Karachi: Many years ago, Josephine Campbell, a very senior American journalist, sent this scribe an e-mail asking about the significance of the Karachi Press Club because she was intrigued that many news stories originating from the financial hub of Karachi were somehow related with the club. Sadly enough, Campbell, an accomplished journalist who wrote for […]
LARKANA: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) Qambar-Shahdadkot chapter, on Sunday condemned the killing of a woman and her son during a police raid on their house a day earlier, and demanded a high-level inquiry into the incident. In a statement, Murad Pindrani, the district coordinator of the HRCP core group, said that the […]
PESHAWAR: Senator Abdul Nabi Bangash, Senate Standing Committee on Professional and Technical Training Chairman, has said Jang Group is a big and responsible media organisation with a history of services to the nation. He said illegal closure of Geo TV will not be accepted. He said no institution is outside the ambit of law. He […]
ISLAMABAD: The apex court on Saturday issued findings of an inquiry report on the leakage to a private television of footage of a full court reference held at the retirement of former chief justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry. The report reveals that Abdul Hameed, a staff officer of the retired chief justice, disclosed to the apex […]
HYDERABAD: The 40-day-long hunger strike of a young Baloch student, Lateef Johar, is starting to have a ripple effect as his plight is beginning to draw voices of sympathy from rights organisations and civil activists. Braving the bristling summer heat, with temperatures propelling to 44 degrees celsius on Sunday, representatives of various non-governmental organisations pitched […]
KARACHI: Speakers at the seminar, ‘Current Media Crisis and Way Forward’, unanimously agreed that self-regulation and a concrete code of conduct for all TV channels is the need of the hour to overcome the prevalent media crisis. Presided by Javed Jabbar, the Supreme Court Media Commission chairperson and a former federal information minister and senator, […]
KARACHI: The All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) strongly condemned the continued acts of vandalism, harassment and intimidation unleashed against a particular and targeted media house, stated a press release issued on Sunday. The APNS noted with concern that in the wee hours of Sunday morning, some hooligans attacked, abused and brutally tortured Zafar Aheer, Editor […]
ISLAMABAD: In the wake of relentless attacks on the Jang Group journalists and burning of vehicles carrying newspapers, though all and sundry know how hidden hands work and this cannot be done without their backing, a few stooges of the establishment have turned no stone unturned to fan hatred among the general public against the […]
LAHORE: Senior journalists and political leaders here on Sunday condemned the attack on Jang Multan Resident Editor Zafar Aaheer by masked men and the burning of Jang vehicles across the country. Speaking at a seminar, organised at the Lahore Press Club on Sunday, they expressed solidarity with Geo/Jang Group and Hamid Mir and called upon […]
GILGIT: The people of Gilgit-Baltistan have been left high and dry as the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has not allowed launch of 3G and 4G internet facilities in the region. According to the licence description available on the PTA website, mobile companies have been asked not to provide Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir the […]
ISLAMABAD: The authorities have resolved 74 complaints out of total 90 received on SIMs porting without permission of original owner from January to April-2014.Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), a regulator of telecom sector, took necessary action against each complaint, resolved 74 complaints and blocked illegal SIMs with restoration of original SIMs on original network. The action […]
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