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Monthly Archives: June 2014

APNS condemns attack on Jang editor in Multan

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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 […]


Hidden hands continue to target Geo, Jang Group

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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 […]


Democracy can’t be ‘chopped up like vegetables’: Saad

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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 […]


GB people demand 3G, 4G internet facility

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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 […]


74 complaints on illegal SIM porting addressed in 4 months

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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 […]


SC likely to take up TV programme case tomorrow

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ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Tassaduq Hussain Jillani on Saturday constituted a three-member bench to hear the matter of an allegedly contemptuous programme aired by ARY News. The bench, consisting of Justice Ejaz Afzal, Justice Ejaz Ahmed Chaudhry and Justice Musheer Alam, is expected to take up the matter on Monday. Justice Jawwad […]


Masked men attack Jang’s resident editor in Multan

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MULTAN: Unknown arms-wielding masked men attacked the Resident Editor of the daily Jang Zafar Aheer and left him injured near Western Ford Colony in Multan on early Saturday, Geo News reported. Zafar Aheer was attacked when he was moving back home after performing his job. He told Geo News that the attackers stopped his car […]


Bilawal asks CM to set up committee for minority issues

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Karachi: The patron-in-chief of the Pakistan People’s Party, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, has asked the Sindh chief minister to set up a committee, comprising representatives of all minority communities, under his leadership for addressing their grievances. Besides representatives of minority communities in the committee, Bilawal has suggested the inclusion of the provincial police chief, representatives of […]


PPP would never favour shutting down any TV channel: Sharjeel

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KARACHI: Sindh Information and Local Government Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon has said that the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) was not in favour of shutting down transmission of any particular private television channel because his party believed in freedom of press. Addressing a press conference here on Saturday, he said private media has to embark upon […]


Media mess — II

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It became a hay day for unethical functionaries of television channels. Very likely, large amounts of money exchanged hands. It became a free for all. Television power could do anything. It could intimidate the civil machinery, politicians, businessmen and all such groups. Money could be extracted in every way. Plots were allotted to many. Sometimes […]


Government put on notice in missing journalist’s case

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Karachi: The Sindh High Court took notice on Saturday of a journalist’s disappearance and issued notices to the interior secretary, the home secretary and federal and provincial law officers to file comments on his whereabouts. Sania Faizullah, wife of Karachi-based journalist Faizullah Khan, had filed an application with the court about her husband who had […]


Radio Pakistan shuts regional languages transmission

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ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation (PBC) has removed all permanent staff from its news and current affairs channel and detached the transmissions of four provinces from its main hook-up. Sources in the PBC (Radio Pakistan) told Dawn that during the last a few months, the management had transferred over a couple of dozen permanent staff […]