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‘Capital Talk’ on footpath

Islamabad: The not-very-long- ago popular talk shows on private television channels are for sure gaining popularity as they are nowadays ‘forced’ to come out from their studios and keep their programmes ‘live’ on the footpaths of Islamabad. Geo Television’s popular talk show ‘Capital Talk’ attracted hundreds of people on Friday as the host of the […]


Senior journalist shot dead

MIRPURKHAS: Unknown motorcyclists shot dead Zubair Ahmad Mujahid, a senior journalist, here late Friday night. He was going home on his motorcycle when the assailants opened fire on him at Hyderabad Road near Marhaba Lawn. Police shifted his body to the civil hospital for post-mortem. Several local journalists gathered at the hospital late night. Source: […]


Media situation

THE heads and other representatives of several media bodies, including CPNE, APNS and PFUJ, met with government officials on Thursday to take into account the current standoff between the two sides. The caretaker Minister for Information and Broadcasting was also present. He gave certain welcome words of assurance and emphasised his opposition to physical action […]


Cases registered against protesting journalists in Karachi

KARACHI, Nov 22: The Karachi Union of Journalists on Thursday strongly condemned registration of FIRs against journalists who were arrested on Nov 20 outside the Karachi Press Club while protesting against emergency and draconian laws curbing media freedom. In a statement issued here the KUJ rejected allegations leveled in the two FIRs (282/07 and 283/07) […]


Pak Journalists hold demo in Europe against curbs on media

PARIS: Pakistani journalists in European countries on Thursday condemned the restrictions on media and demanded of the government of Pakistan to restore the transmission of private TV channels otherwise they will kick off protest campaign against it. According to details, in France Sahibzada Attiq-ur-Rehman lauded the journalists for disseminating news to masses after rendering sacrifices. […]


Journalists say they will not succumb to pressure: Demonstration in Peshawar

PESHAWAR, Nov 22: The Khyber Union of Journalists (KhUJ) held a demonstration on Thursday to denounce the attack by police on members of the Faisalabad Press Club. On the occasion newsmen said they would not succumb to pressure tactics. Carrying placards and banners inscribed with slogans against the military ruler and in support of press […]


Bar, media protest

VEHARI, Nov 22: Lawyers and journalists continued their protest against curbs on media, imposition of emergency and the police action on journalists in Karachi and Faisalabad. In their separate meetings in Vehari and other cities in Punjab, they condemned the police brutality against the peaceful protesting journalists and termed it a barbaric act of the […]


Call for end to media curbs

SWABI, Nov 22: The Gandhara Union of Journalists (GUJ) handed over a memorandum to the district coordination officer and the district police officer on Thursday, urging the authorities to lift curbs imposed on the print and electronic media. Led by its president Mohammad Farooq, they visited the two officers for registering their protest against the […]


No let-up in journalists’ struggle against curbs

ISLAMABAD:Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists and Rawalpindi-Islamabad Union of JournalistsÂ’ struggle for freedom of expression entered into 14th consecutive on Thursday. Journalists, while holding placards, banners and black flags, were chanting slogans in support of free media. They were demanding immediate lift of emergency, curbs on media and return of black laws imposed by the […]


Lawyers, journalists stick to their guns

MARDAN: The lawyers community of Mardan broke the gate of the district courts and took out a protest procession against the emergency, the house arrest of superior judges and beating of journalists by the law enforcement agencies in Karachi and Faisalabad here on Thursday. Earlier, they held a meeting wherein media persons were also invited. […]


KUJ demands withdrawal of FIRs against journalists

KARACHI (November 23 2007): The Karachi Union of Journalists (KUJ) has condemned the registration of FIRs against journalists, who were arrested on November 20 outside the Karachi Press Club, while protesting against emergency and fresh curbs on media freedom. According to a KUJ press release, the Union rejects allegation levelled in the two FIRs (282/07 […]


ARY back on air, only Geo remains off air

ISLAMABAD: The ARY has been allowed to air its programmes after an assurance earlier on Thursday given by the Minister for Information and Broadcasting Nisar A Memon to a delegation. Talking to the media delegation on Thursday morning, the minister held out the assurance that all the problems of the electronic and print media would […]


Pakistan: Media Under Siege

KARACHI, Nov 23 (IPS) – From being the liberal President under whom Pakistan’s independent electronic media was born and flourished, Pervez Musharraf is now seen as the military general who imposed emergency rule on Nov 3 and suspended the Constitution and the independent judiciary. Musharraf also blocked all independent television channels on the cable network. […]


Journalists arrested, released in Quetta

Journalists protested against curbs on media here on November 21, 2007 (Wednesday) and took out a rally which marched on various city roads. Police arrested 25 journalists when they tried to march towards the PEMRA office. Heavy contingent of policemen were deployed outside the Quetta Press Club and sealed all link roads. Police stopped demonstrators […]