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Daily Archives: June 3, 2011

APNS president rejects ISI charge

KARACHI: The President of All Pakistan Newspapers Society, Mr Hameed Haroon, has criticised Inter Services Intelligence charge that allegations levelled by the Human Rights Watch about the agency`s involvement in the murder of journalist Saleem Shahzad were `baseless`. In a statement issued on Thursday, the APNS president said: “It has come to my notice that […]


US media eulogises Shahzad’s courage

NEW YORK – US newspapers Thursday regretted the abduction and killing of Pakistani journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad while underscoring the need for investigation in an effort to bring the culprits to justice. In an editorial, The New York Times said Shahzad knew he was a marked man, and paid tributes to Shahzad’s courage in covering […]


PFUJ announces countrywide protest today

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) on Thursday announced country wide demonstration on June 3 and rallies to protest against killing of Syed Saleem Shahzad. PFUJ will also observe two days mourn over killing of Shahzad. The PFUJ directed all its affiliated Union of Journalists to observe two days mourn over the killing […]


Journalists condemn Shahzad’s assassination

KARACHI: Journalists on Thursday staged a protest demonstration against the cold-blooded murder of a renowned journalist, Saleem Shahzad and demanded of the government to arrest the killers without further delay. Dozens of members of the journalist fraternity took part in the protest outside Karachi Press Club, raising anti-government slogans and urged government to arrest the […]


Slain journalist shared threat to his person

KARACHI: The president of the nationwide newspapers’ body, the All Pakistan Newspapers Society, has strongly reacted to the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) charges that the Human Rights Watch (HRW) allegations about the intelligence agency’s involvement in the murder of Pakistani journalist Salim Shahzad were “baseless”. The rejection came in a press release issued by Hameed Haroon, […]


Journalists mark Day of Mourning

ISLAMABAD: The journalist community and it’s representative organisations Thursday marked Youm-e-Sog (day of mourning) across the country to denounce the kidnap and murder of journalist Saleem Shahzad. Friday (today) would be marked as black day. In Lahore, Karachi, Quetta, Rawalpindi, Islamabad, Peshawar and other cities, journalists gathere at their press clubs and demanded end to […]