KARACHI: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has made extraordinary efforts to curb illegal issuance of SIMs and to ensure authentic antecedents of mobile subscribers by implementation of one of its kind “Online Verification of Mobile Subscribers’ Antecedents through Nadra’s Database-789” in February 2009. After having successfully implemented the system for mobile operators, PTA has extended its […]
By Amjad Mahmood LAHORE: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has held the National Database Registration Authority (Nadra) responsible for all the wrongdoings in the distribution of financial aid to flood victims. The PML-N, which held a meeting at the Chief MinisterÂ’s secretariat under the chairmanship of party chief Nawaz Sharif here on Wednesday, warned of […]
Misri Khan Orakzai, a senior journalist, president of the Hangu Union of Journalist (HUJ) and reporter for a number of newspapers, was shot dead by three unidentified men in the early morning hours of September 14, 2010. The shooting took place in front of the press club in the town of Hangu, in the militancy […]
LAHORE: Whether it’s because of the demands of fans of Indian soap serials or the business minded cable operators, Indian entertainment channels are back on air in Pakistan despite the ban imposed on them by the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority on the orders of the Supreme Court of Pakistan (SC). Indian TV channels including […]
ISLAMABAD: Commenting on a news item appearing in daily The News dated 15th September, the spokesman of the state-run TV has stated that due to the tireless efforts of management and staff and the overwhelming response by the public, around Rs240 million has materialised so far in both cash and kind out of the pledges […]
LAHORE: Pakistan should declare a clear policy regarding Kashmir besides announcing open and complete support for the ongoing independence movement in Kashmir. This was the consensus of the discussion on freedom movement in Kashmir by the Jang Forum here on Wednesday. The discussion was hosted by noted anchor of Geo Television Iftikhar Ahmed while the […]
Sir: In the present circumstances, journalists are risking their lives to report news and events. So far, many TV reporters and cameraman as well as newspaper reporters have been killed in Pakistan. While the government provides pension and privileges to the families of government officials if they die in the line of duty, the media […]
LAHORE: The South Asia Media Commission (SAMC) and South Asian Free Media Association (SAFMA) on Wednesday expressed shock at the murder of a Hangu-based senior journalist and called for a probe. Haji Misri Khan Orakzai was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in front of the press club in the Hangu Bazaar early on Tuesday. A […]
ISLAMABAD: Commenting on a news item appearing in daily The News dated 15th September, the spokesman of the state-run TV has stated that due to the tireless efforts of management and staff and the overwhelming response by the public, around Rs240 million has materialised so far in both cash and kind out of the pledges […]
By Zaheer Mahmood Siddiqui LAHORE: The Ministry of Railways has decided to deny access to information right to the press in the name of government rules. A circular distributed in the Railways Headquarters recently warned all employees of serious action in case anyone of them is found involved in passing on any information to the […]
MIRPURKHAS: Civil judge and judicial magistrate of taluka Digri on Wednesday remanded the accused Sadiq Manganhar in judicial custody for 14 days. He was arrested for chopping off nose of his wife with a sharp blade. The accused, a resident of Tando Jan Mohammad, had cut nose of his wife Gulnaz, 20, with a blade […]
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