ISLAMABAD, Sept 19: Rawalpindi-Islamabad Union of Journalists (RIUJ) has condemned the abduction of a reporter of DawnNews by security agencies and his subsequent release after two days. The RIUJ office-bearers have warned the government that if the abduction of journalists and their torture were not stopped, the journalist community would launch a protest movement against […]
ISLAMABAD: Rawalpindi/Islamabad Press Club on Monday gave a 72-hour ultimatum to the government to bring to books those responsible for thrashing Hassan Shajil, the son of senior journalist, Shakil Ahmad Turabi. Leading a protest in front of the Supreme Court against beating of Hassan Sharjil by clandestine agency operatives and the continuing harassment of Shakil […]
PESHAWAR: Police arrested Adnan Tariq, a cameraman of ATV channel, during the funeral prayers of Maulana Hassan Jan. However, the ATV cameraman was released after being detained for around four hours at the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) centre in the Swati Gate area. Tariq told Daily Times that police arrested him when he was filming […]
ISLAMABAD: Rawalpindi/Islamabad Union of Journalists on Monday held a protest demonstration in front of the Supreme Court Building against the torture on the son of senior journalist Shakeel Turabi. The RIUJ staged a strong protest in front of the Supreme Court to express their anger and hatred over the gruesome incident demanding award of punishment […]
Karachi:The Karachi Union of Journalists (KUJ) has taken strong exception to threats hurled against media persons by leaders of political parties and other ‘pressure groups’, over not reporting in conformity with their liking and aspiration. In a statement issued on Thursday, the KUJ vowed to jealously guard the freedom of the press and security of […]
KARACHI, Sept 11: Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain has said that the attitude and remarks of some judges of a seven-member larger bench of the Sindh High Court hearing a suo motu petition regarding May 12 mayhem was against judicial norms and reflected their bias. “How a court decides a case when its judges […]
RAWALPINDI:Transporters of route No-1 thrashed journalist on complaint of not completing the route besides snatching his cell phone, cash, press card and national identity card on Monday. As per details, the PPI Islamabad Staff Reporter, Syed Agha Ali RazaNaqvi was coming from his residence, Sadiqabad to his office located at Super Market Islamabad through public […]
Islamabad: Airport Security Force personnel (ASF) have ordered journalists to leave the airport premises immediately and have asked media to remove their equipment. PIA flight carrying ex Pakistan premier Nawaz Sharif is expected to land at Islamabad airport at 7.30 a.m. this morning. Security has been tightened around seven airports across the country due to […]
SWAT, Sept 9: A CD shop was blown up by unidentified attackers near the Islampura area in Saidu Sharif late on Saturday night with an improvised explosive device. The blast also damaged some nearby grocery shops. The bomb was planted outside the shop of Gul Shad situated in Fazal Bacha Market. Panic gripped the area […]
**For further information on previous bombings of music and video stores by religious extremists, see IFEX alerts of 28 August, 9 July, and 8 and 7 May 2007** (PPF/IFEX):A powerful explosion in the town of Mingora, in the Swat district of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) of Pakistan, destroyed over 50 shops in two […]
KARACHI: All high-ranking officials of different government departments have been prohibited from disclosing any kind of information to the media by Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad. He issued these directives through provincial ministers to all department heads, Sindh Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) Director General (DG) Abdul Malik Ghauri told Daily Times. “Provincial Environment Minister Dr […]
ISLAMABAD, Sep 9: Organization of Islamic Countries (OIC) has issued code of ethics for the mass media institutions and practitioners in its member states. The code of ethics states that in pursuance also of the recommendations of the Seventh Session of the Islamic Conference of Information Ministers held in Jeddah on September 13-14 2006, the […]
Sir: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has directed all the mobile operators in the country to start monitoring SMS text messages sent by mobile users in order to impose censorship and block mobile connections of users spreading anti-government content. Speaking purely on technical grounds and without going into the separate debate on the morality of […]
LAHORE: A full bench of the Lahore High Court has admitted identical petitions challenging the PEMRA (Amended) Ordinance 2007 and summoned Attorney General of Pakistan for assistance on October 8.The full bench headed by Justice Muhammad Muzammal Khan passed this order while hearing two identical petitions filed on behalf of the Peoples’ Lawyers Forum (Punjab) […]
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