ISLAMABAD – President Pervez Musharraf has assured foreign investors of continuity of government’s economic policies. The president was witnessing signing ceremony of issuance of cellular phone licenses to two companies namely M/s Telenor of Norway and M/s Warid Telecom of UAE on May 26. Both the companies are likely to start their service by providing […]
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) has launched “Aasan” pre-paid phone connection service. In the first phase, under the new service 300,000 connections would be available for 10 major cities. These included Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Peshawar, Quetta, Hyderabad, Faisalabad, Multan and Sialkot. The PTCL President / Chief Executive Officer, Junaid I. Khan, told […]
KARACHI – The Governor Sindh, Dr. Ishratul Ibad, said on May 24 that Nawa-i-Waqt, the leading Urdu daily, had played a significant and historic role in Pakistan struggle. In his message to the 2nd National Conference on Urdu Press held at the Karachi University, he said that Urdu newspapers depict the views of 140 million […]
KARACHI – The Urdu language as well as the Urdu journalism is playing a cohesive role in the country and contributing towards national unity and provincial harmony. This was stated by Karachi University (KU) Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr Pirzada Qasim Raza Siddiqui, while delivering presidential address at the inaugural session of the second national conference on […]
BEIJING — A seven-member Pakistan media delegation arrived here on Monday on a 10-day visit. A Chinese official said the delegation, which represents national dailies and electronic media, will help further strengthen bilateral contacts between the two countries. Source: The News Date:5/25/2004
LAHORE – South Asia continues to be one of the most dangerous regions in the world for journalists where they are threatened by attacks from gangsters, religious fundamentalists and terrorists and intimidated and harassed by police and security agents. This is the overview of the second annual press freedom report of the International Federation of […]
WASHINGTON – Officials at US ports of entry have been instructed to use their discretion in admitting working journalists who are “clearly no threat” to US security but who have the wrong visa. Up to now, foreign journalists who do not have the “I” visa have been refused entry at US ports. The rumpus raised […]
KARACHI — An educational website to improve educational and practical skills of underÂgraduate and postgraduate medical students and professionals was launched on May 22 by Pakistan Medial Association (PMA) in collaboration with MedinBytes at PMA House. The website www.medinbytes.com has been developed and presented by Mainmoona Azhar Salim, 4th year student of Dow Medical College […]
LAHORE – Federal Information Technology Minister Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari will inaugurate on May 21 the second modem and high-tech five-storey Software Technology Park set up by the private sector. According to a press release, the park is part of Rs39 million project undertaken by the Ministry of Information Technology to set up six software […]
KARACHI – A two-member bench of Sindh High Court on May 18 allowed the Jang Group of Publications to become co-petitioners in the petition of Herald Publications against Chairman Implementation Tribunal (IT) of the 7th Wage Board Award for Newspaper Employees. The petition has been filed by Abdul Hafeez Pirzada and Muneer A Malik, Advocates, […]
KARACHI – Women in Pakistan faced all kinds of gross violence and abuse at the hands of male family members and state agents. Multiple forms of violence including rape, domestic abuse, spousal murder, mutilation, burning, disfiguring of faces by acid-throwing, beatings, ritual honour killings, and custodial abuse figured most prominently. According to a report prepared […]
ISLAMABAD – President General Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali say they are impressed by the tremendous progress in the IT sector. In their messages on the occasion of ITU World Telecommunication Day, they expressed the confidence that the Ministry of Information Technology will keep its focus on implementation plans to start […]
ISLAMABAD – President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Saturday called for a law to ban honour killing and emphasized that the Hudood Ordinance and the Blasphemy Law should be studied afresh to ensure that they were not misused. Reaffirming a commitment to promotion and protection of human rights at a convention, the president also announced the […]
SAN FRANCISCO – A flaw in Microsoft Corp’s almost universally used Windows operating system could allow hackers to take control of a PC by luring users to a malicious Web site and coaxing them into clicking on a link, the company warned on May 11. The world’s largest software maker issued the warning as part […]
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