Media and Governance | Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) | Page 207

Pakistan Press Foundation

Media and Governance

=> ISLAMABAD: President Pervez Musharraf will issue t

ISLAMABAD: President Pervez Musharraf will issue three orders on Saturday or Sunday to lift the state of emergency and revive the Constitution, but after making several amendments to the basic document under his special PCO powers. Highly-placed sources told The News here that the relevant orders had been drafted by legal experts of the law […]


=> ISLAMABAD (December 12 2007): Military troops laun

ISLAMABAD (December 12 2007): Military troops launched artillery barrages on suspected militant hideouts in the Swat, killing 20 rebels and injuring up to 15, the army said Tuesday. The new operation came two days after the army claimed it had cleared almost all the embattled militants, killing 290 rebels and arresting another 143 in recent […]


=> ISLAMABAD, Dec 10: Caretaker Minister for Law Syed

ISLAMABAD, Dec 10: Caretaker Minister for Law Syed Afzal Haider on Monday said the proposed Islamabad High Court would commence functioning with principal seat in the federal capital from early next year as all legal instruments necessary for establishing the court would be completed by mid of this month. “The high court for the Islamabad […]


=> KARACHI (December 11 2007): While the City Council

KARACHI (December 11 2007): While the City Council passed two unread resolutions on Monday, the union council (UC) nazims from opposition benches registered strong resistance for not being taken on board in preparation of Karachi Strategic Development Plan-2020 (KSDP-2020). The City Council session, held after almost 20 minutes delay due to lack of quorum here […]


=> ATTOCK, Dec 10: A suicide bomber detonated an expl

ATTOCK, Dec 10: A suicide bomber detonated an explosive-laden car near a military vehicle carrying children of Pakistan Air Force employees to school on Monday, injuring four children and three other people. The attack took place near the Fauji gate outside the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex in Kamra on the Attock-Kamra road. It may be mentioned […]


=> Karachi: In an eagerly awaited major move, the Sin

Karachi: In an eagerly awaited major move, the Sindh High Court (SHC) finally wended to entertain human rights issues, directing the authorities for immediate production of details regarding women prisoners and alleged youthful offenders detained in prisons and facing miseries of the trial delay syndrome. Chief Justice Wajihuddin Ahmad took up the matter on Monday […]


=> MINGORA, Dec 9: A suicide bomber exploded a vehicl

MINGORA, Dec 9: A suicide bomber exploded a vehicle near a highly-guarded checkpoint, killing 10 people, two of them children and three policemen, in Ningwalai on Sunday. Witnesses said the bomber blew up the explosive-laden double-cabin pick-up after he was stopped for check at the barricade of a checkpoint on the Matta road in Ningwalai, […]


=> LAHORE – The civil society, students, journalists

LAHORE – The civil society, students, journalists and lawyers are playing role for ensuring freedom of expression in the country. The political parties should also play their due role and become stakeholders in the struggle rather than just giving token support. President Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors and Editor The Nation Arif Nizami stated this […]


=> A seminar was organised by SHEHRI-CBE to discuss t

A seminar was organised by SHEHRI-CBE to discuss the issue of billboards and hoardings, its policy making and implementations, at a local hotel on Saturday. The Head of the Department of Architecture, NED University, Prof. Dr. Noman Ahmed, depicted the scenario that has been created by billboards and hoardings in the city. The issue of […]


=> ISLAMABAD (December 08 2007): President Pervez Mus

ISLAMABAD (December 08 2007): President Pervez Musharraf will lift the state of emergency on December 15, a day earlier than previously planned, Attorney General Malik Muhammad Qayyum told AFP on Friday. “The emergency will be lifted on December 15,” Malik Qayyum said. Musharraf had earlier pledged to lift the state of emergency on December 16. […]


=> KARACHI: The City Council on Friday put deep delib

KARACHI: The City Council on Friday put deep deliberations on Karachi Strategic Development Plan-2020 (KSDP-2020) to give legal cover to the 5th Master Plan formulated for Karachi since 1923. Opposition members, however, suggested that passage of the citywide development plan should be delayed for about a month in view of the forthcoming general elections. The […]


=> LAHORE, Dec 5: Civil society activists, lawyers an

LAHORE, Dec 5: Civil society activists, lawyers and students will come together on Dec 10, international human rights day, to form a human chain around the Lahore High Court and demand restoration of the judiciary to pre-November 3 status. During a meeting, Advocate Khurram Latif Khosa, Secretary of the Campaign for Democracy and Rule of […]


=> ISLAMABAD: The government on Tuesday issued a noti

ISLAMABAD: The government on Tuesday issued a notification of retirement of 24 High Court judges who did not take oath under the Provisional Constitution Order (PCO). According to the notification issued by the Ministry of Law, the judges who stand retired include 12 judges of the Sindh High Court (SHC), 10 of the Lahore High […]


=> ISLAMABAD, Dec 4: Security forces killed over 230

ISLAMABAD, Dec 4: Security forces killed over 230 militants and arrested 90, including some foreign nationals, since the start of operation in Swat, according to interior ministry spokesman Brig (retd) Javed Iqbal Cheema. In his weekly press briefing on law and order on Tuesday, he said the operation in Swat was continuing and expressed the […]