GUJRANWALA, Nov 13: Cable network owners and operators are facing heavy financial losses in the wake of imposition of emergency as a significant number of subscribers have declined to pay their monthly bills for not showing private news television channels. They are also worried about the future of their business, as citizens now prefer getting […]
PESHAWAR: One person was killed and a shop was damaged when a bomb went off in an Internet cafe near the Gulbahar police station on Tuesday afternoon. The explosion was fifth in a row in as many days, triggering a fresh wave of terror among the Peshawarites. The explosives had been placed in Fancy Netcafe, […]
PESHAWAR, Nov 13: The Alliance for the Protection of Human Rights (APHR) on Tuesday announced that it would launch a campaign against the imposition of the state of emergency and for the restoration of the Constitution. The alliance, comprising civil society organisations, including the Aurat Foundation, Sungi, Strengthening Participatory Organisation, Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, […]
ANY colour as long as it is black. The Fordian stance that the military regime is taking towards the media is thick with doublethink. The inherent contradiction in the government’s oft-declared love for freedom of speech and expression while clamping down on media establishments in the name of the national interest is not lost on […]
THERE have been conflicting accounts in the western press about President Musharraf’s press conference. The Washington Post highlighted his ‘grim expression’ throughout the press conference and mentioned his ‘evident irritation’ when he expressed the hope that his election announcement and his explanation for the continuance of emergency rule would end “the aspersions, distortions, rumours and […]
OKARA, Nov 12: Dozens of journalists from across the district reached the local Press Club to participate in a protest demonstration against the imposition of new Pemra Ordinance by the government. The journalists, led by press club chairman Munir Chaudhry, president Zafar Iqbal Chand and secretary-general Waris Haidri, staged a sit-in in front of the […]
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Privatisation and Investment Wasi Zafar on Monday said the new Pernra ordinance does not bar the media from positive criticism but it cheeks the practice of defamation and sensitisation of the event. Talking to Geo television, the minister said even in the Western world and India, there are laws discouraging defamation of […]
The staff members of Geo TV Network staged a ‘silent protest’ against the ban on the electronic media on the premises of the Karachi Press Club (KPC) on Monday. They were carrying placards and banners with slogans like “Geo Aur Jeene Do” emblazoned across them and wore black armbands condemning the draconian laws that had […]
KARACHI – Various units of the Karachi Union of Journalists and its affiliates held protest meetings on Monday condemning imposition of emergency in the country and curbs on the media and harassment of journalists. In their meetings they demanded immediate lifting of the draconian law and curbs on the media. These meetings were organized in […]
ISLAMABAD- Speakers here on Monday demanded the early reinstatement of constitution and lifting of curbs on independent media while addressing a seminar on ‘ National Unity, Exploring Options’, organised by Sustainable Development Policy Institute. Speakers observed that the imposition of emergency-cum-martial law, curbs on media freedom, suspension of fundamental rights of citizens and purging the […]
Time sought for federal government’s comments Matter initially adjourned for 4:30pm then pushed to a later date The Sindh High Court (SHC) directed the deputy-attorney general (DAG) to seek instructions from the federal government regarding the lifting of the ban on Geo Super, AAG and Geo Entertainment channels’ transmissions. The DAG sought time to seek […]
ISLAMABAD, Nov 11: On the call of Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), mediapersons’ protest against closure of independent TV channels and violence against their colleagues continued for the third day here on Sunday. The Rawalpindi-Islamabad Union of Journalists (RIUJ) had set up a protest camp outside the Geo TV office. Leaders of Pakistan People’s […]
MIRANSHAH (North Waziristan) – On the call of Tribal Union of journalists (TUJ) journalists from all over North Waziristan Agency have observed black day on Sunday for denouncing declaration of State of Emergency in the country. The TUJ members from allover North Waziristan Agency assembled in the premises of Press Club at Miranshah where four […]
LAHORE (November 12 2007): Journalists of print and electronic media here on Sunday set up a token hunger strike camp at Lahore Press Club against the restrictions on electronic media in the country. Several journalists participated in the token hunger strike camp. They raised slogan against the government for imposing restrictions on media and declaring […]
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