ISLAMABAD- Media independence in Pakistan is a myth as governments always apply different overt and covert tactics of twisting media arms,” speakers on Sunday in a seminar on “Media Independence in Pakistan: Myth or Reality” organised by the Sustainable Development Policy Institute. They also made it clear that media had gained a controlled independence over […]
ISLAMABAD, March 19: A turbulent day is expected in the city on Wednesday as the government has decided to keep political activists away from the Supreme Court when proceedings against Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry resume there. Only lawyers and journalists would be allowed access to the Supreme Court building on showing their duty cards, […]
ISLAMABAD, March 29: Pakistan is facilitating Afghanistan in media field with training and technology to further augment fraternal ties with the brotherly nation. This was stated by federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Mohammad Ali Durrani at a ceremony held at the PTV headquarters in connection with the handing over of a Rs4.6 million TV […]
ISLAMABAD (APP) – President Musharraf Monday categorically said there was no such situation in the country to impose state of emergency and assured that the next general elections would be held according to schedule after assemblies complete their term. In an interview with a private TV channel, the president dispelled the rumours about imposing any […]
KARACHI (March 20 2007): The lawyer of an Islamist militant sentenced to be hanged for his role in the 2002 murder of US reporter Daniel Pearl said on Monday that he would use a top al Qaeda militant’s confession to support an appeal. British-born Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, or Sheikh Omar, was sentenced to death […]
KARACHI: A protest rally was organised under the banner of ‘Stop the War Coalition’ which started from the Regal Chowk en route Fawara Chowk and terminated at the Karachi Press Club, on Monday. The rally was organised in protest against aggression, humiliation and excesses been done across the world which included aggression in Afghanistan, Iraq […]
ISLAMABAD: The government has no plan to call out the Army, impose a state of emergency or delay general elections, declared President General Pervez Musharraf in an interview to the Geo television’s programme ‘Aaj Kamran Kay Saath’ here Monday. He said the next general elections would be held according to schedule after assemblies complete their […]
KARACHI: The government on Sunday lifted ban on Geo TV programme Aaj Kamran Khan Ke Sath, which was suspended after the channel gave comprehensive coverage to the incidents after Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry made non-functional by the government. After the government’s permission the programme, hosted by senior journalist and analyst Kamran Khan, will now […]
CHITRAL: Local journalists should promote positive journalism in Chitral, said Chitral Tehsil Nazim Sartaj Ahmad Khan during a tea party in honour of the newly elected Chitral Press Club and Hindukush Journalist Forum cabinet. He said that Chitral was a remote area with numerous problems that could only be solved through proper coverage. He said […]
ISLAMABAD: A press release issued by the Supreme Court on Sunday dismissed a media report that acting Chief Justice (ACJ) Javed Iqbal met suspended Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry at his residence a couple of days ago. The release said the media “misinterpreted” a statement by Mr Iqbal in this regard. It clarified that Mr Iqbal […]
BAHAWALNAGAR, March 18: The local police on Sunday booked 25 journalists for protesting against the police action on Geo TV office in Islamabad and violence against lawyers. Reports said that press club members had gone to the hunger camp of lawyers on the premises of the district courts and expressed solidarity with them. Similarly, eight […]
PESHAWAR/MARDAN, March 18: A watchman was killed and two people were injured in attacks on video shops in Peshawar and Mardan on Sunday morning. In Peshawar, an explosive device went off in a video market, damaging three shops. “An unidentified man had left a plastic bag with the watchman of the Gulshan CD Market on […]
HYDERABAD, March 17: Journalists and political and social activists brought out rallies across the province on Saturday against police attack on the offices of a private TV channel and an English daily in Islamabad. In Hyderabad, journalists staged a rally, which started from the local press club and got back to its starting point where […]
PESHAWAR, March 17: Journalists in large numbers took part in a demonstration on Saturday which was held to protest against an attack by policemen on a news organisation on Friday. The demonstration was organised by the Khyber Union of Journalists to denounce what was termed ‘state-sponsored terrorism unleashed against the countryÂ’s print and electronic media’. […]
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