Date: January 13-15, 2004 Location: Hub Hub is on fringe of Baluchistan province, bordering Karachi, having phenomenal growth of industries. Hub is growing into a metropolitan as workers from all over Pakistan throng to work in factories. To attract businesspeople from Karachi, Baluchistan government offers attractive tax benefits. Near Hub is the coastal strip of […]
Karachi.Jan.17:The Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) with the supÂport of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) launched second annual Gender in ‘Journalism Award 2004 for print media journalists. All articles published between -January 1 to December 31, 2003 on gender-sensitive reports by ‘hale and female journalists are ,eligible for entry in the award. […]
ISLAMABAD: The media center set up for the 12th SAARC Summit went operational on Thursday with the first briefing by the Secretary Foreign Secretary Riaz Khokhar. The centre made to cater for over 500 newsmen from the seven countries has been set up at the Holiday Inn Hotel. Minister for Information Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, Secretary […]
Date: December 29-31, 2003 Location: Hiraabad, Hyderabad PPF organized a three-day (December 29-31, 2003) training workshop for journalists in Hiraabad, Hyderabad. There were 19 participants belonging to various professional fields. All participants demonstrated an outstanding awareness of social, political and economic issues. With a high level of commitment to upgrade quality of life in their […]
Date: December 18, 2003 Location: Karachi Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) organized a seminar for journalists titled The Reasons behind the Wheat Crisis on December 18, 2003, at its Vicky Zeitlin Media Library. The speakers Mr. Hasan Ali Chanio, Former Minister for Food and Agriculture, Government of Sindh; Mr. M.H. Punhwar, Agriculture expert and Mr. Syed […]
Date: December 11, 2003 Location: Karachi Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) organized a Human Rights Day seminar for journalists titled Misusing the Hudood, Qisas and Diyat Ordinances to Violate Women’s Human Rights on December 11, 2003, at its Vicky Zeitlin Media Library in Karachi. The speakers at the seminar Sentor (R) Iqbal Haider, Former Attorney General, […]
Date: October 30, 2003 Location: Karachi Speaker,M. Afzal Janjua Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) organised a workshop for journalists on Work Motivation at its Vicky Zeitlin Media Library October 30, 2003. Noted Education Consultant and faculty member of Hamdard University Karachi M. Afzal Janjua defined motivation by explaining various theories of needs and management and administrative […]
Date: September 11, 2003 Location: Karachi Pakistan press Foundation (PPF) at its Vicky Zeitlin Media Library organised a seminar for journalists The media’s role in promoting Quaid’s Values on September 11, to mark the death anniversary of the Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah. The speakers’ consensus was that despite facing constrains, and impediments print media in […]
Date: 07 July, 03 Location: Vicky This Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) held a seminar for journalists on “The Art of Translation” at its Vicky Zeitlin Media Library Tuesday in Karachi. Prominent among those who spoke on the occasion included eminent Poet and writer, Shan ul Haq Haqqee, Kunwar Khalid Younus, member National Assembly, Hasan Abidi […]
KARACHI- The roundtable on “Imminent changes: prospective challenges” arranged by Citizens’ Media Commission (CMC) in collaboration with Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (a German foundation) at a local hotel appreciated the Musharraf government for having adopted measures for independent electrode media. It stressed the effective efforts and implementation of Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) recently approved […]
Date: December 20-24, 2003 Location: Karachi Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) organised a five-day workshop on “Monitoring Press Freedom in Pakistan” at PPF Vicky Zeitlin Library, Karachi from December 20-24, 2003. On December 20, 2004, Mr. Owais Aslam Ali, Secretary General PPF, held a reception to welcome journalists, both male and female, who came from all […]
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