* Report says laws authorise govt to curb freedom of speech * Claims govt making threats, derogatory comments against journalists WASHINGTON: Although the already outspoken Pakistani media have grown more diverse, they continue to face a range of pressures and harassment from both the government and other sources, according to the annual state of freedom […]
WASHINGTON, Jan 16: Political freedom is retreating in large parts of the world including Russia, Iran, Pakistan, Venezuela, and China, the independent Freedom House human rights organisation reported on Wednesday. There were reversals in political rights and civil liberties in one-fifth of the world’s countries in 2007, including some politically crucial states like Russia and […]
LAHORE – Punjab Public Library has opened regular membership to various sections of the general public for borrowing of books. Initially, four categories of membership have been offered including life membership, general membership, student and child membership. The library has enacted new ‘membership and book borrowing rules’ which have been approved in the Managing Committee […]
A minor girl died of suffocation allegedly due to negligence of the police during a search operation carried out by the investigation police in which seven persons were arrested in Shah Nawaz Shar Goth, UC-12 within Sachal police station limits. The police said that one suspect was held with stolen arms and the accused was […]
KARACHI, Jan 16: The Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors has condemned the federal government move of stopping government advertisements to ‘Dawn’ and rejected pressure tactics to seek changes in newspapers’ editorial policies. In an emergency session on Tuesday, a standing committee of the CPNE said it was against the use of advertisement as a lever […]
LAHORE, Jan 16: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has jammed around 170,000 cellphone sets since the launch of the International Mobile Equipment Identity System (IMEI) in September 2006. PTA Chairman Maj-Gen Shahzada Alam Malik (retired) told a group of journalists here on Wednesday that the system had been working effectively and benefitting the people. He, however, […]
LAHORE (January 17 2008): The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has said it is carrying out a consultation process to seek proposals and suggestions to revise and evolve the next telecom policy since the current one will be completed in 2008. Authority Chairman Shahzada Alam Malik told reporters that the current policy remained successful, recording a […]
PESHAWAR: International press freedom organisation Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF) fears a new law on cyber crime, revealed on January 7 by the federal government, will pose serious obstacles to “citizen journalism” and calls on Islamabad to clarify the definition of some of its provisions. “This law prevents any blogger from posting photos or video showing […]
PESHAWAR: International press freedom organisation Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF) fears a new law on cyber crime, revealed on January 7 by the federal government, will pose serious obstacles to “citizen journalism” and calls on Islamabad to clarify the definition of some of its provisions. “This law prevents any blogger from posting photos or video showing […]
HYDERABAD, Jan 16: Preliminary inquiry report submitted to the Hyderabad district nazim has exonerated the school teacher, Buland Iqbal, from the charge of corporal punishment and has blamed the student and his family for not disclosing the fact that he was suffering from a ‘chronic illness’ that culminated into tuberculosis. The report, compiled by a […]
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