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Journalists stage walkout in NA, Senate

ISLAMABAD – Media persons, covering the proceedings of parliamentary debate on the federal budget, staged walkouts in the press galleries of both the National Assembly and the Senate on June 17 to protest against the unnecessarily overbearing security arrangements at the Parliament House building. The security staff at the Parliament House had been directed by […]


Code of ethics for print media proposed

KARACHI – The Uks, a research, resource and publication centre on women and media, on June 16 called upon newspapers owners and other stakeholders in the newspaper industry to adopt a gender-sensitive code of ethics for print media. The call came at a one-day interactive/consultative meeting, held at a local hotel, with the editorial staff […]


Undesirable remarks against women

KARACHI – The print media must avoid using objectionable language against women and in this connection a ‘Code of Ethics’ was presented to the print media demanding from the editors, owners, and the desks that rather than using unpalatable remarks, issues should be highlighted positively. This code of ethics was submitted at a discussion on […]


Speakers pay tribute to Zamir Niazi

KARACHI – The life and works of the well-known journalist and author Zamir Niazi were highlighted at a condolence reference held at the Karachi Press Club on June 16. Prominent personalities paid glowing tributes to the late Zamir Niazi at the event organized jointly by the Karachi Union of Journalists and the Karachi Press Club. […]


Awais opens Microsoft training workshop

KARACHI – The Minister for Science and Technology, Awais Ahmed Khan Leghari, inaugurated a three-day training course for software development at a local hotel on Tuesday. More than 1,000 students of computer science gathered to attend the training workshop organised by Microsoft Pakistan – which had invited delegates from 10 countries to impart the knowledge […]


Role of women in development highlighted

KARACHI – Former federal minister Barrister Shahida Jameel has termed inclusion of a large number of women in assemblies and local councils a great success of the government and hoped that they would play their due role in the progress of the country. She was speaking at a recently held three-day long workshop on Role […]


Karo kari

Letter to the editor… It is reported that a law against the ‘Karo kari’ (lynch law for a rebel woman) is on the anvil. It is feared that this law would meet the same fate as Hadood laws as all laws in Pakistan are being legislated only as a political stunt without keeping in mind […]


Seminar on women rights

LAHORE – The Department of Women’s Studies, Punjab University arranged a seminar: ‘Women’s Rights are Human Rights’ at the Institute of Bio­chemistry and Biotechnology on Saturday. Chief guest and Vice Chancellor Arshad Mahmood, in his address, stressed for equal rights for women and talked about mothers role in character building of students, he said there […]


Madar-i-Millat a role model for women

LAHORE – Begum Surayya Khursheed, addressing a forum by monthly Phool at Hameed Nizami Hall on Saturday, said Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah was a disciplined and patriotic person­ality and citizens can learn a lot from her life. Begum Surayya said Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah realized the true wishes of the Quaid-i-Azam and wanted to see Pakistan moulded […]


Rs925m for women development

ISLAMABAD – An amount of Rs925 million has been allocated for women development in the Public Sector Development Programme 2004-05. About Rs140m has been allocated for the women development programme. About Rs300m has been set aside for the Tawana Pakistan project, Rs385m for the gender reform action plan and Rs100m has been earmarked for the […]


Services of Zamir Niazi hailed

KARACHI – Karachi Union of Journalists (KUJ) paid rich tributes to the veteran journalist Zameer Niazi and described him as a crusader for press freedom and encyclopedia on journalism. He was a man, whose contribution in the field of journalism is unmatched. KUJ President Mazhar Abbas, General-Secretary Fazil Jamili and members of the executive council […]


Zamir Niazi

Editorial… A committed journalist, a jealous champion of freedom of the press, a meticulous chronicler of the oreals of the press, and other epithets easily come to mind; all true, yet none would adequately describe Zamir Niazi, who passed away on Friday morning. He was a phenomenon, unique not for the definition of his commitment […]


Zameer Niazi passes away

KARACHI – Veteran journalist Zameer Niazi passed away after protracted illness. He was 72. Late Zameer Niazi had strived hard for the freedom of speech and wrote a number of books on the subject. He was the father of a senior journalist Haris Zameer. The President and Secretary General of Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists […]


APNS condoles Zamir’s death

KARACHI – All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) President Arif Nizami and Secretary-General Aslam Kazi have expressed profound grief and sorrow over the death of renowned journalist and a leading press historian Zamir Niazi. In a condolence message, they said Zamir’s commitment to the press freedom could be gauged by the fact that he wrote three […]