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Monthly Archives: June 2011

Journalist’s murder: CPNE expresses resentment

KARACHI. The president of Council for Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) Khushnud Ali Khan and Secretary-General Amir Mehmood have expressed resentment over the mysterious murder of Hong Kong-based Asia Times Online correspondent Syed Saleem Shahzad and have demanded a speedy completion of investigations into and action against the persons and organisations responsible. In their statement, the […]


Haqqani, Farahnaz condole tragic death of journalist

WASHINGTON: Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States Hussain Haqqani and Member National Assembly Farahnaz Ispahani have condoled the tragic death of journalist Saleem Shehzad. They urged an immediate investigation into kidnapping and murder of the journalist, who went missing in Islamabad while on his way to a TV station on Sunday and was found dead […]


MQM chief asks media owners to pay salaries to employees

* Altaf Hussain says if salaries are not paid in one month MQM will demonstrate in front of media organisations along with representative associations of journalists KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain has asked the owners of newspapers and television channels to give salaries to their employees within one month. “If the salaries […]


Secret US cables accessed by Dawn through WikiLeaks: Managing perceptions and the media

By Hasan Zaidi KARACHI: It is a testament to the new-found influence of the media as well as the American and Pakistani establishments’ concerns about its power to shape public opinion that a number of US secret diplomatic cables, accessed by Dawn through WikiLeaks, refer to efforts to “manage perceptions.” Much has already been revealed […]