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Japanese journalist arrested

PESHAWAR- The Taliban authorities governing Kunar province of Afghanistan have arrested another journalist from Japan on the charges of illegally entering that area on Monday. The reports reaching here in Peshawar reveal that Japanese journalist identified as Isamu Iida was arrested when he reached Kunar province of Afghanistan through tribal area. Mr. Isamu Iida, is […]


Pakistani journalist beaten

NEW YORK- A Pakistani journalist was beaten severely by some American youths in the Borough of Brooklyn and was admitted to an emergency room of Brooklyn Methodist Hospital with broken ribs and teeth, late on Sunday night. The New York police have registered a case of hate crime against the assailants. Freelance journalist Haider Rizvi, […]


RSF urges Taliban to release newsmen

PESHAWAR- The Reporters San Frontiers (RSF) has urged the Taliban to release Michel Peyrard, a reporter for the Paris-based weekly, and two Pakistani newsmen arrested on 8th in Jalalabad. RSF secretary-general Robert Menard and the RSF Asia Pacific head Vincent Barossel, who arrived here on a special mission, asked the local newsmen and human rights […]


Christina tenders apology for ticket blunder

ISLAMABAD- The Federal Ministry of Information’s External Publicity Wing summoned the British journalist, Christina Lamb, for explanation about her involvement in an anti Pakistan conspiracy to illegally prove Osama’s presence in the Pakistan, officials said. Explaining her position Christina Lamb confessed that she did attempt to get a ticket in the name of Osama bin […]


UK reporter poses as Osama

ISLAMABAD- The Foreign Office Spokesman revealed that the reporter of London’s Sunday Telegraph, present in Pakistan, had impersonated as the American sought- after Osama bin Laden and bought a ticket in the name of 0. B. Laden. When the travelling agency asked for her passport and other documents, Christina Lamb, did not submit them for […]


Need for independent media of Muslim countries underlined

KARACHI- Speakers at a seminar underlined the need for the Muslim countries to have their own international media for unbiased and independent coverage of events, like those following the September 11 terrorist attacks in America. In addition, they smelt a rat in the US-led war against terrorism in Afghanistan as it wanted to get access […]


KUJ condemns US action against Afghanistan

KARACHI- The Karachi Union of Journalists (KUJ) has condemned the US-led military strikes against Afghanistan, resulting in the killing of innocent people. At an extended KUJ meeting, held under the chairmanship of Sarfaraz Ahmed at the Karachi Press Club, the executive council of the KUJ said it condemns the “vicious bombardment on Afghanistan by the […]


Foreign newsmen pouring in Peshawar

PESHAWAR- The flood of foreign media men in the City is in progress as on Monday about 50 of them visited Press Information Department (PID) and Department of Home & Tribal Affairs to get permits for visit to Pak-Afghan border at Torkham, Khyber Agency. The foreign media is coming to Peshawar to visit Torkham to […]


Foreign journalists visit Indian shelling sites

RAWALPINDI- Villagers affected by the unprovoked and indiscriminate shelling from across the working boundary by the Indian troops have said that shelling was on an unprecedented scale, but failed to dampen their spirits. They were talking to foreign journalists who visited the areas along the working boundary in Phukhlian sector that came under shelling by […]


Foreign newsmen fleeced in Quetta

QUETTA- Foreign journalists covering attacks by America and its international alliance against Afghanistan have angrily agitated against heavy charges by hotels, restaurants, vehicle owners and drivers disturbing their professional journalistic performance. There are more than 50 media men and women operating from Quetta and parts of the province under strict government security. Most of them […]


Foreign journalist released by tribal leaders

PARIS- A Franco-Algerian journalist detained for a week by tribal leaders in Pakistan was released early Tuesday, the French foreign ministry announced. Aziz Zemouri, 33 a journalist for the weekly Figaro Magazine, was seized last week by Afghanistan’s Taliban militia who then handed him over to tribal leaders in northwestern Pakistan. “Aziz Zemouri was released […]


Taliban compromise with TV ‘idolatryÂ’

ISLAMABAD- Television may be banned under the Taliban’s Islamic law, but the embattled Afghan regime is far from oblivious to the potency of the broadcast media in times of conflict. Over the weekend, the Taliban temporarily lifted a ban on foreign media and invited television crews based in neighboring Pakistan to film the devastation left […]


Media networks offer huge sums for Afghan visa

ISLAMABAD- Representatives of international media networks are offering three to five thousand US dollars as bribe in their frustration to get visa to Afghanistan. A scramble to get visa to Afghanistan goes on and the Afghan Embassy here was swarmed by foreign media men on Monday. International media networks, particularly the TV channels have started […]


Journalists asked to verify news

KARACHI- A spokesman for Sindh Government has asked the journalists to play positive role and verify every news before its publication. The spokesman said the prevailing situation demands complete unity and solidarity of the nation. At this critical juncture, the media can play a very effective role to promote harmony, tranquility and unity among all […]