UNITED NATIONS- Azim M. Mian, a journalist from Pakistan, was elected president of the United Nations Correspondents Association in a closely fought election. Azim M. Mian, who is a UN correspondent, is the second Pakistani to head the UN journalists’ body, which has a membership of over 130. The first Pakistani to be elected president […]
QUETTA- Manhunt was launched for the culprits responsible for aborted attempt on the life of a seasoned journalist, Majeed Asghar, editor, daily Jang. Police said that special’ police squads had been detailed to raid possible hideouts of the suspects in and around the provincial metropolis. According to police, Majeed Asghar was coming to office, after […]
ISLAMABAD- The judicial magistrate and civil judge, Abdul Qayyum Khan, has confirmed permanent bail to a senior Dawn reporter Faraz Hashmi till final decision of the case. Earlier, Justice Ali Nawaz Chohan of the Lahore High Court, Rawalpindi bench, had granted interim bail before arrest to Faraz Hashmi, directing him to approach a trial court […]
QUETTA- Some armed persons made a life attempt on the resident editor of an Urdu daily. However, he escaped injuries while his driver received two bullets. Majeed Asghar was coming from his residence in official car to office at night. When he reached near Arbab House on Khud-e-Dad Road, some three-armed persons covering their faces […]
QUETTA- The government expelled another journalist for his alleged involvement in undesirable activities. Rajiv Chandrasekaran of the Washington Post, staying at the Serena Hotel for the last one month for coverage of the Afghan war, was asked by officials to leave the country immediately. He was taken into custody by the local authorities from the […]
RAWALPINDI- The Federal Information Secretary Syed Anwar Mahmood said that the freedom of the print and electronic media was in the best interest of the country and the Information Ministry would continue to play the role of a facilitator between the government and the media He observed this while administering oath of office to the […]
QUETTA- The Taliban have released Canadian freelance journalist and handed him over to Canadian diplomats in Chaman, official sources said. The Canadian journalist, Kent Hetchman, was missing for the past one week. He informed of his captivity in Spin Bolduk to his colleagues by sending them his business card. The Canadian government had established contact […]
ISLAMABAD- The government will ensure implementation of all labour-related laws in the newspaper industry, the federal labour minister, according to Omar Asghar Khan. He was speaking at the annual general joint meeting of nationwide unions of newspaper employees and journalists. The meeting was presided over by All Pakistan Newspapers Employees Confederation (Apnec) president Abul Hameed […]
QUETTA- The Taliban have kidnapped and threatened to kill a Canadian journalist in the Afghan border town of Spin Boldak, according to a colleague. Freelance journalist Ken Hetchman is being kept in a small cell bound hand and foot, said Jonathan Steele of Britain’s Guardian newspaper. A local Pashtun man handed Steele one of Hetchman’s […]
TALOQAN- A Swedish television journalist was killed in northern Afghanistan after armed men robbed the house where he was staying. Ulf Stroemberg, a cameraman for Sweden’s TV4, was awoken by a knock on the door and was shot in the chest, said Rolf Porseryd, the reporter with whom he was sharing the house. “As soon […]
SHAHDADKOT- The city literary circles and activists of different political parties took out a protest rally to condemn the torturing of a poet and journalist Zameer Kharal by District Superintendent of Police (DSP) Shahdadkot police. Hundreds of poets, lecturers, workers of political parties and social welfare organizations including Sindhi Adabi Sangat, Shahdadkot Journalists Alliance, Jeay […]
LAHORE- Prominent journalist and Chairman Nazria Pakistan Foundation Majid Nizami has said that journalists should work together to find out means to restore the prestige of Press. He supported the suggestion that government should declare the office of newspaper Zamindar as a national monument and set up an institute there for the promotion of journalism. […]
ISLAMABAD- The claim of possessing nuclear weapons by Osama Bin Ladin in an interview to a Pakistani journalist has now been fully exposed as untrue and a big bluff, with the Taliban retreating into the southern part of Afghanistan and the whereabouts of Osama Bin Ladin being unknown. Many in Islamabad have begun even doubting […]
KARACHI- Drug pushers and criminals stormed the residence of a reporter of an Urdu daily, Express, in Azizabad for reporting a news against him. Family members of the reporter, Tufail Ahmad, informed him about the incident at his office, saying the attackers had also threatened of the dire consequences. Tufail, however, denied reporting of any […]
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