ISLAMABAD – A spokesman of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has stated that the Ministry has always tried to act as a bridge between the publishers and the working journalists and has repeatedly tried to resolve the issues through dialogue between the two stakeholders. The spokesman said although the Wage Board Award is implemented […]
KARACHI – As 90 per cent population of the country read Urdu newspapers, they should be considered a vital force for maintaining solidarity, unity and integration among various sections of society. Speakers on the first day (May 24) of a national conference on Urdu journalism proposed many suggestions for bringing about qualitative changes in Urdu […]
KARACHI – The All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS), while commenting on the statement issued at the end of the co-ordination meeting of provincial information ministers chaired by the Federal Information Minister, according to which the provinces demanded that government advertising be linked to implementation of the 7th Wage Board Award, has expressed concern at the […]
KARACHI – Sindh Minister for Women Development Dr. Saeeda Malik on May 21 called upon the journalist community to step up their efforts against gender discrimination and biased attitude against womenfolk. She was speaking at the concluding ceremony of a three-day workshop on Media and Democratic Government with Focus on Gender Justice and Democracy, organized […]
PESHAWAR – “Stop economic murder of the workers of newspapers”, read a banner in the protest march of the Khyber Union of Journalists (KhUJ) on May 20. The union activists, while concluding a three-day strike camp, led a demonstration from the Peshawar Press Club to the Peshawar High Court to protest against the nonÂimplementation of […]
ISLAMABAD – The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has recovered Rs180 billion during the last four years, the NAB chairman, Lt-Gen Munir Hafiz, said on May 20 while answering a question in a radio programme launched by the bureau on Radio Pakistan’s FM-101 channel. The programme has been launched in collaboration with Radio Pakistan to create […]
KARACHI – The Karachi Union of Journalists has expressed its deep concern over reports of pressure from the government and political groups on journalists working in the electronic media and criticized the tone of the remarks of the federal information minister over the coverage of PML leader Shahbaz Sharif’s arrival and forced departure. In a […]
KARACHI – Karachi Union of Journalists (KUJ) has expressed its deep concern over what it says the “pressure tactics” by the government and political groups on electronic media journalists, according to a KUJ press release. KUJ president Mazhar Abbas and general secretary Fazil Jamili in a joint statement said the tone and tenor exhibited by […]
Letter to the editor… What is the power of free press? Why real democracy is considered as the best form of political system? The exposure of Abu Ghraib jail tortures by American soldiers who were supposed to protect the rights of prisoners have proved that those who were trained to kill the other fellowmen are […]
ISLAMABAD – President General Pervez Musharraf on May 15 called for passing a law to ban honour killing and said the Hudood Ordinance and the Blasphemy Law be studied afresh to ensure that they are not misused. Reaffirming commitment to the promotion and protection of human rights at a convention on Sensitization and Adoption of […]
ISLAMABAD – President General Pervez Musharraf on May 15 called for passing a law to ban honour killing and said the Hudood Ordinance and the Blasphemy Law be studied afresh to ensure that they are not misused. Reaffirming commitment to the promotion and protection of human rights at a convention on Sensitization and Adoption of […]
Afghan journalist Sami Yousafzai, detained secretly in Peshawar since April 21, 2004, has been transferred to the Miranshah detention centre in the tribal area of North Waziristan, in the north-west of the country. The authorities have given no reason for the transfer nor even confirmed his arrest, but Reporters Without Borders said it feared it […]
KARACHI – The Sindh committee of the Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) meeting on May 13 reiterated the consistent stand of the CPNE that advertising by the government should not be used as a lever to pressure newspapers and influence their editorial policies. At a meeting of the committee, the members heard from Aghaz […]
PESHAWAR – The continuous detention of an Afghan Journalist Sami Yousufzai and his driver Muhammad Saleem by intelligence agencies was challenged in the Peshawar High Court on May 13. A paternal cousin of detainee Muhammad Abdullah has filed a habeas corpus petition on behalf of Sami’s mother. The petition was filed through human rights activist […]
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