GUJRANWALA, March 14: Authorities cancelled on Wednesday all passes issued to local journalists for the coverage of President General Pervez Musharraf’s visit. The Information Department collected pictures, national identity cards and other documents from the local journalists one month ago and sent them to the Presidency for security clearance. A few days ago, the department […]
KARACHI, March 13: The Pakistan Film Exhibitors Association (South Zone) on Tuesday supported the call for weekly strikes given by its counterpart of the North Region and said the strikes would begin on March 15 and would be observed every Thursday across the country until their demands were met. “We’ll also observe strike on March […]
ISLAMABAD, March 12: The Supreme Judicial Council initiates on Tuesday its proceedings on the reference against Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry. Sources confirmed that the proceedings would be held in camera and media would not be allowed to cover them. However, former chief justices and judges of the apex court have observed that there is […]
ISLAMABAD: A delegation comprising media tycoons and newspapers editors Monday was refused permission to visit the “non-functional” Chief Justice of Pakistan, Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry. The office bearers of the All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) were stopped near the Ministers’ Enclave where the police had barricaded the road leading to the Judges Colony. Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman, APNS […]
ISLAMABAD (March 12 2007): Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that freedom being enjoyed by the media has helped promote and strengthen democratic values in the country. He said this while talking to Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Muhammad Ali Durrani and Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting, Tariq Azeem who called on […]
LAHORE:A Lahore High Court full bench today (Monday) will take up conÂtempt of court proceedings against Geo TV for telecasting a programme, which was seen as an attempt to lower the esteem of the judiciary. During the previous hearing, the bench consisting of Justices Sayed Zahid Hussain, Asif Saeed Khan Khosa, MA Shahid Siddiqui, Syed […]
HYDERABAD: Demonstrations and rallies were held in different parts of Sindh on Thursday in protest against the implication of a private TV channel cameraman Hadi Bukhsh Sangi in a murder case and failure of the police to arrest the killers of his nephew Munir Sangi (also a TV cameraman) and newsman Munir Arain. They appealed […]
LARKANA, March 7: On the call of the Hyderabad Press Club, journalists of Qambar-Shahdadkot district will stage a rally in Qambar on Thursday to protest against registration of a murder case against Hadi Bakhsh Sangi, a cameraman of the KTN (Kawish TV Network) in Larkana and brother of slain KTN cameraman Munir Sangi. The Dari […]
KARACHI, March 7: The representatives of the print and electronic media, who were formally invited to cover the all-parties conference on “Inter-active dialogue on provincial autonomy” organised by the Sindh government on Wednesday in a local hotel were stopped from attending the conference after initial remarks by Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim. The organisers’ […]
HYDERABAD, March 4: The Press Information Department (PID) kept the print and some TV channels away from the 263rd Urs celebrations of Hazrat Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai, which began on Sunday with the Premier Shaukat Aziz performing the opening ceremony. The PID followed its old policy of dividing journalists on the lines of electronic and […]
PESHAWAR, March 4: The Tele-Filmmakers’ Association has urged the government to formulate laws in order to curb sale of pirated and obscene films. The association’s representatives said that production and sale of pirated and obscene films made for television were not only affecting their business but were also responsible for defaming the Pakhtun people. Talking […]
LAHORE, March 3: Apprehending reaction from extremist religious groups, the Punjab home secretary on Saturday asked cinema houses, theatres and cable operators to immediately stop presenting vulgar shows and programmes that could irritate such elements. The direction was given at a meeting reportedly held at the Civil Secretariat. It was attended by secretaries of the […]
QUETTA, March 13: Balochistan Parliamentary Affairs Minister Mir Abdur Rehman Jamali and opposition members in the provincial assembly have demanded that the federal government should restore advertisements to Dawn. They said curtailing the newspaper’s advertisements was against the principle of freedom of the press. Opposition member Jan Mohammad Buledi raised the issue on Tuesday on […]
ISLAMABAD, March 3: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) came under fire for its failure in checking ‘vulgarity and obscenity’ in programmes being broadcast by private TV channels, as the National Assembly Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting met here on Saturday. Members of the treasury benches and the opposition observed that there was […]
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