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CD shop-owners fear wrath of Jamia Hafsa

ISLAMABAD, April 26: A 30-day deadline given by the Lal Masjid administration to the owners of CD shops for winding up their business ends on Friday (today) and it is feared that the militants may resort to any action. “We are feeling insecure and require the government’s protection,” a shopkeeper in Abpara Market told Dawn. […]


Action against TV channel criticised

KARACHI, April 25: The All Pakistan Newspapers Society has severely criticised the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) for issuing a show-cause notice to the Aaj television network and demanded that draconian rules and regulations be changed for ensuring a level-playing field for all media establishments. In a resolution adopted in an emergency meeting of […]


Media authority threatens closure of television station for covering judicial crisis, warns all private stations against negative coverage of judiciary, army, or state

ISLAMABAD – The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) has served a show-cause notice on private television channel Aaj TV for airing news, talk shows and other programmes on the judicial crisis in Pakistan and threatened the channel with closure. The notice issued on 22 April 2007 said that the TV channel had violated the […]


Taunsa barrage construction company guards thrash media persons

TAUNSA BARRAGE (April 23 2007): The Taunsa barrage emergency rehabilitation and modernisation project’s construction company, Descon, barred a media team from visiting the construction site, and meeting with labourers after disclosure of corruption complaints, and the company’s guards attacked the journalists on Sunday. Punjab government has sponsored the project with loan assistance of World Bank […]


British artist accuses Alhamra admin of mistreatment

LAHORE – A female artist who came all the way from England for an exhibition at Alhamra Art Centre has told harrowing tales of mistreatment at the hands of people engaged by the Alhamra administration for different assignments. After getting the information through internet, Naheed contacted the Alhamra administration who encouraged her to exhibit her […]


Pakistan-based Muslim group behind attack in Ontario, Canada, journalist says

Canada: An Ontario journalist was beaten and threatened with death this week in what is being called a revenge attack for publishing articles critical of a Pakistan-based Muslim group. Jawaad Faizi, 35, was pulling into the driveway of his editor’s Mississauga home on Tuesday night when a car pulled up behind him. Mr. Faizi had […]


Music shops blown up in Swabi

PESHAWAR,April 22: A homemade bomb blew up three video and music shops in a market in Swabi where hardliners believe the businesses are un-Islamic, police said Sunday. The blast happened late Saturday in Swabi, about 100 kilometers northeast of Peshawar.“It destroyed one shop and partially damaged two others, but there were no casualties as the […]


Govt, lawyers asked to stop violence against journalists

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists has expressed its concern over the increasing incidents of violence against journalists while performing their duties since March 13, especially in and around the courts premises. The journalists were manhandled and their equipment were damaged in different incidents in Lahore, Islamabad, Karachi and some other towns, said a press […]


Intimidations to Dera Radio station to end music programs

Unknown callers have asked Dera Ismail Khan Radio station to stop its music programs. Some unknown callers gave threatening warnings to station. In intimidation calls, station has been asked to stop its music programs. Such programs are un-Islamic and against shariate. Callers said that Pakistan was created for Islam. Woman compares in programs are against […]


Media-lawyers imbroglio defused

Karachi:The stand-off between the journalists and the lawyers came to an end as both sides agreed to withdraw their boycott against each other and reach a mutual understanding that both would respect each other’s role in the movement for the independence of the judiciary. A consensus was also evolved which said that journalists withdraw their […]


IBA condemns journalists’ manhandling

ISLAMABAD (April 16 2007): The Islamabad Bar Association (IBA) has condemned the recent incident of journalists’ manhandling in Karachi and said that lawyers and journalists are tied in the everlasting relationship of friendship and unity for upholding the press freedom in Pakistan. In a press statement here on Sunday, Secretary General IBA advocate Syed Muhammad […]


Local Taliban raid video shop, burn CDs in Islamabad

ISLAMABAD: Fear and panic gripped the area when a group of local Taliban belonging to Lal Masjid raided a video cassettes shop in Bhara Kahu, an Islamabad area, and burnt CDs and video cassettes on Saturday evening. The Bhara Kahu police, on the complaint of the locals, have arrested three Taliban from the scene and […]


Five madressah students held for torching video shop

ISLAMABAD, April 14: The police on Saturday took into custody five persons including three students of Lal Masjid from a market in Bhara Kahu where a video and CD shop was reportedly set on fire. The police said the five persons were taken into custody from Sarafa Market at Nai Abadi and a video camera […]


Five madressah students held for torching video shop

ISLAMABAD, April 14: The police on Saturday took into custody five persons including three students of Lal Masjid from a market in Bhara Kahu where a video and CD shop was reportedly set on fire. The police said the five persons were taken into custody from Sarafa Market at Nai Abadi and a video camera […]