GUJRAT, August 03 2005: A journalist was shot dead by three assailants along the GT Road in front of the Saddar police station in Lalamusa on (August 1) Monday night. He was a former president of the Lalamusa press club. Reports said Mian Khalid Mahmood, who also ran a real estate centre in Lalamusa, was […]
SHEIKHUPURA, June 15 2005: Punjab Correspondent Union has demanded immediate release of an editor of a fortnightly newspaper, Faisal Javaid, who has allegedly been detained by Race Course police, Lahore. Talking to journalists, Punjab Correspondent Union chairman Syed Kausar Javaid Bajnori said his son Faisal was booked in false and fabricated cases on the behest […]
KARACHI, June 08 2005: The APNS-CPNE have formed a Joint Action Committee (JAC) to initiate a series of protest actions if the government fails to withdraw ban on advertisements to newspapers by June 15, stated a resolution adopted by the joint meeting of the APNS and the CPNE. The Executive Committee of the All Pakistan […]
KARACHI, June 04, 2005): Saudi Arabian Interior Minister Prince Naif Ibn Abdul Aziz has appreciated the book titled “Press freedom and the role of newspaper editors in Pakistan” written by veteran journalist Mahmudul Aziz. In a communication to Mahmudul Aziz, Saudi Interior Ministry Public Relations Director General Saud Bin Saleh Al-Musaiby has conveyed the appreciation […]
KARACHI, June 03, 2005: The Karachi Union of Journalists has demanded of the Sindh government to withdraw cases against two local newsmen forthwith. In a statement issued here on June 2, KUJ President Ayub Jan Sarhandi and General Secretary Nizam Siddiqi termed the registration of criminal cases against Asad Ibne Hassan of Daily News and […]
MIRPURMATHELLO, May 27, 2005: Local jouranlists have strongly condemned the government for imposing ads ban on The Nation and Nawa-i-Waqt, here on May 25. A meeting chaired by journalist Tanveer Ahmed Soomro, described the advertisment ban on these prominent national dailies as an attempt to stifle the press freedom. The participants said that ads ban […]
KARACHI, May 23, 2005: The Prime Minister, Shaukat Aziz, on May 22 said press freedom in the country had reached such a level that the process couldn’t be reversed. “We are proud to say that such a level of press freedom was never allowed in the country before. This credit goes to the present government. […]
KARACHI ,May 22 2005: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that his government’s policy is to encourage establishment of new TV channels because it creates employment and work opportunities for journalists, cameramen, artistes and musicians. Addressing the formal launching of ‘Aaj’ TV at a local hotel on Saturday, he said that media “is absolutely free” […]
KARACHI, May 20 2005: The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) on Thursday termed the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) Amendment Bill-2004, passed by the National Assembly on May 16, a setback to freedom of expression in Pakistan. “By passing the Pemra Bill, the National Assembly has set the stage for a tightened government grip […]
LAHORE, May 20, 2005: The National Assembly’s (NA)approval of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) Amendment Bill 2004 is a blow to the freedom of expression in Pakistan, said Christopher Warren, International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) president, on May 19. “By passing the PEMRA amendment bill, the National Assembly has set the stage for […]
LAHORE, May 20, 2005: The National Assembly’s (NA)approval of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) Amendment Bill 2004 is a blow to the freedom of expression in Pakistan, said Christopher Warren, International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) president, on May 19. “By passing the PEMRA amendment bill, the National Assembly has set the stage for […]
KARACHI, May 30, 2005: Cases were registered against two local journalists on Sunday for publishing reports likely to ‘incite’ people’s sentiments against the state. The first FIR was registered against a reporter of daily Awam and the second against a reporter of English eveninger Daily News, under sections 500 and 505(1)(b) of the Pakistan Penal […]
KARACHI, May 18: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has termed the amendments in the Pakistan Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) bill passed by the National Assembly on May 16 a blow to freedom of expression. In a statement on May 17, the PFUJ said the government through some of the clauses of the bill […]
WANA May 15, 2005: A Pakistani journalist was shot and wounded in a drive-by shooting by three masked gunmen on May 14 in a South Waziristan, officials said. Mujeebur Rehman, who works for Reuters news agency, was wounded in the hand during the attack from a passing taxicab near the town of Wana, local officials […]
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