KARACHI: Declaring the government ban on advertisements to The Nation and Nawa-i-Waqt newspapers as contradictory to the spirit of freedom of the press, the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists has demanded that this step should be immediately revoked so that a culture of freedom of expression can be developed in the country. In a statement […]
Shahbaz Pathan, a correspondent for the Sindhi daily “Halchal”, was playing badminton with five friends when several armed men tried to kidnap them. Local residents chased the kidnappers, forcing them to free four of the boys after an exchange of gunfire. The bandits, however, abducted Pathan and a 16-year-old boy and took them to the […]
The local police in Karachi assaulted a local journalist on March 10, 2004. Journalist Zulfiqar Ali, of South Asian News Agency (SANA) was attacked by station house officer (SHO) Khalid around 12:30 pm near Sindh Assembly where protest arranged by People’s Party condemning the killing of MPA Abdullah Murad was being held. When the SHO […]
KARACHI: PPPP women and Provincial women MPAs protested in front of Private TV on Tuesday. They protested against a programme, which was telecast by private channel to defame the personality of Benazir Bhutto according to PPPP women and activists. Source: The Nation Date:3/10/2004
KARACHI— The emergent meeting of the Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors on March 8, 2004 strongly deplored the Government action of stoppage of advertising to the Nawa-i-Waqt and The Nation group of newspapers and called upon the Government to immediately withdraw this extremely detrimental action, which violates guarantees on Press freedom enshrined in Article 19 […]
KARACHI: An emergency meeting of the Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE), held on Monday strongly deplored the government action of stoppage of advertising to the Nawa-i-Waqt and Nation group of newspapers and called upon the government to immediately withdraw this extremely detrimental action which violates guarantee on press freedom enshrined in Article 19 of […]
An emergency meeting of the Standing Committee of Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE), on March 8, strongly deplored the stopping of government advertising to the daily Nawa-i-Waqt and The Nation group of newspapers. The CPNE called for the immediate withdraw of “this extremely detrimental action, which violates guarantees on Press freedom enshrined in Article […]
KHOST: An Afghan journalist was held for questioning by USÂled troops after he was arrested by Afghan military forces for allegedly having links with the ousted Taliban in southeastern Afghanistan, an officials said. Muhammad Qasim Jan was arrested Wednesday by local militia forces in Khost and was detained by the 25th division of Khost, military […]
An emergency meeting of the Standing Committee of Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE), on March 8, strongly deplored the stopping of government advertising to the daily Nawa-i-Waqt and The Nation group of newspapers. The CPNE called for the immediate withdraw of “this extremely detrimental action, which violates guarantees on Press freedom enshrined in Article […]
SUKKUR – Prime Minster Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali said on Sunday that the Nawa-i-Waqt had rendered remarkable services for the success of Pakistan Movement and the strengthening of the Pakistan ideology. The Prime Minister was talking to newsmen after performing the inauguration of the second phase of Al-Shifa Trust Eye hospital. He clarified that he […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has issued visas to nearly 100 Indian journalists and media persons, including TV commentators for coverage of the forthcoming Pakistan-India cricket series. The unprecedented public interest in the series is reflected in the number of requests made by the Indian media for visas to Pakistan, said a spokesman for the Ministry of Information. […]
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 […]
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