ISLAMABAD: A Supreme Court bench on April 8, dismissed a petition of the APNS, challenging The Newspaper Employees (Conditions of Service) Act 1973 for being “not maintainable.” After hearing the petition for five days, the bench headed by Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, said in its unanimous short order, that the petitioner could not invoke the […]
On 31 March 2004, Munawar Mohsin, a subeditor of the Peshawar-based national daily “Frontier Post”, was scheduled to appear in court. His appeal was postponed, however, because his lawyer, Zhur-ul Haq, had a scheduling conflict. No new date was set for the examination of Mohsin’s appeal. The bench consisted of Justices Tariq Pervaiz and Dosht […]
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court bench hearing the APNS petition challenging the vires of the law under which the Wage Board is constituted to determine the salaries of newspaper workers , on Wednesday, asked the lawyers to complete their arguments by April 8. The bench which has been hearing the case on a daily basis since […]
ISLAMABAD: Journalists on April 6, evening staged a walkout from the press gallery of the Parliament House to protest against Minister for Information Sheikh Rashid Ahmed for not fulfilling his commitment regarding provision of financial support to a journalist for his treatment abroad. It may be mentioned that the journalists staged a walkout from the […]
KARACHI: Rozina Ujjan wife of Sadiq Uhrain narrowly escaped from becoming victim of Karo-kari and managed to arrive here on April 5. According to details, Rozina, teacher by profession, was married to Uhrain five months ago. She was accused of having illicit relations with a fifteen-year-old boy in her village in District Khairpur. Rozina, four-month […]
KARACHI: Arif Nizami of Nawa-i-Waqt Group of Publications and Mohammad Aslam Kazi of Daily Kawish were re-elected as President and Secretary General of All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) by the Executive Committee elect for the second term. The newly elected Executive Committee holding its first meeting in Karachi, also elected Syed Faseih Iqbal of Daily […]
KARACHI: Arif Nizami of the Nawa-i-Waqt Group of publications and Muhammad Aslam Kazi of Daily Kawish, were re-elected President and Secretary-General of the All-Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) by the Executive Committee-elect for the second term. The newly elected Executive Committee, at its first meeting in Karachi, also elected Syed Fasih Iqbal of The Balochistan Times, […]
ISLAMABAD: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has submitted four bills to the National Assembly Secretariat seeking amendments to Hudood laws, informed sources told Dawn here on March 31, 2004. In all these amendments, the MQM has suggested that after the word “male” the word “or female” should be inserted. Moved by MQM MNA Kunwar Khalid […]
QUETTA: Khawar Mehdi Rizvi, a Pakistani reporter who was arrested after being accused of helping French journalists make a “fake film” about the Taliban, was released on bail on March 29, prison officials said. An anti-terrorism court in Quetta granted Khawar Mehdi Rizvi bail of Rs 200,000, they said. Intelligence authorities arrested Rizvi in December […]
David Dries Van, cameraman of Ten Sports was declared persona non grata and deported from Pakistan for his indecent behaviour with staff of a hotel in Multan. He was in the city to cover India and Pakistan cricket test match series. According to press reports, David Dries Van twice misbehaved and tried to molest a […]
Journalist Khawar Mehdi Rizvi was released from prison in Quetta on March 29, by order of the local anti-terrorist court, though he will be on bail and must still appear in court to face charges of “conspiracy” and “sedition.” He said he had not broken the law and had simply done his job as a […]
KARACHI: Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA), Sindh Region, has warned the cable operators to improve their service otherwise legal action will be taken against them. This was decided at the 15th meeting of Council of Complaints of the authority held March 27, presided over by Commissioner of COC, Nazim F. Haji. The meeting highlighted […]
Quetta — The judge on March 27, granted bail to Khawar Mehdi Rizvi a journalist accused of treason after he worked with two Frenchmen reporting on Taliban milita, a defense lawyer said. Khawar Mehdi Rizvi, was arrested in December along with reporter Marc Epsein and photographer Jean Paul Guilloteau of L’Express magazine. Authorities claim the […]
Article… Prior to responding to the above mentioned question a more important question that needs to be looked at is whether or not media can be objective. Theoretically it may be possible to have an objective media but practically it is impossible for media to be objective though there are many instances in which one […]
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