GUJRANWALA, Nov 15: The Gujranwala Union of Journalists on Thursday organised a hunger strike camp at the press club, demanding that the government end ban on private television channels and remove restrictions on the print media. Speaking on the occasion, union leaders criticised the government for silencing the media under the emergency. They said they […]
PESHAWAR, Nov 15: The South Asia Free Media Association (Safma) has condemned the curbs imposed on the media and termed the new ‘code of conduct’ issued by the government as ‘ridiculous’. Participants of a meeting held by the NWFP chapter of Safma at the Peshawar Press Club on Thursday condemned the blocking of electronic news […]
KARACHI, Nov 15: Expressing concern over the media situation, representatives of civil society at a meeting convened by the Action Committee of the Council of Pakistan Newspapers Editors on Thursday called for withdrawal of amendments to the print and media laws and lifting of ban imposed on TV channels. The meeting was aimed at promoting […]
KARACHI (November 16 2007): The three leading associations representing the print media in Pakistan – Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE), All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS), and Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ)- met Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Muhammad Ali Durrani Thursday at Islamabad and urged him to persuade the government to wholly withdraw […]
RAWALPINDI (November 16 2007): Journalists have called upon the government to withdraw the Pemra (Amendment) Ordinance, remove restrictions on media and release their detained companions. They held a protest demonstration on Thursday under the aegis of Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) Dastoor and Rawalpindi-Islamabad Union of Journalists (RIUJ). PFUJ president Muhammad Nawaz Raza led […]
ISLAMABAD (November 16 2007): Two national channels Aaj and Dawn News and international news channels BBC and CNN returned to Pakistani screens on Thursday after authorities relaxed a ban imposed under a state of emergency. President Musharraf’s government took the channels off cable as part of strict curbs on the media, leaving millions of Pakistanis […]
An interactive meeting of representatives of civil society in Pakistan was convened by the CPNE Action Committee to deliberate over the existing situation in the country in relation to the media and the amendments to the media laws carried out under the emergency. The meeting, which took place on Thursday afternoon, unanimously called for the […]
PESHAWAR: Continuing their protest, journalists observed hunger strike and a rally here on Thursday against the imposition of emergency and curbs on media. A large number of journalists participated in the token hunger strike organized by the Khyber Union of Journalists (KHUJ) in front of the Peshawar Press Club. The media persons were also visited […]
HYDERABAD – As many as fifty political activists has been arrested here on Thursday including 40 workers of PPP, 5 of Awami Tehrik and some activists of National Awami Party. Police intruded inside Hyderabad Press Club where journalists were observing token hunger strike within Press Club premises against ban on TV channels and after misbehaving […]
KARACHI: The Karachi Union of Journalists (KUJ) organised a token hunger strike on Wednesday against media restrictions imposed under a State of Emergency after a protest call by the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ). A token hunger strike camp was set up outside KPC, Wednesday morning and was led by KUJ President Shamim-ur-Rehman, Ghousi, […]
PESHAWAR: Rejecting the imposition of emergency and curbs on the media, the journalist community of the city on Wednesday staged a big rally to protest against the suspension of basic human rights. Before demonstrating on Sher Shah Suri Road, members of the Khyber Union of Journalists (KhUJ) staged hours-long sit-in in front of the Peshawar […]
MULTAN, Nov 14: Local journalist on Wednesday demanded withdrawal of amendments to press laws and an end to the governmental pressure on cable service providers. During a protest camp set up at the Press Club, the journalists hoisted black flags and wore black armbands. Some of them had gagged themselves, symbolising the curbs on free […]
PESHAWAR, Nov 14: Journalists across the NWFP on Wednesday held protest rallies and set up hunger strike camps in protest against the imposition of the state of emergency and curbs on the media. The Khyber Union of Journalists set up a hunger strike camp outside the Peshawar Press Club on the call of the Pakistan […]
KARACHI, Nov 14: Journalists on Wednesday observed a token hunger strike outside the Karachi Press Club on the ninth day of their protest campaign against imposition of emergency and curbs on the media. Slogans demanding lifting of all restrictions on the media and implementation of the 7th wage award for newspaper industry workers were raised […]
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