PESHAWAR, November 10 2005: Following a sermon by an Imam of a mosque in Mingora in Swat district, people brought television sets, VCRs and audio and video tapes from their homes and publicly burnt them amid slogans of Allah-o-Akbar (Allah is Greatest). Reports from Swat said more than 250 television sets were put to the […]
Nasir Iqbal ISLAMABAD, November 10 2005: The Supreme Court has directed the Intelligence Bureau (IB) to hold a detailed inquiry into removal of two officials from service for unlawfully raiding the bureau office of Turkish daily Zaman International in December 1999. Led by Justice Sardar Raza, a two-member bench remanded back the cases of Assistant […]
Rizwan Ghani Media persons descend on earthquake affected areas, mostly in forces helis, and somehow end up meeting segment of people who are yet to receive aid, assistance and tents. By showing such clips the media apparently is doing their professional duty ie trying to bring the reality before the public across the country. However, […]
PESHAWAR (PPI): NWFP assembly Friday October 28 through a resolution demanded of the federal and provincial government to ban English film ‘ The Message’ in the country and forfeited all its copies as the film was against the Islamic jurisprudence (Sharia) which not allowed any one to perform like the companions (Sahaba-e-Kiram) of the holly […]
KARACHI, October 13 2005: Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has sent a team of journalists headed by Secretary General, Abbottabad Union of Journalists, Sardar Faisal to visit earthquake affected areas and to locate missing journalists. The PFUJ President, Haji Nawaz Raza and Secretary General, Sajid Aziz in a press release issued on Thursday October […]
ISLAMABAD, October 04 2005: Journalists and newspaper employees will hold protest marches throughout the world on Tuesday October 4 on the call of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) to observe “Global Action Day”. This will be in solidarity with the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) as protest meetings and demonstrations will be held […]
PARVAIZ AHMAD A free press plays a very significant role in the progress and development of a society. The press in Pakistan is presently enjoying a status that gives it a rare opportunity to help move the country forward in the right direction. It has not enjoyed so much freedom in the last many years. […]
Islamabad, September 29 2005: On the Right to Know Day, which is celebrated around the world on September 28, Centre for Peace and Development Initiatives, Pakistan (CPDI-Pakistan) has demanded the Government of Pakistan to strengthen freedom of information legislation with the aim of promoting transparency and citizens’ participation in governance. Freedom of Information (FOI) Ordinance […]
KARACHI (PPI): At least 38 journalists have been murdered in various parts of the world during the current years, say figures compiled by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), an independent non-profit organisation working for defending the Press Freedom world-wide. The motive behind killings of these journalists are stated to be political, while killings of […]
KARACHI (PPI): At least 38 journalists have been murdered in various parts of the world during the current years, say figures compiled by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), an independent non-profit organisation working for defending the Press Freedom world-wide. The motive behind killings of these journalists are stated to be political, while killings of […]
LAHORE, September 26 2005: Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi sanctioned an additional Rs 125 million for development work on the Lahore Press Club Journalist Housing Scheme and directed the Lahore Development Authority to complete the work in 6 months. He was presiding over the second meeting of the housing scheme. The chief minister ordered […]
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), the global organisation representing over 500,000 journalists in more than 110 countries, has condemned the violent attack and torture of a news photographer by personnel from the National Logistic Cell (NLC), a division of Pakistan’s army. On September 15, Daily Express Faisalabad photographer and executive member of the Faisalabad […]
LAHORE, September 15 2005: Staff reporter of a local newspaper Imran Zahid was arrested from his house by Township police officers on allegations that he opened fire at Adnan Butt on Wednesday September 14. Imran and his brother Luqman were picked up from their house in Walton. Imran’s colleagues alleged that the reporter had been […]
By Arshad Sharif ISLAMABAD, Aug 25 2005: The Pemra Amendment Bill 2005, permitting cross-media ownership which has outlived its mandatory 90 days life in the Senate since the National Assembly passed it in mid- May, is now awaiting scrutiny by the mediation committee of the two houses of parliament, officials said on Wednesday August 24. […]
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