date:1/15/2008
PESHAWAR, Jan 14: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Monday dismissed a bail petition of a Bulgarian woman and her Pakistani husband, seeking their release. The couple has been charged with drug trafficking. Due to boycott of lawyers, the counsel of the woman, Veselina Gedrgieva Mircheva, 35, did not appear before the court and in […]
SUKKUR: President and other office bearers of the Sukkur Chamber of Commerce and Industry, strongly criticising the PTCL for fixing the local rates at Rs 4.89 during 4:00 pm to 08:00 am, have demanded immediate withdrawal of the package. In a press release issued in Sukkur on Monday, chamber president Shakeel Ahmed Mukhtiar, former president […]
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