NEW YORK (November 12 2007): The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has demanded of the Pakistani government to withdraw expulsion order of three British journalists. Three British journalists were given 72 hours to leave Pakistan on Saturday after their paper ran an editorial that used an expletive in an allusion about President Pervez Musharraf. Two […]
KARACHI, Nov 11: The Adviser to Sindh Chief Minister on Information, Hamid Hussain Abidi, said that the government wanted the media to take advantage of the freedom granted to them in a positive and constructive manner. Talking to journalists at his office here on Sunday, Mr Abidi said that no restrictions had been imposed on […]
ISLAMABAD-Journalists’ struggle for free access to information for every man Sunday peacefully entered the third consecutive day amid loud slogans of journalists and civil society activists here in front of Geo building. PFUJ and RIUJ were protesting against hostile ordinances and curbs on private television channels imposed by the government after the state of emergency […]
PESHAWAR – The NWFP government has directed all the newspapers and other news organizations in the province to confirm its reporting regarding provincial government departments and servants from the concerned departments prior to publication. Through a letter issued by Directorate of Information Government of NWFP, under the subject of ‘Publication of Slanderous materials’ the concerned […]
ISLAMABAD: Over 500 journalists from Rawalpindi and Islamabad on Saturday condemned the chaining of media by the government and vowed to get back their right to responsible and objective journalism. Wearing black armbands, they observed Saturday as black day and staged a sit-in in front of the offices of Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) […]
KARACHI, Nov 10: The KUJ Dawn Unit has urged the government to lift the curbs on the media and revoke the Provisional Constitution Order immediately. In a requisitioned meeting, journalists concluded that the government had no right to curtail the freedom of expression of the fourth pillar of the state. They called for an immediate […]
In a few short hours, the country was dragged into the dark ages of the 1980s. The PTV khabarnama is back and so is rumour, misinformation, denial and all their attendant evils. On Friday, when Benazir Bhutto was under detention and violence was erupting on the streets from Rawalpindi to Karachi, the lead story of […]
ISLAMABAD, Nov 10: The journalists protest triggered by curbs on the media entered the second day when they staged a demonstration in front of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) office here on Saturday. Waving black flags, wearing black arm bands and chanting slogans “Go Musharraf go”, “No to curbs on media”, “No to […]
LARKANA – The journalist’s community all over Sindh province including Larkana, Ratodero, Kamber-Shahdadkot, Dadu, Mehar, Nasir Abad, Shikarpur, Jacobabad and other parts are harassed after hearing reports of arrests of journalists and political activists across the country. They were receiving threats of arrest if they performed their duties regularly. The police personnel entered into the […]
Independent Media Corporation and Bird (Pvt) challenged the ban on transmission of Geo News, Geo Entertainment, Geo Super and AAG TV channels in the Sindh High Court (SHC) on Saturday. The petitioners, who have landing right holder of satellite TV channels GEO News, GEO Entertainment, GEO SUPER and AAG in Pakistan, submitted that after the […]
ISLAMABAD (AFP) – The government on Saturday ordered three journalists for Britain’s Daily Telegraph newspaper to leave the country within 72 hours because of its “foul and abusive language” against Pakistan’s leadership. “They used foul and abusive language against Pakistan and its leadership in an editorial published on November 9,” Minister of State Information and […]
NAWABSHAH, Nov 10: A heavy contingent of police along with Rangers raided Nawabshah Press Club and removed black flags hoisted there on Saturday.The police and Rangers cordoned- off the press club building while the SHO A-Section, Ghulam Nabi Kharal, along with police force entered the premises of the club and removed black flags hoisted atop […]
KARACHI: Advisor on Information and Archives to the Sindh Chief Minster Maj (Retd) Hamid Hussain Abdi has said that the ban on some news TV channel was justified, as they were misleading the nation. Addressing a press conference in his office on Saturday, he said that some TV channels were allowed to relay their transmissions […]
KARACHI – A private TV channel Saturday challenged the ban on the television channels in a petition filed in the Sindh High Court. The petitioner requested the Court in the petition to declare the ban on these channels illegal under the third PEMRA Amendment Ordinance 2007. The stance was adopted in this petition that various […]
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