Raja Munir, Abbottabad based reporter of Urdu daily “Nawa-i-Waqt”, received bullet injury in his right arm when three unidentified armed persons opened fire on him Saturday, June 19, 2010 in the city Abbottabad in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan . Local journalists suspect the attack was in retaliation for a news item filed by him […]
By Imran Ali Teepu ISLAMABAD: Without any prior official communication, a sub-committee of the Senate Standing Committee on Information Technology on Tuesday barred media personnel from covering its proceedings. Reporters gathered outside the committee room, where PPP Senator Maula Bakhsh Chandio was presiding over a meeting of the panel investigating the alleged illegal appointments made […]
NAWABSHAH: Excise Inspector Mohammad Hassan Zardari, Manthar Zardari and three unidentified persons attacked and injured PPI Nawabshah Reporter Ismail Domki. A car carrying Excise Inspector Mohammad Hassan Zardari, Manthar Zardari and some unidentified men hit and injured a boy in the city. As PPI Reporter protested against the men riding in the car, they beat […]
Munir Noor, Khuzdar reporter of Samaa TV and Daily Messenger, Karachi was detained and manhandled by paramilitary Frontier Corps (FC) personnel in Khuzdar,Balochistan, on Sunday, June 13, 2010 as he tried to cover the funeral of two students shot dead by armed attackers on Saturday June 12. Noor told PPF that while he was going […]
Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) personnel forcibly entered a radio station on Wednesday, June 9, 2010 and seized and took away the broadcasting equipment, for non-payment of annual broadcast licence fee. The action by Pakistan’s authority that regulates the broadcasting media effectively shut down the radio FM 98 “Jeevay Pakistan” in the town of […]
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on Friday took action against 14 cable TV operators for illegally running channels, including CDs’ channels. “Pemra, being determined not to let any unwanted practice by cable TV operators, has taken action against another 14 cable TV operators distributing un-authorised and illegal channels, including CD channels, which […]
Ijaz-ul-Haq, a satellite technician of Lahore based TV channel “City 42” was among the 94 people killed armed attacks on worship places of minority Ahmedi community in Garhi Shahu and Model Town areas in Lahore on Friday, May 28, 2010. According to press reports Haq was wou ssault at Garhi Shahu and later died of […]
Syed Talat Hussain, executive director of “Aaj TV” and producer Raza Mehmood Agha who were onboard a ship of Freedom Flotilla (the boats carrying pro-Palestinian activists bound for Gaza Strip) that Israeli commandos stormed in international waters on Monday, May 31, 2010, are reported to under detention by Isreali authorities. The two journalists Hussain and […]
Lahore High Court (LHC) lifted the ban after almost two weeks and allowed conditional access to widely used international social networking website www.Facebook.com in Pakistan on Monday, May 31, 2010, with a strict warning against any future act of blasphemy. Justice Ejaz Chaudhry of LHC issued the directive reversing a May 19 order on Pakistan […]
ISLAMABAD: At least 20 passengers have been reported dead and over 60 wounded on Monday when Israeli forces stormed Freedom Flotilla (a boat carrying pro-Palestinian activists bound for Gaza), Aaj News reported. Executive Director Aaj News Talat Hussain along with his team members is onboard, whose where about could not be known. President Asif Ali […]
ISLAMABAD: Leaders of five different political parties have condemned a baseless propaganda campaign against senior journalist Hamid Mir and demanded of the government to expose the secret hands trying to silence the voice of free media through blackmailing tactics. According to a joint statement, Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly (NA) Chaudhry Nisar […]
LAHORE: A petition has been filed in the Lahore High Court, seeking a complete ban on access to the Facebook, a social networking website, in Pakistan, and registration of a criminal case under Section 295-C of the PPC against its owners for committing blasphemy. The petition was filed by Muhammad Azhar Siddique, chairman of the […]
PESHAWAR: Two French journalists detained on Friday were sent to the Peshawar Central Prison on judicial remand after a court rejected their bail on Saturday. SSP Operations Karim Khan confirmed to The News that the two French media persons, Francois Lino Candona of TF-1 TV and Christopher Phillipes Beneyre, had been imprisoned. They were arrested […]
KARACHI: A newspaper employee was gunned down in Federal. B Area on Thursday, police said. The police said that 35-year-old Imran Ashfaq was talking to his friends outside a utility store in Block 16 of Federal B Area when he was targeted by armed motorcyclists. “While he was talking to his friends outside a utility […]
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