LAHORE: Lawyers on Monday did not allow journalists to enter the sessions courts to cover the case of former MPA Shumaila Rana. Journalists’ entry was barred despite the fact that the Lahore High Court chief justice had taken a suo motu notice of the incident. A division bench consisting of Chief Justice Khawaja Sharif and […]
ISLAMABAD: Suspected Taliban bombed four shops selling CDs and cassettes in Balakot on Sunday. Police officer Habibur Rahman said a time bomb planted outside the shops in the main market of Balakot exploded early in the morning, AP reported. Two people were also injured in the blast, Online news agency reported. A similar attack in […]
By Muhammad Asghar LAHORE: The whole country reverberated with calls of accountability and justice after a group of lawyers attacked two journalists at the city’s sessions court on Thursday. According to eyewitnesses, the lawyers were incensed by television channels’ reporting of an incident a day earlier which had projected black coats humiliating and beating up […]
MUZAFFARABAD: The AJK Supreme Court virtually became a ‘no-go area’ for mediapersons and several litigants here on Monday after its entrance was closed to them under the orders of the registrar as a full bench of the apex court took up a contempt of court case against three journalists accused of scandalising the chief justice. […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistans main online portal (www.pakistan.gov.pk) and 32 important federal ministries websites experienced a complete breakdown from online global community for more than five hours on Friday. A top federal government official told Dawn: “The main portal was down for several hours which had clearly indicated a weak ‘information security’ level of Pakistan.” “It was […]
By Mohammad Asghar RAWALPINDI: The government has started monitoring the internet to identify anti-state websites promoting ethnic hatred and terrorism and has detected one such website. According to sources, information technology experts of the Federal Investigation Agency’s Special Investigation Group (SIG) recently detected a website, www.balochunity.org, which contained anti-state content and asked the IT ministry […]
The house of Rahman Buneri, correspondent of Voice of America (VOA) Pashto language service “Deewa Radio” was blown up July 9, 2009, by the Pakistani Taliban in the militancy plagued Buner district of Pakistan’s, North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) of Pakistan. Buneri, who is also Deputy Director of News of the local Pashto language television channel […]
KARACHI: The news team of GEO TV channel came under attack when police used batons and fired tear gas shells indiscriminately to disperse violent demonstrators in Landhi area Monday evening who were protesting against non registration of a case relating to the killing of two brothers during a robbery. According to Geo TV, some members […]
ISLAMABAD, July 1: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has strongly condemned the police excesses against media persons in Lahore, in different incidents, journalists were the victim of indiscriminate police torture, “Government must take prompt notice of atrocities of law enforcers who responsible for creating impediments for journalists for performing their professional tasks” In […]
Murree- Mediapersons here on Thursday protested against Town Municipal Officer (TMO) Mehboob Alam, who also has additional charge of deputy district officer revenue (DDOR), for allegedly taking bribe from a reporter for registry of land. A large number of journalists gathered outside the DDOR offices and demanded the return of the amount extorted from the […]
Sanghar: Journalists belonging to Sanghar town and its adjoining areas staged a protest demonstration against influential persons of the area for threatening a journalist. The protesters, led by President Sanghar Press Club Ashfaq Bhatti also observed a sit-in outside the local press club. Speaking on the occasion, Ashfaq Bhatti alleged that influential persons were threatening […]
ISLAMABAD: A demonstration was held on Wednesday by the Rawalpindi-Islamabad Union of Journalists (RIUJ) against the baton-charge on the participants of a peaceful rally outside the Parliament on Tuesday. A large number of journalists participated in the demonstration. Addressing the protesters, Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) President Pervez Shaukat condemned the police action against […]
ISLAMABAD: The journalistÂ’s community of Rawalpindi and Islamabad on Wednesday staged a demonstration and demanded action against police baton-charge on them during a protest rally. Rawalpindi/Islamabad Union of Journalist (RIUJ) organised the rally. A large number of journalists participated in it. The rally started from National Press Club (NPC) and culminated at in front of […]
LONDON: At least 28 journalists have been killed while covering the news in 19 countries as we approach the mid-point of 2009. INSI (International News Safety Institute) counts an additional 13 deaths in 10 countries where it is not yet clear whether the victim died as a result of their work as a journalist. The […]
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