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Officials served notices in PHPL’s contempt plea: Licence for TV channel

KARACHI, March 2: The Sindh High Court issued notices to two officers of the Pakistan Media Regulatory Authority and the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Friday in a contempt application moved by the Pakistan Herald Publications Limited in its petition for grant of licence/uplinking facility for its television channel. The petitioner company submitted through […]


Govt blamed for lawlessness

QUETTA, Feb 28: Lawyers and journalists on Wednesday held the government responsible for growing lawlessness in the province owing to which precious lives were lost in suicide attacks and bomb blasts. Speaking at a condolence reference held at the press club for victims of the February 17 tragic incident, the speakers said the terrorists could […]


CDGK toll free complain center soon

Karachi – City District Government Karachi has set up first computerised toll free call center “Citizen Complain Information Center”. The project IS in final stages to be completed with Rs 140 million to provide round the clock access to citizens to lodge their complaints. Through this new system, the city government, town administrations, KWSB and […]


Journalists’ entry restricted

PESHAWAR, Feb 28: In the wake of a surge in terrorist attacks in the city, NWFP Assembly Speaker Bakht Jehan Khan on Wednesday turned the assembly building into a ‘red security zone’ by denying access to journalists and press photographers covering the house proceedings. The speaker completely banned the entry of photographers. On Wednesday, the […]


Workshop in Liaquatpur On Press Clubs: Establishment and the role of media

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Date: February 26 to 28, 2007 Location: Liaquatpur , District Rahim Yar Khan Press is the fourth pillar of state and journalists play a vital role for bringing change to any society. They are often compared to troopers at war, constantly on their toes to catch the latest news. Due to their professional responsibilities, they […]


Petition for TV licence cancellation admitted

LAHORE, Feb 26: A full bench of the Lahore High Court on Monday admitted a constitutional petition seeking cancellation of Geo TV network’s licence. Filed by Mubarik Ali Chaudhry, chairman of the Awami Hamayat Tehrik, Pakistan, the petition has also sought a ban on the network transmissions for telecasting a programme which, according to him, […]


Media varsity to be set up in Islamabad

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Muhammad Ali Durrani has said a media university proposed to be established in Islamabad would be the first-ever university of international standards in the Muslim world as well as in the South Asian region. “The university would not only cater for the growing needs of trained media professionals, […]


Awards for women

KARACHI, Feb 25: There are many awards ceremonies held in the city but the unusual aspect about the one organised on Saturday night Women’s Forum ‘Role Model 2007 — Celebrating Womanhood’ at a local hotel was that it honoured women who had excelled in different fields. The forum was meant to acknowledge women who excelled […]


Deaf to sign via video handsets

ISLAMABAD:Deaf people could soon be using video mobiles to chat with their friends using sign language. Video compression tools made by researchers make it possible to send live pictures of people signing across low bandwidth mobile networks, a private TV channel reported. The system cuts down on the bandwidth needed by only send­ing data about […]


‘Press freedom under threat in Pakistan’

ISLAMABAD (February 26 2007): The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFJU) and the International Union of Journalists (IUJ) held a roundtable discussion on the ‘State of press freedom in Pakistan’ here on Saturday. Minister of State for Information, Tariq Azeem, and opposition leaders Raza Rabbani, of PPPP, and Hafiz Hussain Ahmad, of MMA, were also […]


Mujahideen’ ban music on buses

KHAAR, Feb 25: A little known organisation, Mujahideen Bajaur, has distributed pamphlets in different areas of the Bajaur agency calling on drivers of public transport to stop playing music in their vehicles, residents said on Sunday. They said that the pamphlets warned that if the drivers continued with this un-Islamic activity, they would be responsible […]


Media faces safety, rights crisis in Pakistan: IFJ

ISLAMABAD, Feb 25: The fact-finding mission of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has observed that media in Pakistan was facing a crisis of safety and social rights and expressed concern over the rising violence against journalists in the country. Speaking at a press conference, IFJ President Christopher Warren said the mission was concerned over […]


Kidnapped girl student recovered

KARACHI, Feb 25: Gulshan-i-Iqbal police on Sunday arrested six members of a gang and recovered a female university student who was kidnapped for ransom a day ago, said a senior police official. “We have arrested six members of the kidnapping gang and have recovered the kidnapped girl,” Saqib Ismail, town police officer, Gulshan-i-Iqbal, said. He […]


Journalists’ woes worry foreign counterparts

ISLAMABAD, Feb 24: International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) President Christopher Warren and UK’s National Union of Journalists (NUJ) Chief Chris Morley on Saturday expressed their concern over the growing incidents of violence against journalists in Pakistan. Speaking at a roundtable conference on “State of Press Freedom in Pakistan”, organised jointly by the IFJ and the […]