KARACHI(PPI) – Reporters sans Frontiers RSF (Reporters without Borders), the Paris-based international organisation of journalists, hailed the lifting of a government ban on cable TV distribution of the privately owned TV channel Geo News but deplored the fact that President Pervez Musharraf made it conditional on the suppression of some its programmes. “Geo News has […]
PRESIDENT Musharraf’s remarks in Brussels about the West’s ‘obsession’ with democracy were not the first time that he uttered such sentiments in public. However, they serve as a disturbing reminder that even after almost a year of traumatic events in the country, he has made no attempt to recognise an age-old cure for the many […]
All over the country (and the world), the print media is strongly condemning the assassination of the Chairperson of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and former premier, Benazir Bhutto. They are also lashing out at the rulers for the so-called flour, gas and power crisis and the unjustified hike in the prices of everyday commodities. […]
ISLAMABAD: The notification of Election Commission of January 2, 2008, postponing the general elections scheduled for January 8 was challenged on Tuesday in the Supreme Court, praying for declaring the notification as without lawful authority. Muhammad Saad Shibli, Vice-President Lahore High Court Bar, Bahawalpur has filed a constitutional petition in the Supreme Court under article […]
LAHORE, Jan 22: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has called upon the NWFP government to desist from carrying out its ‘ill-conceived’ plans of changing the justice system in Provincially Administered Tribal Areas (Pata) of Swat, Dir and Chitral in the interest of people. In a statement, HRCP Secretary-General Iqbal Haider expressed concern over […]
ATTOCK, Jan 22: District police will chalk out a security plan to provide protection to the observers of European Union (EU) during their visits to the district to monitor the election- related activities before and during the polls. The decision was taken in a meeting of officials of the district administration with a two-member EU […]
KARACHI: Usman Ganny runs a small school in Gulistan-e-Jauhar but ensures that the school website is instantly updated on happenings around school. “It is no use having a school website if it isn’t updated regularly. The Internet is a facility that must be availed by the masses to acquire minute-to-minute details,” he said. Another school […]
ISLAMABAD, Jan 22: The Senate standing committee on culture has expressed its surprise and dismay over the open violation of a ban on exhibition of Indian films in Pakistan enforced since 1965 war. The committee, which met with Senator Zafar Iqbal Chaudhry in the chair, noted that cable operators were flouting the ban with immunity […]
KARACHI(PPI) – Reporters sans Frontiers RSF (Reporters without Borders), the Paris-based international organisation of journalists, hailed the lifting of a government ban on cable TV distribution of the privately owned TV channel Geo News but deplored the fact that President Pervez Musharraf made it conditional on the suppression of some its programmes. “Geo News has […]
The Karachi University Journalism Alumni Association (KUJAA) on Tuesday warmly welcomed restoration of the transmission of Geo News on local cable television networks. In a press statement issued on Tuesday, the KUJAA officeÂbearers expressed hope that after restoration of the transmission over the local network, Geo TV’s news team would continue to work with a […]
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Human Rights Ansar Burney, while taking a serious notice of trafficking of teenage girls abroad under the facade of cultural delegations, has sought a detailed report from all the provincial governments, including the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA). The minister was informed that well-organised promoter groups were involved in the smuggling of […]
KARACHI (January 23 2008): A gang of armed dacoits barged into the house of a local journalist and looted gold ornaments, cash and other valuables in the jurisdiction of Korangi police station here on Tuesday night. According to details, some armed men entered the house of journalist Rana Nawaz situated at Zaman Town, Korangi and […]
SAHIWAL, Jan 22: Marriage of choice has made the life of an educated couple a hell on earth as their families, having different social backgrounds and financial status, have failed to accept each other. The woman’s family has even made her contract second marriage to let her “lead a life of luxury and all money […]
A woman’s honour is more sacred than a martyr’s blood, says a Kashmiri woman activist in a documentary, “There was a Queen.” The film directed by Kavita Pai and Hansa Thapliyal, shown at The Second Floor on Tuesday, depicted the phenomenon of disappearances and “invisible” sufferings of the women in held Kashmir, a Valley, which […]
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