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Daily Archives: September 17, 2010

Cable operators showing illegal channels to lose licence

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on Thursday launched a countrywide crackdown on cable operators showing illegal satellite channels. Although no violations were reported from the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad, Pemra enforcement teams launched operation against 70 cable TV networks across Punjab, Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Equipment and gadgets of 50 cable […]


Post-9/11 Pakistan: 63 journalists killed

by Shamsul Islam Naz 600 journalists have been sacked from Dawn News, Geo English, ARY, Dunya, Royal, Indus, Channel 5, News One, Punjab TV, Samaa, Rohi, ATV as well as Daily Aaj Kal, Daily Jang, Daily Khabrain and Daily Al-Sharq, Daily Jinnah, Daily Times, Daily Business Today and The Post The Pakistani journalists are forced […]


Taliban claim responsibility Journalist’s killing

HANGU: Five policemen and five personnel of the Levies Force were suspended here Thursday for negligence on the day of the assassination of Misri Khan, a journalist who was shot dead four days ago outside the offices of the district administration. The journalist was shot dead in the most well-guarded and sensitive part of Hangu […]


Urdu Newsletter Sep 17 To Sep 24, 2010

Summary Urdu Newsletter Sep 17 To Sep 24, 2010 Date 9/17/2010 Download ppf newsletter vol 8 no-37.pdf


Seminar on culture of democracy in Pakistan held

FAISALABAD: Association of Women for Awareness and Motivation (AWAM) has demanded that the government must make flood relief operation transparent in order to restore the trust of Pakistanis and international community on the government of Pakistan. Addressing a seminar in connection with International day of democracy titled “Culture of Democracy in Pakistan: Prospects and Challenges”, […]


Post-9/11 Pakistan: 63 journalists killed

by Shamsul Islam Naz 600 journalists have been sacked from Dawn News, Geo English, ARY, Dunya, Royal, Indus, Channel 5, News One, Punjab TV, Samaa, Rohi, ATV as well as Daily Aaj Kal, Daily Jang, Daily Khabrain and Daily Al-Sharq, Daily Jinnah, Daily Times, Daily Business Today and The Post The Pakistani journalists are forced […]


PML-N members walk out of NA panel meeting

ISLAMABAD: The opposition members belonging to Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) on Thursday staged a walkout from the meeting of a National Assembly standing committee after it failed to take up the much-delayed accountability law due to the absence of members from treasury benches, including Law Minister Babar Awan. Talking to a group of reporters at […]


Seventy-one public varsities’ VCs threaten to resign

By Khawar Ghumman ISLAMABAD: The vice-chancellors of 71 public sector universities have threatened to resign en bloc against the government’s refusal to provide fund for higher education. Federal Minister for Finance Abdul Hafeez Sheikh on Thursday refused to provide funds to the cash-strapped Higher Education Commission. Instead, he asked it to generate its own resources. […]


NGO prepares to help pregnant women in flood-hit areas

ISLAMABAD: Lives of more than one million pregnant women are at stake due to unhygienic conditions in the flood areas across the country, an official from Pakistan Islamic Medical Association (PIMA) said at a press briefing on Thursday. General Secretary PIMA Dr Mumtaz Hussain said floods were a huge challenge and needed immediate attention. A […]


Child rapist sentenced to 10 years in prison

By Ishaq Tanoli KARACHI: A sessions court on Thursday sentenced a man to ten years in prison in a case pertaining to rape of a six-year-old girl. The court found Afzal Ahmed guilty of subjecting the minor girl to sexual assault within the remit of the Baloch Colony police station in January 2009. The additional […]