ISLAMABAD, June 18 2006: The government must launch an impartial inquiry into the killing of a tribal journalist, Hayatullah, and arrest his killers at the earliest, said Former Prime Minster and the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairperson Benazir Bhutto on June 17. “Only an impartial and judicial probe can reveal the bloodstained hands behind the […]
ISLAMABAD, June 18 2006: Political leaders have condemned the murder of a tribal areas’ journalist, Hayatullah Khan, and sought a thorough probe into the matter and arrest of the culprits. The journalist had been missing for the past seven months. In a statement received here on June 17, PPP Chairperson Benazir Bhutto said she was […]
PESHAWAR, June 18: The NWFP Assembly through a unanimous resolution on June 17 condemned the murder of journalist Hayatullah Dawar, whose bullet-riddled body was found near Mirali in North Waziristan on Friday. The deceased was buried in his native town in the presence of thousands of tribesmen and journalists from Fata and Peshawar. The joint […]
ISLAMABAD, June 18 2006: Journalists and opposition party members here on June 17 boycotted the proceedings of the National Assembly to condemn the killing of a tribal journalist and demanded the government to constitute a judicial commission under a judge of the Supreme Court and a fact-finding committee of parliamentarians before Monday to investigate the […]
KARACHI, June 18 2006: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on June 18 announced that a judicial inquiry would be conducted into the killing of journalist Hayatullah Khan and a compensation of Rs500, OOO would be paid to the bereaved family. “We have taken the decision for holding of judicial inquiry last evening,” the prime minister said […]
KARACHI, June 17 2006: The Pakistan Federal of Union of Journalists (PFUJ) and the (AII Pakistan Newspapers Employees Confederation (APNEC), in a press release have condemned. the murder of senior journalist Hayatullah Khan, whose body was found on June 16, six months after he was abducted and suspected the role of government agencies and the […]
PESHAWAR, June 17 2006: A tribal journalist missing for about seven months has been killed. His body was found lying outside a village in Mirali in the restive North Waziristan tribal region on June 16 afternoon. His hands chained, the 29-year-old Hayatullah Khan had been shot from behind, his brother Ihsanullah Khan Dawar told Dawn […]
KARACHI, June 15 2006: Two rural journalists receive threats for reporting on quasi judicial decision of traditional feudal assembly Two rural journalists in Pakistan’s southern province of Sindh received death threats from feudal lords for reporting on the quasi judicial decision of Jirga (traditional feudal assembly) to give in marriage five minor girls to the […]
Karachi, June 15 2006: Attack on Rural Press Club in Pakistan. About fifty persons attacked journalists in a rural press club in Pakistan on June 14, 2006, injuring six newsmen. About fifty persons riding a tractor barged into the press club of Thari Mirwah, a small town located in Khairpur district of Pakistan’s southern province […]
PESHAWAR, June 19 2006: Rallies and processions to condemn the brutal killing of Hayatullah Dawar continued on June 18, severely lashing out at the state-run agencies over the poor law and order situation. Journalists of Mardan district staged a protest demonstration against the tribal journalist, Hayatullah, which besides others was attended by district and tehsil […]
KARACHI, March 13, 2006: A senior journalist on Sunday lodged a complaint with Defence Police Station that his house had been robbed. Rasheed Channa stated that criminals took away his computer, CDs, some of his personal files, documents and valuables, including Rs4,000 in cash. He, however, claimed that it was not a case of robbery […]
PESHAWAR, Feb 9: Brimful of violence and vulgarity, Pushto CD dramas are being shown by cable operators right under the nose of the regulatory authorities. Having all alluring ingredients of a Pashto action movie, these dramas, produced by local production houses, are getting popular among citizens. “Hardly any different from Pashto movies subject-wise, the CD […]
KARACHI, January 25 2006: The Standing Committee of Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors CPNE has rejected the proposed amendment in draft Press Council saying that such amendments would give it an status of ‘Special Court’ against the newspapers instead of an independent and volunteer body. The meeting, presided over by CPNE chief Arif Nizami, noted […]
NAWABSHAH, January 24 2006: A TV journalist was beaten and arrested by Railway Police while he was making footage of railway police action against the encroachment on Railway Land at Nawabshah on Monday 23 January 2006. According to press report, Railway Police snatched camera, press card and cash along with other papers from Rizwan Thebo […]
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