LAHORE: Lahore High Court Chief Justice (CJ), while expressing dissatisfaction on a police report, directed SSP Operations to hold fresh inquiry into an alleged incident of raping of a handicapped married woman by a constable, here on Monday. The CJ had taken suo motu notice of the incident and summoned SSP operations and the SP […]
By: Jam Sajjad Hussain LAHORE – The crime graph of heinous nature has shot up across the Punjab province as 15,5829 crimes of heinous nature were reported during the first eight months of 2010 while 12,4328 incidents took place in the corresponding period last year. The crimes include murder, kidnapping for ransom, dacoity-cum-murder, dacoity, robbery, […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) has ardently undertaken a series of crack down since September 9 onwards against cable operators relaying channels that are not in consonance with PEMRA laws. The crackdown operation by PEMRA enforcement teams continued as it raided around 270 more head-ends and seized/confiscated systems of around 73 cable operators […]
ISLAMABAD: UK media practitioner and human rights activist Karen Brown is visiting flood affected areas in Pakistan from September 20 to 27, says a press release issued here on Monday. Vice chair of the international Board of UK Charity ActionAid, Ms Karen Brown has been proactive in fundraising and mobilizing international media and donor support […]
ISLAMABAD: Media persons on Monday boycotted the first day of the proceedings of the National Assembly to record their protest against the killing of journalists, torture and humiliation of The News senior reporter Umar Cheema and non-implementation of government promises regarding protection of journalists and formation of the Journalist Victim Fund. The journalists unanimously decided […]
By Ahmad Noorani ISLAMABAD: The country’s premier civilian intelligence agency, Intelligence Bureau (IB) on Monday declared on oath that it was not involved in the kidnapping and torture of The News journalist Umar Cheema. IB Chief Javed Noor told the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the National Assembly that the IB was not involved in […]
ISLAMABAD: The journalist community of the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi on Monday staged protest in front of the Parliament House against killing of three journalists and torture on senior journalist Umar Cheema following his abduction. The protest rally was organised by Rawalpindi-Islamabad Union of Journalists (RIUJ) in which journalists expressed their deep concern […]
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has condemned the virtual ban imposed by the Indian government on publication of Kashmir-based newspapers and other media institutions and declared that the media community would not allow any type of restrictions on the media and raise the issue before all the forums. As per details, the […]
QUETTA: The federal government has finally shelved plans to establish two universities in remote areas of Balochistan. According to credible sources, the Planning Commission of Pakistan had dropped both the projects from the Public Sector Development Programme (2010-2011). The authorities claimed financial crunch, while the decision to drop the project was taken at a meeting […]
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