LAHORE – A representative body of journalists, in the UK, National Union of British journalists, has reacted strongly to the government of Pakistan decision to impose ban on advertisements to the Nawa-i-Waqt Group of Publications because of the group’s editorial policy. In a statement, Joint Secretary of the NUBJ Suzan Peters has said that Press […]
PARIS (March 7, 2004): Thousands of women demonstrated in Paris on March 6, 2004, amid deep division over the wearing of the Islamic veil. The procession included both a heavily guarded group of veiled women and members of a group called “Ni Putes Ni Soumises” – Neither Whores nor Slaves – that opposes the violence […]
On March 02, about 20 rioters broke into the offices of the private GEO TV station and set fire to administrative record, newspapers, and other material, according to Karachi based Pakistan Press Foundation. The offices were closed for the holiday, and no one was injured. The building also houses the offices of the national daily […]
KARACHI: Secretary General of the Council of the Pakistan Newspapers Editors (CPNE), Dr. Jabbar Khattak, has announced that an emergency meeting of the standing committee of CPNE will be held on March 8, Monday at 2pm in central secretariat at 29-3rd floor, Fareed Chambers, Abdullah Haroon Road. The meeting will consider the situation created after […]
KARACHI: The All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) has strongly deplored the “arbitrary ban” on government advertisements of Federal as well as provincial governments to Nawa-i-Waqt Group of publications and termed it “contravention of freedom of press as enshrined in Article 19 of the Constitution of Pakistan”. Secretary General APNS Muhammad Aslam Kazi in a statement […]
Quetta offices of daily “Jang”, which also house the office of Geo television, suffered an arson attack on Friday, March 2, 2004. The incident occurred during riots that broke out after firing on a Shiite religious procession. According to the staff members, about 20 people came to the “Jang” and Geo offices and opened fire […]
HYDERABAD: Members of the Hyderabad Press Club held a protest demonstration outside the press club on March 1, 2004, against the attack on the Karachi Press Club and assault on its guard. The president of the press club, Lala Rehman Samoon, condemned the attack, saying it was an attack on democracy, freedom of press and […]
ABBOTTABAD – Former NWFP chief minister Afzal Khan Jadoon has said Nawa-i-Waqt has always played a leading role in foiling conspiracies against the solidarity of the country and any intrigue against Nawa-i-Waqt is tantamount to damaging the national interests. The former chief minister said this while addressing a protest rally arranged by District Press Club, […]
KARACHI: Copies of newspapers were burnt on Monday, March 1, morning by unidentified people at various places in the city. The reports of burning the newspapers were received from New Chali , Purani Numaish, Gulshan-i-Iqbal, Saddar, Hussainabad, and Water Pump in Federal B Area, the Hawkers Association said. A representative of the association said thatthe […]
KARACHI: Unidentified gunmen, in lightning early morning raids at newspaper stalls in widely separated parts of the city, snatched bundles of newspapers and set them ablaze before fleeing from the scene, police and hawkers said on March 1. A senior police officer told The News that some hawkers had informed the police but nobody had […]
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on February 28, said 24 multimedia-multi channel distribution systems would be established in 21 cities of the country. “Frequencies have been allocated to these channels in the private sector,” he said while addressing a press conference. Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said 17 fresh applications to set up […]
Protesters demonstrating against a private television station attacked the Karachi Press Club (KPC)on February 29, 2004, seriously wounding a guard and damaging the club’s property. According to media reports, hundreds of protesters gathered outside the KPC’s premises and chanted slogans against a programme aired by Geo television station, which had reportedly offended the Shiite Muslim […]
Mr. Arif Nizami, editor of the daily “The Nation” and executive editor of the daily “Nawa-i-Waqt”, says the government has banned the placement of government advertisements in newspapers belonging to the Nawa-i-Waqt Group of Publications, one of Pakistan’s leading media organisations. According to press reports, Nizami said the ban contradicts Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Jamali’s […]
PARIS (AFP) – Worldwide newspaper circulation soared nearly 10 per cent in the five years to 2005, according to a study released that sharply challenges the widespread notion, the print media is moribund. The World Association of Newspapers said the number of paid for daily papers came to a record 10,104 in 2005, an increase […]
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