KARACHI: The participants in a rally taken out against an anti-Islam film made in the United States have demanded that the government take steps at diplomatic level for legislation of an international law against blasphemy. The participants in the rally organised by the Jamaat-i-Islami Karachi chapter on Sunday, condemned the US for the sacrilegious film […]
A cameraman for a television channel was killed and three journalists were injured on October 7, 2012 in an attack on a political party gathering in Khairpur district of Pakistan’s southern Sindh province. Mushtaque Khand, cameraman for “Dharti TV” news channel was killed while Mukhtiyar Phulpoto, correspondent for Daily “Awami Awaaz”, Faheem Mangi, correspondent for […]
LAHORE: Revenue Staff Association District Collector (RSADC) on Saturday staged a protest demonstration against the anti-Islamic movie. Riaz Hussain Zahid, RSADC president, condemned the blasphemous film and said its director and others who helped him in its making should be hanged till death. The participants said that they would have to work collectively to stop […]
By: JAWAYRIA MALIK ADDING to the tensions between the neighbouring nations, Afghanistan has banned all Pakistani newspapers in the country to block the Taliban ‘propaganda’ from influencing public opinion. Such moves are not only bound to further strain the already problematic bilateral equation, but also exemplify the sentiments of the US-backed Afghan government. On the […]
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Friday submitted a resolution in the Senate to condemn the anti-Islam movie. The resolution moved by Senator Ishaq Dar, leader of the opposition in the Upper House, read the Senate of Pakistan condemned in strongest terms the airing of the movie which seemed to be a vilification campaign […]
By: EHSAN MEHMOOD KHAN AFGHAN spokesperson Sayed Ihsanuddin Taheri recently said: “The government has decided to ban all Pakistani newspapers in Afghanistan.” He added that newspapers had been banned because “in recent months Pakistani newspapers have started an anti-Afghan government campaign, especially in eastern provinces”. He also said: “The newspapers print Taliban propaganda, question the […]
By: MOHAMMAD AAMIR KHAN I AM shocked to the limits by the unprecedented aloofness of the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority. Is it in their knowledge that how many useful websites stand blocked on the PTCL broadband network? A small reference could be Google translation. I would like to ask when our society would stop being so […]
By: Munawer Azeem ISLAMABAD: Activists of the infamous and banned Sipah-i-Sahaba (SSP) organisation held an unlawful rally under the banner of Ahli-Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ) at Aabpara on Friday, under the nose of the ISI and unchallenged by the police. A successor to SSP, the ASWJ too was banned but its top leaders, Maulana Mohammad […]
Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) has finalised arrangements for its much-awaited rally against the anti-Islam film in the metropolis which will now take place on Sunday, October 7, JI spokesman said on Thursday. The JI had postponed its ‘Namoos e Mustafa’ march against the sacrilegious movie earlier for some reasons. The march will now be staged on main […]
LAHORE: South Asian Free Media Association (SAFMA) and South Asia Media Commission (SAMC) have condemned the killing of a television reporter in Balochistan and called for an investigation into the murder. Police said Abdul Haq, who worked for a private TV channel, was shot while driving home around 100 yards from the local press club […]
LAHORE: An All Parties Conference (APC) of religious parties demanded the Muslim rulers call an Islamic summit to register an effective protest against the US blasphemous movie. It also demanded moving a resolution in the UN for a global law for respect of religions, besides holding a trial of the makers, promoters and distributors of […]
Despite the obvious risks it carries, journalism had not been associated with death in Pakistan. All this changed in 2002 – since then some 80 journalists have been killed, most of them in the ‘war zones’ that have crept up across the country. Others have been gunned down in cities. In 2011, Pakistan was among […]
By: DR ALFRED CHARLES THE government should lift the ban on YouTube because many people are suffering from the closure of this website, especially students who use it to compete assignments. It would be better to educate people that because of the offensive nature of the material, they should not access it. The government should […]
By: Asghar Ali Engineer RECENTLY, disturbances erupted throughout the Muslim world against the film Innocence of Muslims which was deliberately made to hurt the religious feelings of Muslims. US President Obama refused to ban it or take any action against its makers citing the American law on freedom of expression. Obama said that as long […]
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