Asim Yasin ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari Wednesday night announced that PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari would be taking up some political responsibilities in September this year. The president’s announcement came during a meeting with PPP parliamentarians and office bearers from Gujranwala Division here at the Presidency. Briefing journalists, Spokesperson to the President Farhatullah Babar […]
ISLAMABAD: Opposition Leader Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan continued to raise his voice against the closure of the country’s only sports channel, Geo Super, in the National Assembly on Wednesday asking the government why it had made the channel’s restoration an ego-issue. Speaking in the House, Chaudhry Nisar said the issue of closure of Geo Super […]
By Munawer Azeem and Kalbe Ali ISLAMABAD: The premises of the Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited (ZTBL) in the capital witnessed high drama on Wednesday as its zealous security team took on the officials of Employees Old-Age Benefits Institution (EOBI) and journalists. Scuffles, fights and allegations and counter-allegations were the order of the afternoon — at […]
KARACHI: Sarmad Ali, Secretary General, All Pakistan Newspapers Society, has announced that the APNS is holding its Regional Press Convention in Lahore on April 30, 2011. Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani will inaugurate the 1st session of the Convention whereas the 2nd session will be graced by Federal Minister for Information Dr Firdous Ashiq […]
Shakeel Anjum ISLAMABAD: Deputy Commissioner (DC) Islamabad Amer Ahmed Ali has ordered a judicial inquiry into the torture of journalists by police and security personnel of Zarai Taraqqiati Bank Limited (ZTBL), saying the inquiry would be completed in 48 hours. The unfortunate incident occurred in the premises of ZTBL when the security staff and other […]
By Masood Haider UNITED NATIONS: The Pakistan Mission to the UN held – virtually in camera – an exhibition of photographs celebrating 50 years of Pakistan’s participation in UN peacekeeping operations at which Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was the chief guest. Neither foreign nor Pakistani journalists were invited to the event which, public relations experts believe […]
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdaus Ashiq Awan on Wednesday, while condemning the tragic incident in Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited (ZTBL) building where journalists were beaten up and taken hostage by the bank’s security staff, said that all involved in this barbaric act would be taken to task. Talking to media, following the […]
By Masroor Afzal Pasha KARACHI: The Sindh Culture Department will disburse Rs 13.320 million to 493 artists, writers and poets as a monthly stipend for the year 2010-11. This was decided at a meeting of the stipend committee held under the chairmanship of Secretary Culture Department Abdul Aziz Uqaili at his office here on Wednesday. […]
HE Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation is facing an unprecedented financial crunch. The worst sufferers are its retired employees who are yet to receive their pensions and arrears according to the pay enhancement announced in the budget. Would Information Minister, Firdous Ashiq Awan look into the matter personally and get the needful done without any further delay? […]
Tahir Khalil ISLAMABAD: Several facts have been ignored in the report pertaining to the ban on Geo Super and Aag television channels presented to the National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting on Wednesday. It has been stated in the report that when Geo Super would restore its transmission/programme from Dubai, the Pakistan Electronic […]
KARACHI: Leading social worker Dr Abdul Sattar Edhi, while issuing a general licence to the lone sports channel of the country, Geo Super and youth channel, Aag, has demanded that the government restore these channels immediately. While signing the document of general licence for these television channels in his office, Edhi told The News that […]
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) on Wednesday rejected the claim of a media group that PEMRA rules were intentionally amended to harm its interests. In a statement, PEMRA termed the news item as “baseless and blatant distortion of the facts”. The PEMRA statement said that in reality, the Independent Music Group (IMG) […]
ISLAMABAD: Another lie of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority has been caught as legal experts belie the Authority’s claim that security clearance is a condition for issuance of licence to a television channel. On Wednesday Pemra, the government sponsored regulator of broadcasting, issued a press release stating that the allegation that “it is acting […]
ISLAMABAD: President Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited (ZTBL) Muhammad Zaka Ashraf has strongly condemned the sad incident of torture and detention of some journalist by officials of ZTBL on Wednesday. Zaka Ashraf, who has been in Karachi since yesterday evening for a meeting with the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), hsaid he has always considered journalists […]
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