ISLAMABAD (Online) – The journalists’ community has held a protest rally outside the Islamabad Press Club demanding repeal of the black laws against the freedom of media and independence of judiciary. Large number of journalists of twin-cities participated in the protest rally. They were also holding banners and placards inscribed with anti-government slogans. Source: The […]
ISLAMABAD, Jan 29: A government spokesman has termed as “factually incorrect and unfortunate” a statement by the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) criticising President Pervez Musharraf’s remarks in response to a question by Dawn’s London correspondent Mohammad Ziauddin. The spokesman said that “at no point in time had President Musharraf instigated people to violence […]
PESHAWAR, Jan 28: Following the threats of suicide attacks by unidentified persons, apparently militants, about 75 per cent transporters in the provincial capital removed cassette players and television sets from their vehicles on Monday. Some of the drivers had reportedly received threats from unidentified persons asking them to remove the music gadgets from their vehicles […]
LAHORE, Jan 27: Caretaker Federal Information Minister Nisar A. Memon has called upon the journalists to counter foreign media’s `terrorism’ and avoid making the president controversial. Giving concluding remarks at the two-day moot on `National integration and media at the Punjab University Institute of Communication Studies here on Sunday afternoon, he said the caretaker government […]
ISLAMABAD (January 26 2008): As President Pervez Musharraf struggles to keep his evaporating backing in Europe, his bitter opponents, back home, carry on digging ashes to inflame his opposition. No sooner than Musharraf left for his European tour last week, retired generals agreed on a single-point agenda of his resignation. Similarly, lawyers also submitted their […]
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has called for observing Friday as ‘demands day’. In this connection, the Rawalpindi Islamabad Union of Journalists (RIUJ) will stage a protest rally today (Friday). According to the RIUJ press release, the rally will start from Rawalpindi-Islamabad Press Club camp office and culminate at the PEMRA offices. […]
ISLAMABAD: The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has criticised the Pakistani government for getting tough on the media and has called for the implementation of its mission’s recommendations, Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) Secretary General Mazhar Abbass told a press conference here on Wednesday. He said the IFJ, in its report on working journalists […]
KARACHI(PPI) – Reporters sans Frontiers RSF (Reporters without Borders), the Paris-based international organisation of journalists, hailed the lifting of a government ban on cable TV distribution of the privately owned TV channel Geo News but deplored the fact that President Pervez Musharraf made it conditional on the suppression of some its programmes. “Geo News has […]
KARACHI (January 22 2008): Press freedom in Pakistan requires the revocation of two anti-press freedom ordinances implemented by President Pervez Musharraf’s caretaker government since emergency rule was declared on November 3, 2007 and an independent journalist-designed code of ethics, according to the report. ‘Emergency in Pakistan: Crisis Mission Rapid Assessment’. The International Federation of Journalists […]
ISLAMABAD: President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf on Saturday ordered Geo News and its Sports channel back on the air with immediate effect. Pakistan’s largest and most popular news network will thus come back to Pakistani homes after an unprecedented absence of 78 days. Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) will ask cable operators this evening […]
ISLAMABAD (Online)- Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has urged the Ministry of Information to ensure freedom of the Press prior to February 18, general elections instead of misguiding the people. PFUJ in a statement said the government should withdraw the two anti Press laws, lift ban on GEO news and GEO Super on cable, […]
Computer geeks have found easier ways to make quick buck by hacking into portals and unauthorised systems, not to mention the fact that terrorists too are using Internet and laptop as their most potent tools. The country’s growing IT-enabled industry direly needs e-crime law, which the cabinet has just passed. The ministry officials claim that […]
ISLAMABAD (APP) – A spokesman of the Information Ministry has reiterated the government’s commitment to freedom of the media with its belief that all isÂsues can be resolved through dialogue and discussions. The spokesman said it is in that spirit that it continues to wait for the recommendations of the representative bodies of the media […]
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has said it welcomed the federal Information Ministry’s response to its Free Media for Fair Polls Campaign, but said it was unsatisfactory since it was “not based on facts” and “against ground realities”. The union vowed to continue its “global campaign” until its demands were met. “We welcome […]
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