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Daily Archives: November 8, 2010

Institutions including media overstepped: Safma

ISLAMABAD: The South Asian Free Media Association (Safma) has resolved to safeguard the democratic and constitutional setup, including freedom of expression and an independent judiciary. This was decided at a two-day conference of Safma here on Sunday at local hotel. Media persons from across the country at Safma conference resolved respecting the will of the […]


President urges media to shun ‘negativity’

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari Sunday urged media to stop selling negativity as a commodity and play its part in making Pakistan a strong and prosperous nation. Addressing the 4th national conference of South Asian Free Media Association (SAFMA) here at Aiwan-e-Sadar, he said Pakistan People’s Party decided to stay away from a media group […]


Pashtoon Free Media

Journalists in K-P want equal opportunities in the job market and demand that preferential treatment while hiring journalists ends PESHAWAR: The media conditions in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) were once not as bad they are today. Regimes came and went but the only thing that went unnoticed and remained a cause of unrest and dissatisfaction among journalists […]


CM orders withdrawal of cases against ulema

* Shahbaz meets with mashaikh, lauds them for ‘upholding truth’ under Musharraf’s rule LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Sunday instructed the provincial administration to check provocative wall chalking and withdraw all cases registered in former president Gen (r) Pervaiz Musharraf era for protesting against blasphemy. He made these comments while addressing a gathering […]


Film festival, drum rolls and a casual lunch

The diplomatic community kept the ball rolling with cultural events and activities this past week. ISLAMABAD: The diplomatic community, which has recently been stepping up with cultural events, kept the ball rolling with activities this past week. The week began with a signing ceremony between US Embassy and the ministry of culture at Pakistan National […]


Safma declaration one-sided: journalists

ISLAMABAD: Many journalists who attended a two-day summit of South Asia Free Media Association (Safma) and those who did not attend it were surprised that Safma issued a declaration Sunday that is totally one-sided. They said partiality is so obvious in the Safma declaration that it is unlikely to serve any purpose. Several among those […]


Sindhi author stages demo at LPC

LARKANA: A prominent writer and intellectual staged demo outside the Larkana Press Club (LPC) here on Sunday demanding that the book he has written should be published. Poverty stricken writer Ghulam Raza Memon told media men that he had written a book titled ‘Sooli Chanrhio Saach’ in Sindhi. It took him three years to complete […]