ISLAMABAD – The Managing Director of Pakistan Television Akhtar Waqar Azeem said that they would start PTV Direct to Home (DTH) from November 26 Fifty channels will be broadcast in first phase. He said that nine parties were interested in PTV DTH but it had scrutinised three. He said that they would hold meetings with […]
HYDERABAD – Senior journalist Mevo Khan alias Perwano Bhatti has criticised failure of Qasimabad police to arrest known killers of his on Gul Bhatti who was killed by three persons at outer gate of Abdullah Center Qasimabad on July 28, 2004. Addressing news conference in Hyderabad on August 6 he said Dr Mazhar Memon and […]
PESHAWAR – Provincial Information Minister Asif Iqbal Daudzai on August 7 said the issue of 7th Wage Board Award would meet its logical end as the sub-committee formed by the federal cabinet was working on the matter and likely to come through with its recommendations shortly. He was speaking at a function held in Peshawar […]
PESHAWAR – Female judges and lawyers across the NWFP, which has always been wrongly criticised for injustice with woman folk, are performing much better in judiciary and have become role model for those youngsters who are keen to play their role in providing justice to the public. The NWFP is the first province of the […]
KARACHI – The Chief Justice of Sindh High Court, IG Prison and Minister for Women Development and Social Welfare have been urged to take urgent steps to thoroughly review the conditions of correctional facilities for women in Sindh province. This was stated during a meeting of Lawyers for Human Rights and Legal Aid (LHRLA) convened […]
The government of Pakistan on July 29, introduced proposed amendments in the defamation bill in National Assembly under which defamation had been declared a “criminal offence”. Seeking amendments in the Defamation Ordinance 2002, the bill proposes to increase the imprisonment from three months to one year and the fine from Rs 50,000 to Rs 300,000 […]
The government of Pakistan on July 29, introduced proposed amendments in the defamation bill in National Assembly under which defamation had been declared a “criminal offence”. Seeking amendments in the Defamation Ordinance 2002, the bill proposes to increase the imprisonment from three months to one year and the fine from Rs 50,000 to Rs 300,000 […]
KARACHI – The Sindh Committee of the Council of Pakistan Newspapers Editors (CPNE) at a meeting held in Karachi on August 3 adopted a resolution rejecting the amendments proposed by the federal government to the Defamation Ordinance of 2002. The meeting decided to convey the viewpoint of the committee on the amendment bill to members […]
KARACHI – The All-Pakistan Newspaper Society (APNS) and the Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) have severely criticized the Defamation Bill presented by the government in the National Assembly. Rejecting the bill, the APNS said that while the country was facing a ‘high tide of terrorism’, the government had chosen to ‘terrorize’ the press by […]
KARACHI – “While the country is facing high tide of terrorism, the government has chosen to terrorise the press by further blackening the existing draconian Defamation Ordinance 2002,” stated spokesman of All Pakistan Newspaper Society (APNS). Syed Fasih Iqbal, acting President and Muhamamd Aslam Kazi, Secretary General, APNS rejected both the motivation and rationale contained […]
ISLAMABAD – The Alliance for Restoration of Democracy on August 2 filed two separate amendments with the National Assembly to the proposed Defamation (Amendment) Bill-2004. ARD Parliamentary Group Secretary Izhar Amrohvi told Business Recorder in Islamabad that through the amendments, ARD proposed that the bill be referred to the Council of Islamic Ideology, as the […]
ISLAMABAD – The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) on August 2 dubbed the introduction of the Defamation Ordinance (amendment) Bill 2004 in parliament as another attempt to restrict the freedom of expression and information. “The amendment in the defamation laws is a ‘mala fide’ legislation to curb the anti-government voice,” the SCBA vice-president, Muhammad Ikram […]
LAHORE – Secretary Information Pakistan Muslim League – N Punjab Syed Zaeem Qadri has said that Defamation Law is an onslaught on the freedom of press as the government first imposed a ban on the advertisement of the newspapers and now it has forwarded the bill for defamation law in the assembly. According to a […]
ISLAMABAD – The level of tension is increasing among artists working for Pakistan Television (PTV); while the administration spends hefty sums on consultants, it has not released their salary cheques for the last four months. Official sources told Daily Times that PTV’s new Managing Director Arshad Khan has brought with him several consultants from the […]
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