PESHAWAR, March 17: Journalists in large numbers took part in a demonstration on Saturday which was held to protest against an attack by policemen on a news organisation on Friday. The demonstration was organised by the Khyber Union of Journalists to denounce what was termed ‘state-sponsored terrorism unleashed against the countryÂ’s print and electronic media’. […]
ISLAMABAD, March 17: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has called for the formation of an independent judicial commission headed by a judge of the High Court to investigate the attack on GEO TV’s Islamabad offices. In a joint statement on Saturday, Huma Ali, President of PFUJ, and Secretary-General Mazhar Abbas, said the commission […]
KARACHI, March 16: Bodies representing the media have come out with the strongest words against the government over Friday’s attack on the offices of Geo News in Islamabad, imposition of ban on a talk show a day earlier and threats issued to other news channels by the government. They called for disbanding of the Pakistan […]
KARACHI (March 17 2007): Secretary General of the All Pakistan Newspapers Society Kazi Asad Abid, has strongly condemned the attack on the premises of Jang, The News and Geo at Islamabad. He also flayed the restrictions being imposed on the press. “The APNS considers such actions as strangulating the free press, reiterates its commitment to […]
ISLAMABAD (March 17 2007): President General Pervez Musharraf on Friday strongly condemned the police action against the Geo TV and apologised over the sad incident. In a telephone call to the Geo TV, aired live, the President condemned the incident in the strongest terms. “In my view this is a sabotage of whatever we stand […]
KARACHI (updated on: March 16, 2007, 18:04 PST): The Punjab police on Friday left three staffers injured and almost the entire building ransacked of a TV channel and an English daily in a raid, for unknown reasons, in Islamabad. Police, ransacking the entire infrastructure of the prominent media institutions, attacked the offices of Geo television […]
LARKANA, March 7: On the call of the Hyderabad Press Club, journalists of Qambar-Shahdadkot district will stage a rally in Qambar on Thursday to protest against registration of a murder case against Hadi Bakhsh Sangi, a cameraman of the KTN (Kawish TV Network) in Larkana and brother of slain KTN cameraman Munir Sangi. The Dari […]
LAHORE, March 3: Apprehending reaction from extremist religious groups, the Punjab home secretary on Saturday asked cinema houses, theatres and cable operators to immediately stop presenting vulgar shows and programmes that could irritate such elements. The direction was given at a meeting reportedly held at the Civil Secretariat. It was attended by secretaries of the […]
KARACHI, March 2: The Sindh Assembly Press gallery corps on Friday staged a token walkout to protest against the government action against daily Islam and the improper treatment of the nephew of senior journalist of APP Khushnood Ali Khan at the Aga Khan Hospital where he is under treatment. The journalists gathered in the press […]
BARA: The political administration of Khyber agency has warned Shalobar tribe to hand over the accused involved in kidnapping of Sohail Qalandar otherwise more tribesmen would be taken into custody under the collective responsibility section of the Frontier Crimes Regulations (FCR). Talking to a tribal delegation led by former federal minister Malik Waris Khan, Assistant […]
LAHORE, Feb 26: A full bench of the Lahore High Court on Monday admitted a constitutional petition seeking cancellation of Geo TV network’s licence. Filed by Mubarik Ali Chaudhry, chairman of the Awami Hamayat Tehrik, Pakistan, the petition has also sought a ban on the network transmissions for telecasting a programme which, according to him, […]
ISLAMABAD (February 26 2007): The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFJU) and the International Union of Journalists (IUJ) held a roundtable discussion on the ‘State of press freedom in Pakistan’ here on Saturday. Minister of State for Information, Tariq Azeem, and opposition leaders Raza Rabbani, of PPPP, and Hafiz Hussain Ahmad, of MMA, were also […]
KHAAR, Feb 25: A little known organisation, Mujahideen Bajaur, has distributed pamphlets in different areas of the Bajaur agency calling on drivers of public transport to stop playing music in their vehicles, residents said on Sunday. They said that the pamphlets warned that if the drivers continued with this un-Islamic activity, they would be responsible […]
ISLAMABAD, Feb 25: The fact-finding mission of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has observed that media in Pakistan was facing a crisis of safety and social rights and expressed concern over the rising violence against journalists in the country. Speaking at a press conference, IFJ President Christopher Warren said the mission was concerned over […]
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