ISLAMABAD: The process for the auction of 3G cellular licences has begun, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) told the apex court on Tuesday. The PTA Director Technical told a three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry which heard a petition seeking direction for auction of 3G cellular licence, utilization of USF funds, that seven […]
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Tuesday ordered that no foreign or Indian film could be exhibited in Pakistan which is brought into the country in violation of law. The court also directed the Chairman Pakistan Central Censor Board to ensure that department would not issue license to any Indian film bearing fake documents in […]
The federal government, on November 18, issued directives to ban the dissemination of hate material over the social media. This follows the violent incident in Rawalpindi on Ashura Day, when nine persons were killed when marchers forming part of a procession went by a seminary and mosque. As curfew was clamped down in the city, […]
KARACHI: Humair Akhtar Baloch, senior coordinator in Bizpro and working in the page-making section of Dawn, passed away here on Tuesday. He was 38. He is survived by a widow, a six-year-old son, mother, a sister and two brothers. According to his family, he underwent leg surgery at a private hospital and was due to […]
Faisalabad: Faisalabad Union of Journalists (FUJ) on Tuesday took out a rally to mark the International Journalists Day. Participants said most working journalists in Pakistan were deprived of basic facilities like security, life and health insurance and Fair wages. The rally was taken out from City District Government Complex and ended at Katchery Road. Express […]
KARACHI: Chairman of Pakistan Press International and Secretary General of the Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), Owais Aslam Ali said that the perpetrators of violence against journalists and media workers enjoy almost absolute impunity in Pakistan, which is seriously hampering press freedom in the country. This he said while answering to various questions asked by Ifex […]
LAHORE: The journalist community across the country on Tuesday observed “Journalists Martyrs Day” on the call of Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) President Rana Muhammad Azeem and Secretary General Amin Yousaf. The community held seminars, rallies and ceremonies in their cities and districts to pay the rich tributes to all those journalists who were […]
Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), an independent non-governmental institution committed to promoting and defending freedom of expression is concerned over a new law restricting freedom of speech and freedom of the press, enacted by the Hungarian Parliament on 5 November. Quoting the information from Hungarian Civil Liberties Union, PPF Secretary General Owais Aslam Ali in a […]
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Monday observed that reports on corruption continue to come due to the media and had there been no media, the corrupt elements would have sold out and devoured the country. A two-member bench of the apex court, headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, was hearing Intelligence Bureau (IB) Secret […]
RAWALPINDI: Many citizens think that denial of live coverage by the electronic media of Friday’s sectarian mayhem in the city saved the people from the worse. But, no denying, there were efforts to add fuel to the fire. Technology savvy religious zealots took to social networking websites to spread sectarian hatred, especially the Facebook and […]
PESHAWAR: Afghan SIMs with roaming facility in Pakistan – particularly in the tribal areas – pose a serious threat to security not only to the public, but also their representatives. Officials of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Home and Tribal Affairs department on Monday cited a recent example of tracing a number that turned out to be […]
ISLAMABAD: The government has reportedly taken notice of the sectarian and hate literature being circulated on the social media and decided to take action against anyone who propagates sectarianism through social media and mobile phones. However, authorities are yet to receive formal orders from the government. The news first appeared on one state-run radio channel that […]
I remember telling everyone about her as soon as I left her salon, nestled neatly at her Lahore residence. I just couldn’t contain the happiness. To make one look so effortlessly chic and impressively stylish is a task not many can pull off, especially in a market saturated with so many stylists, one is spoilt […]
Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), an independent non-governmental institution committed to promoting and defending freedom of expression is concerned over recent ruling of Kuala Lumpur Appeal Court issued on 1st November, 2013 in case of political cartoonist Zunar . Quoting the information from Reporters Without Borders, PPF Secretary General Owais Aslam Ali in a letter to […]
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