KARACHI: Sindh Inter-provincial Coordination and Antiques Minister Makhdoon Jameel-uz-Zaman has asked media and civil society to play their due role to raise awareness about public issues. In a statement issued in connection with the World Press Freedom Day, he emphasised upon the significant role of media in ensuring dissemination of correct information about the government’s […]
Babar Ayaz In Pakistan, affirmative action is needed to defend freedom of expression, of which freedom of the media is just a part. It is about time we struggle for it without any ‘ifs’ and ‘buts’ as freedom has no boundaries. “If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and one, and only one […]
SLAMABAD: Pemra chairman Mushtaq Malik on Monday confirmed that he had proceeded on further leave but strongly denied that he had visited the presidency and any pressure had been exerted on him to leave the country. In a denial issued by Mushtaq Malik, he said: “Apropos, news items published in The News and the daily […]
I WOULD like to highlight the misuse of cellphones and menace of fraud through text messages which is on the rise. The government has recently announced rules for issuance of SIMs and IMEI numbers of cellphones. The very next morning people received messages saying: “Dear customer, sim agar aap kay nam hai to confirm ke […]
By Amir Wasim ISLAMABAD: PPP stalwart Senator Raza Rabbani resigned on Monday as federal minister for inter-provincial coordination in protest against his party leadership’s decision to make PML-Q a partner in the government, a source in the ruling party told Dawn. The source said that Mr Rabbani had handed over his resignation directly to President […]
ISLAMABAD: The Upper House of parliament on Monday unanimously passed the Industrial Development Bank of Pakistan (Reorganisation and Conversion) bill, 2010 and State Bank of Pakistan (Amendment) bill, 2010. Leader of the House Syed Nayyar Hussain Bukhari moved the bill to provide for reorganisation and conversion of the Industrial Development Bank of Pakistan into a […]
LAHORE: A writ petition has been moved in the Lahore High Court, seeking directions for the federal government not to hand over the body of Osama Bin Laden to the US authorities. Barrister Javed Iqbal Jaffrey filed the petition on Monday and also challenged the US operation on the Pakistani territory. He said the operation […]
By Farhan Zaheer Qubee chief calls the service ‘different, difficult and dynamic’. KARACHI: Broadband companies cannot afford the price wars that have taken place between cellular companies, as they would affect quality of service, according to Qubee Pakistan Chief Executive Mubashir Naqvi. In an interview with The Express Tribune, Naqvi said the broadband internet market […]
SOHAIL SARFRAZ ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has frozen the bank account of a leading telecom company on account of non-payment of sales tax and Federal Excise Duty (FED) to the tune of billions of rupees. It has been learnt here on Monday that the action was taken by the Large Taxpayer Unit […]
QUETTA: Journalists boycotted the proceedings of the Balochistan Assembly on Monday to protest against the incident of target killing in Turbat in which two journalists were shot and injured. The protesting journalists walked out from the Press Gallery and staged a demonstration in front of the assembly building. They raised slogans against the government for […]
KARACHI: Executive Committee of the Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) Karachi has appealed to the media, both print and electronic, to ascertain facts before filing any report or airing any programme. In a joint statement on Monday the executive members of PMA Karachi Chapter said that they strongly support freedom of the press, however, it has […]
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