KATHMANDU – Around 1,000 people were taken into custody on April 17 as police in Nepal broke up new demonstrations against the royalist government and protesters torched two trucks, witnesses said. Police took away about half of some 1,000 people who took to the streets at the call of the Federation of Nepalese Journalists to […]
KARACHI – A three-day national conference on “Urdu Press – Problems and Prospects” will be held in the city from May 24 under the auspices of the Department of Mass Communication, University of Karachi. A varsity spokesman said on April 13 that Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali had been invited to perform the inauguration […]
KARACHI: Dawn’s Assistant Editor (Business) Afshan Subohi and one of the Dawn’s regular contributors, Zofeen Ebrahim, figure prominently in the first annual Developing Asia Journalism Awards announced by the Asian Development Bank Institute. Ms Subohi has been declared the first runner-up in the pro-poor sustainable economic category growth and second runner-up in regional cooperation and […]
ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani journalist took one of the three top honours on April 7, night in the first Developing Asia Journalism awards in Tokyo organized by the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI). Massoud Ansari, an investigative reporter from Newsline magazine, was named “Development journalist of the year” in a ceremony held at the Foreign Correspondents’ […]
Editorial … The Sindh population welfare minister’s statement on the floor of the provincial assembly on Tuesday that the government would soon be introducing a bill against the practice of karo-kari is reassuring. Such a legislation will obviously be intended to curb this brutal practice and give some sense of security to women in the […]
KARACHI – Maqbool Illahi, father of Mohsin Illahi who works as sub-editor for Dawn died on April 7 after protracted illness. He was 85. His funeral prayers will be offered on April 8 at 4 pm in the Madina Masjid Block 13 D/1 Gulshan-i-Iqbal. Source: Dawn Date:4/8/2004
KARACHI: Pakistan Customs (Export) Collectorate has completely eliminated Export of pirated CDS, VCDS, DVDs to various international destinations in United States, European Union, Australia, Hong Kong and some other countries. Customs officials said, on April 1, stringent measures have been taken against piracy of these items and to bring down Export of pirated items to […]
ISLAMABAD: The government on March 31, assured the National Assembly of implementing laws on those Internet cafes spreading obscenity in the country. Responding to a call-attention notice, Parliamentary Secretary for Cabinet Division Asjad Ali Malhi informed the assembly that a new law would be enacted soon to deal with those involved in Internet obscenity and […]
KARACHI: Almost everyday the press carries reports of violence against women and one can easily judge gravity of the situation from the fact that during a period of 12 months from January to December 2003 as many as 930 women had been reportedly raped throughout the country – a number great enough to stir the […]
KARACHI: Microsoft Pakistan is organising ‘Software Architect Tour (SAT-2004) in three major cities of the country to provide opportunity to local professionals to interact with wide range of software architects and engineers of the region. According to a spokesman of Microsoft on March 25, the SAT-2004 has been planned to organise in Karachi, Lahore, and […]
KARACHI: Embassy of Pakistan in Paris has assured utmost support to ITCN Asia 2004 and a huge investment by the foreign players of France is expected to be incurred in the IT and telecommunication sector of Pakistan. Mohammad Jehanzeb Khan, Commercial Counsellor in his letter to the organizers has assured his support for promoting the […]
KARACHI — Aziz Hussain, a former news editor of APP passed away on March 23, 2004, after a brief illness. He was 70. Hussain is survived by a widow, two sons and three daughters. His namaz-e-janaza will be offered after Zohr prayers in Masjid-e-Rahmania, Tairq Road, Karachi. Source: The Nation Date:3/24/2004
Article… In real terms, Pakistan is today the target of a media world war. Virtually all substantial news coverage and all analytical or editorial comments about Pakistan in global media and in the internal media of most nations are predominantly negative or hostile. In response to this relentless onslaught from across the planet, Pakistan is […]
KARACHI: On the invitation of Praphat Chantaharn, the Consul-General of the Thailand at Karachi, a delegation of Pakistani journalists will leave for Thailand late on Sunday night, where they will be welcomed by the Information Ministry of the Thailand. The delegation will remain in Thailand till March 27 and during its stay there, the senior […]
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