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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Media delegation calls on information minister: Journalists in tribal areas will get govt protection: Durrani * ‘Wage board award issue to be resolved within weeks’ ISLAMABAD: “The government is ready to provide protection to journalists if they want to travel to the tribal areas,” said Federal Information Minister Muhamamd Ali Durrani on Saturday. He said […]
KARACHI, Feb 23: Speakers at a protest rally on Friday condemned the government for imposing restrictions on a newspaper, Islam, and demanded that freedom of press be ensured and the paper be allowed to be published without undue pressures and restrictions. They also demanded release of a cameraman of the Al-Jazeera Television Network who was […]
ISLAMABAD, Feb 23: Journalists and politicians will discuss media-related issues at a roundtable conference on “State of Press Freedom in Pakistan” here on Saturday. Interior and information ministers, Aftab Sherpao and Mohammad Ali Durrani, respectively, will also speak on the occasion, said a press release. The event, which has been organised jointly by Pakistan Federal […]
Worsening press freedom KARACHI (PPI) – A coalition of international and local press freedom and media, groups, led by the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate in Pakistan, the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), is conducting an urgent mission to Pakistan, in response to the deteriorating press freedom situÂation and worsening safety […]
KARACHI: Journalists held a protest demonstration outside Governor House Friday, demanding the government lift a ban on three Urdu-language publications, Daily Islam, Weekly Islami and Monthly Al-Abraar. A meeting of working journalists’ bodies, KUJ and PFUJ, headed the demonstration at the press club. Speakers condemned and criticised the government’s decision, which they said was a […]
KARACHI (February 24 2007): The Board of Directors of Pakistan Broadcasters Association (PBA), at a meeting held in Karachi, welcomed the passage of Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) Amendment Bill by National Assembly as a positive step forward. The meeting, presided (over) by PBA Chairman Shakil ur Rahman, noted that after much delay the […]
KARACHI: The Executive Committee of the APNS at its meeting held at Karachi under the chairmanship of its President Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman noted that the ban on government advertising by the government has negatively affected the government-press relations and reflected upon the track record of the government on press freedom. The Executive Committee considered the letter […]
KARACHI, Feb 22: The All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) has severely criticised the government for using advertisements as a lever to control the press and curb freedom of expression which is a fundamental right enshrined in the Constitution. A meeting of the APNS executive committee held here on Thursday under the chairmanship of Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman […]
ISLAMABAD: Senators from both the treasury and opposition benches on Thursday criticised the government and private TV channels for calling Muhammad Sarwar, the assassin of the Punjab social welfare minister, a “maulvi”. Senator Dr Abdul Khaliq Pirzada of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), raising the issue on a point of order, said that a conspiracy […]
ISLAMABAD: The government has banned the portrayal of wicked characters as heroes in motion pictures and refused permission to release four new movies of this nature. “The central censor board has been ordered to decline permission to films that glorify villainous characters,” Culture Minister Dr G G Jamali told the National Assembly during the question […]
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