GILGIT: Dozens of journalist Thursday protested against attack at the office of a regional Urdu newspaper in Skardu and attack on journalists of a private TV channel in Peshawar. They held placards inscribed with slogans of freedom of media. They marched towards the Chief Minister’s Office from Gilgit Press Club (GPC), and camped outside the […]
LAHORE: The South Asia Media Commission (SAMC) and South Asian Free Media Association (SAFMA) have expressed shock over the treatment meted out to photojournalists in Srinagar on August 19. In a press statement issued on Thursday, the commission and SAFMA stated that it fully shared the concern voiced by the Kashmir Photojournalists Association and demanded […]
SUMMARY Drawing inspiration from Daniel Pearl and Syed Saleem Shahzad — American and Pakistani journalists killed in the line of duty while covering a common war against terror in Pakistan — the Alfred Friendly Press Fellowships (AFPF) and the Pakistani Press Foundation (PPF) will train up to 15 Pakistani reporters in conflict and investigative reporting […]
Summary Urdu Newsletter Aug 26 To Sep 01, 2011 Date 10/26/2011 Download ppf newsletter vol 9 no-34.pdf
JACOBABAD, Aug 26 2005: Three persons, including one woman, were killed on the pretext of karo-kari in the Ali Mohammad Khoso village, in the jurisdiction of Tangwani police station, Kashmore district, on August 24. Source: Dawn Date:8/26/2005
M. Waqar Bhatti Karachi: The Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) Karachi has demanded of the government to immediately arrest and punish the culprits who attacked and manhandled lady doctors at Sobhraj Maternity Hospital (SMH) a few days back, saying until then, no routine work, except emergency services would be carried out at the hospital. The PMA […]
SWABI: Suspected militants blew up a government school for girls in Razaar tehsil of the district here on Thursday, police said. They said that militants planted two explosive devices at Government Primary School Khalil for Girls, located in the densely populated area of tehsil Bazaar. The devices went off at 2:30am, destroying four classrooms and […]
THE small matter of who should run a few women`s crisis centres has created a larger problem that can easily be resolved. Reports say Punjab is reluctant to take charge of the 12 centres that have been devolved to the province under the 18th Amendment. Sources in the Punjab government say the province finds it […]
Aftab Maken ISLAMABAD: Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Thursday informed the National Assembly Standing Committee on Commerce that they have traced out kickbacks along with their receivers in a multibillion rupees NICL land purchase scam and are actively pursuing the front men to deposit all the commission in NICL account. The FIA team also informed […]
KARACHI: The Sindh government has equipped Rangers with special powers to meet the challenge of terrorists, target killers and extortionists and eliminate ‘no-go-areas’ from the city. A notification was issued on Thursday by the home department in the light of decisions taken at a Sindh cabinet meeting earlier this week. Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani […]
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