KARACHI- All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) has strongly condemned the attack on the offices of daily Paigham, Sahiwal by armed hooligans who ransacked the offices and manhandled editors and staff of the publication in retaliation to a news item appeared in the newspaper. Kazi Asad Abid, Secretary General APNS, said press freedom was essential for […]
ISLAMABAD- British journalist Christina Lamb was expelled from Pakistan for being involved in undesirable activities, authorities said. They said Ms Lamb reached Islamabad airport lounge with photographer Justin Hallivet, after being expelled from Quetta. However, upon reaching Islamabad airport lounge Ms Lamb staged a drama, the authorities said, and added that she tore off her […]
TORKHAM- The Taliban militia released a Pakistani journalist, Irfan Qureshi, who had been held for one month after being detained with a French journalist in Afghanistan, witnesses said. Qureshi crossed into Pakistan at the Torkham border crossing in North West Frontier Province and was immediately detained by the Pakistani authorities for having sneaked into Afghanistan […]
KARACHI- Sindh Education Foundation (SEF) has introduced a quarterly magazine, ‘Educate’ on education and development to mobilise masses towards social change. The magazine was initiated by recently established Data Processing and Research Cell of the SEF, under the dictatorship of Prof Anita Ghulam Ali, Sindh Education Minister. The world-wide circulated magazine has received national and […]
QUETTA- Balochistan government has expelled a female British journalist, Kristina Lamb, and her photographer Justin from Balochistan for their alleged involvement in undesirable activities. She and her photographer were sent in PIA flight to Islamabad, official sources confirmed. According to sources the official concerned served a notice on Ms Lamb and her photographer Justin asking […]
KARACHI: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Control Programme, Government of Sindh will conduct a series of training courses for the working journalists so that they could play their role towards the prevention of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus, (HIV) AIDS. Dr. Syed Sharaf Ali Shah, Project Director of the Programme in his meeting, stated this with […]
ISLAMABAD- The District Administration has banned the distribution, publication, printing of objectionable literature, handbills, playing objectionable cassettes containing provocative speeches and affixing posters under Section 144 Cr.P.C. with immediate effect in the Federal Capital for a period of two months. Deputy Commissioner, Islamabad Tariq Mahmood Khan has directed all Assistant Commissioners/ Magistrates and Sub Divisional […]
ISLAMABAD- Justice Nawaz Gandapur, chairman of the Implementation Tribunal for Newspaper Employees, has awarded Rs 593, 146 as relief to various newspaper employees during the second fortnight of September and the first fortnight of October. The beneficiaries are: Moin-ud-Din Siddiqui, Ajab Khan and Gulzar Ahmed of Associated Press of Pakistan (APP), Shah Jehan, Zakaria Khan, […]
PESHAWAR- The Taliban have put back the release of two Pakistani journalists who were detained Michel Peyrard, a French reporter freed on Saturday, their families said Sunday. Irfan Qureshi and Mukkaram Khan had been expected to return on Sunday. But the families said the release could now come on Monday or later. Source: Dawn Date:11/5/2001
An internal memo from the CNN’s standards and practices department was issued to all CNN staffers suggesting the staff should not focus ‘excessively’ on the casualties and hardships in Afghanistan or to forget that it is the Taliban leadership that is responsible for the current situation in Afghanistan. The memo said that since it could […]
PESHAWAR- The Taliban authorities released a French journalist arrested on charges of espionage in Jalalabad on October 19. The Islamabad based French ambassador Mr. Yannik Gerard received the journalist Michel Peyrard, who works for a Paris based weekly magazine, at Torkham check post, the Pak-Afghan border at 6:25pm. Pakistani officials were also present on the […]
WASHINGTON- As the offensive on Afghanistan nears its one-month mark, US journalists are debating their role in the US war on terrorism notably after the President of Cable News Network issued a memo urging more “balanced” coverage of US bombing runs. The internal memo, published in the Washington Post, urged CNN staff to guard against […]
KARACHI- The All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) delegation of the Sindh Provincial Committee, headed by its Convenor, Muhammad Aslam Kazi, held a meeting with Mirza Karim Baig, Secretary, information, Government of Sindh. The delegation pointed out that the Karachi Water & Sewerage Board has not paid the long overdue bills of member publications against its […]
Islamabad- Minister for labour, manpower and overseas Pakistani’s Omar Asghar Khan, confirmed that the wage board award for the newspaper employees has been notified. “The wage board award has been notified,” he said replying to a question at a press conference. He said the government was always ready to hold talks on its implementation with […]
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