KARACHI (July 04 2008): The Media Women Publishers and Journalists Organisation held a seminar on Tuesday titled the “The Responsibilities and Limitations of the Media” at a local hotel. The welcome address was given by the President of MWPJO, Fawzia Naqvi. She highlighted the activities of MWPJO and discussed future plans of the Organisation. Minister […]
JOURNALISTS staged a boycott of the Punjab Assembly proceedings on Wednesday after a private television channel’s reporter and cameraman were tortured by cops outside the assembly premises. Protesting against the highhandedness of the police, journalists staged a sit-in outside the Punjab Assembly and chanted slogans. The Speaker Rana Mashood sent a committee comprising provincial ministers […]
KOHAT, June 22: The cable operators suspended service throughout the district following threats from the Taliban. Local cable operators said that all TV transmissions went off-air at 3PM on Sunday following a blast at a music centre in the busy Tirah bazaar in which shops were completely destroyed and two people were injured. Earlier the […]
LAHORE: Frontier Corps (FC) troops have allegedly tortured a Dawn News correspondent in the Khyber Agency, the channel reported on Sunday. Wali Khan Shinwari was covering paramilitary combat against a would-be suicide bomber in Jamrud when “he was assaulted and detained at a checkpost”, the channel said, adding that troops “snatched his cell phone and […]
LAHORE: Militants blew up a music shop by hurling explosive material into its premises in Tirah Bazaar, Kohat injuring three people, including the shop owner, BBC Urdu reported. It said the attackers were veiled and riding motorbikes. The injured were moved to hospital and were reportedly in a stable condition. Police are searching for the […]
CHARSADDA: The local police arrested seven journalists for covering Taliban activities in the Shabqadar Tehsil of Charsadda district on Saturday. The arrested media persons said that Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Ihsan-ud-Din had recently warned them to either stop giving coverage to the Taliban in the area or face the consequences. The media persons did […]
KOHAT: A bomb blast destroyed three CD centres and partially damaged 16 other shops at Rasool Khan Market in the Shakardara Bazaar early Saturday. However, no causality was reported. District Police Officer Abdullah Khan said a bomb, weighing three-and-a-half kilograms, exploded at 1:20 am near the Universal Music Centre, destroying it along with two other […]
BANNU: A remote-controlled bomb went off near a net cafe on the Custodian Street at 3 pm here on Tuesday, injuring four people and damaging walls and windowpanes of the adjacent buildings. Police rushed to the spot, cordoned off the area and shifted the injured to a nearby hospital. The injured included Fahimullah, Tahir Khan, […]
PESHAWAR: A bomb blast damaged an internet cafe in the Phandu police station limits on Monday, police officials have said. Officials said unidentified militants blew up the cafe in the Malik Sarwar Plaza at around 11:30pm. The blast damaged the café slightly and no causalities were reported. This is the first incident of its kind […]
KOHAT, June 6: Following Wednesday’s blast and threats from the local Taliban to shut their business, the owners of music centres in the district’s main bazaar here have decided to close down their shops voluntarily but have sought time till they set up alternate business. They have also ‘unanimously’ decided that their business was ‘un-Islamic’ […]
ISLAMABAD – Federal Information Minister Sherry Rehman Thursday asked electronic media to adopt more responsible approach in reporting events and avoid unnecessary focus on political news as it had buried other real issues of human interest. Speaking at the Rozan’s Munsalik Media Project, she said that media’s sources were the main cause of spreading sensationalism. […]
PESHAWAR: Bombs ripped through several music and video shops in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, wounding at least four people, officials said. The injuries occurred when a blast hit a video shop located on the 2nd floor of Bannu Market in main Bazaar of the garrison town of Kohat, which has seen several attacks in recent […]
MARDAN, June 2: Another bomb destroyed the CD shop in the Iranabad area. A similar blast in Chato Chowk Hoti four days ago had destroyed two CD shops. Source: Dawn Date:6/3/2008
TIMERGARA: A bomb blast at a CD centre at Amandara in the suburbs of Malakand early Friday morning badly damaged four shops, officials of the Malakand Levies said. The blast occurred at 4am. No loss of life was reported. The Malakand Levies have registered the case and started investigations. Source: Daily Times Date:5/31/2008
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