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CD shops set on fire in Miramshah

MIRAMSHAH, July 4: Five music shops were burnt in Miramshah Bazaar on Tuesday night in the North Waziristan Agency on Tuesday. Local people said that unidentified men sprinkled petrol over the shops at the main bazaar and set them on fire. All shops were gutted. Militants had warned cassettes and CD shop owners in the […]


Alfred Friendly Press Fellowships

From now until August 15, 2007, the Alfred Friendly Press Fellowships (AFPF) is accepting applications from print journalists for the 2008 program. Successful candidates will report for American news organizations from March-August, 2008. Since 1984, AFPF has provided training opportunities to approximately ten journalists annually. It is hoped that through such training, Fellows will learn […]


A chronology of the Lal Masjid standoff

ISLAMABAD, July 3: Here is a chronology of the Lal Masjid administration’s standoff with the government since the start of 2007: January: Burqa-clad female students from Jamia Hafsa occupy a state-run children’s library in protest at plans to demolish several mosques illegally built on the government land in Islamabad. Feb 13: Authorities agree to rebuild […]


Journalists caught in crossfire

ISLAMABAD, July 3: Reporters and photographers were the worst victims of the crossfire between the personnel of law enforcement agencies and the students of Lal Masjid as one of them died and four others injured while covering the event on Tuesday. The most unfortunate was Javed Khan of Daily Markaz who lost his life after […]


Khuda Kay Liye is blasphemous: Ghazi

Islamabad: Lal Masjid has demanded a ban on a yet-to-be released movie, Khuda Kay Liye, declaring it blasphemous. The movie will depict a post 9/11 Scenario in which confrontation between fundamentalists and liberal Muslims Has intensified. ‘’The film is against Islamic norms and tradition and is being released on a private on a private TV […]


Pemra stops FM station from broadcasting BBC content

KARACHI, June 30: A local FM radio has stopped hourly news bulletins syndicated by the BBC Pakistan after the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) ordered its management to immediately stop the broadcast of “all sorts of BBC content/programmes”. Pemra in a letter to the FM 103 management said: “You are hereby directed to immediately […]


Criticism on army is not tolerable: Durrani

ISLAMABAD (June 03 2007): Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Muhammad Ali Durrani on Saturday said that nobody will be allowed to indulge in negative propaganda against Pakistan and national security institutions, under the cover of press freedom. “Media is patriotic but at this moment it has to cooperate with government”, he said this while […]


Cable operator’s office, CD shop attacked

KOHAT: Petrol bombs were thrown into a cable operator’s office on the Rawalpindi road and a CD shop opposite the Kohat airbase was destroyed by an explosion, officials and witnesses said on Friday. In the Bahawalnagar locality, armed men lobbed the petrol bombs into the cable operator’s office on Thursday. It caused fire which destroyed […]


Women freed after forced confession

ISLAMABAD, March 29: A confrontation between the government and hard-line religious leaders in the federal capital eased to some extent on Thursday when students of Madressah Hafsa released three kidnapped women and a six-month-old baby with a threat that they could be picked up again if their demand for release of a former Inter-Services Intelligence […]


Plan to set up illegal FM Radio Station foiled

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Electronic Media Regularity Authority (Pemra) spokesman on Thursday said an attempt to establish an illegal FM radio station in Islamabad has been foiled by Pemra authorities. “No illegal broadcast in any form is allowed under the Pemra law. The authority takes immediate action wherever any illegality comes to its notice,” said the spokesman […]


PHPL TV: Pemra plea withdrawn

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) withdrew on Wednesday its petition from the Supreme Court against the consent orders of Sindh High Court (SHC) for the grant of licence to the Pakistan Herald Publications (Pvt) Limited (PHPL) to establish a satellite television broadcast station. Advocate Abdul Rauf, the counsel for Pemra, informed a […]


Police torture on newsmen, lawyers: LHC orders video records of CCTV

LAHORE : While holding an enquiry into police torture on journalists and bar members during the demonstration against the suspension of Chief Justice of Pakistan, Justice Syed Zahid Hussain of the Lahore High Court (LHC) directed the Registrar Inquiry to produce the video recording of close circuit TVs installed in the LHC premises. Earlier, the […]


ICRC award for journalists

ISLAMABAD: The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has announced Award for Journalists 2007 on “Protection of Civilians in Conflicts”, said a press release on Monday. The award is open to all in the English and Urdu print media and the final date for submitting the entries is 30 April 2007. The winners of […]


HEC to set up plagiarism monitoring cell

ISLAMABAD: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) will set up a plagiarism detection cell to monitor PhD theses and research publications. The HEC plans to acquire high quality software that will compare the publication materials with international literature and will review copied items instantly. According to a statement from the HEC on Monday, over the past […]