LONDON- Freed British journalist Yvonne Ridley told how she went on hunger strike while being held captive by Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban. In an article in the Daily Express, her employer’s sister paper, she wrote: ‘Hunger strike was the only weapon I had. It was the only thing I could do that they couldn’t stop me […]
LONDON- Freed British journalist Yvonne Ridley told how she went on hunger strike while being held captive by Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban. In an article in the Daily Express, her employer’s sister paper, she wrote: ‘Hunger strike was the only weapon I had. It was the only thing I could do that they couldn’t stop me […]
ISLAMABAD- A burqa-clad reporter for the French weekly magazine Paris Match was arrested by Taliban forces in eastern Afghanistan and taken to Jalalabad for questioning, the Afghan Islamic Press agency reported. Micheal Peyrard, a Frenchman aged about 30, was captured in Goshta, a town east of Jalalabad, after entering the country over the nearby border […]
PESHAWAR- Political Authorities of Khyber Agency ordered release of two French journalists who have apprehended along with their three Pakistani guides for illegally entering the agency a few days ago. However, the authorities did not release the three guides of whom two belong to Khyber Agency and third one from Orkazai Agency. Source: The Nation […]
PESHAWAR- The British journalist arrived after over a week long detention under the Taliban for sneaking into Afghanistan without travel documents. “I am just delighted to be back and I can not wait to see my family”, Yvonne Ridley of the British Sunday Express said in her brief remarks. Source: Dawn Date:10/9/2001
ISLAMABAD- Justice (Retd) Raja Afrasiab Khan, Chairman 7th Wage Board for Newspaper Employees, announced a 50 percent increase in the wages of the Newspaper employees. While announcing salient features of the Award, justice (Retd) Afrasiab Khan said the increase in the Award will be applicable from July 1, 2000 and Newspaper Organizations and News Agencies […]
KOHAT- Bahar Studios are launching a local news channel after the district government formally approved the project for Kohat only, it is learnt. The channel would telecast only news and documentaries in local dialects. The chief executive of the TV channel, Abdul Rehman Dilawari said that preparations were underway to launch the channel as soon […]
ISLAMABAD- The Taliban said they would release British female journalist Yvonne Ridley, arrested a week ago for entering Afghanistan illegally. Taliban ambassador to Pakistan Abdul Salam Zaeef told the Pakistan-based Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) that Ridley would be released “either today or tomorrow.” Taliban leader (Mullah Mohammad Omar) issued the order following the British government’s […]
PESHAWAR- The political authorities in the Khyber agency have arrested and charged two French journalists with illegal entry into the tribal area, an official said. The official said that Ravanello Oliever and Mar Cantetti Jerom of the TFI news channel were arrested and booked for entering the tribal area without government’s permission. Rifatullah, a Pakistani […]
PESHAWAR- The Taliban have found no evidence suggesting detained British journalist Yvonne Ridley was spying but have moved her to Kabul for further investigations, a Taliban intelligence source said on Friday. The source said that Ridley had been shifted from Jalalabad to Kabul but gave no indication when she might stand trial or be released. […]
ISLAMABAD- In its 18th meeting being last of the 7th Wage Board Award, the representatives of the employers and employees presented their comments on the reports of the economic experts. The meeting was chaired by chairman 7th Wage Board justice Raja Afrasayab Khan. It discussed the economic experts reports and the comments of the representatives […]
ISLAMABAD- A female British journalist arrested by the Taliban for illegally entering Afghanistan is to face trial ‘for violating the laws of our country’, the Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) reported Thursday. The Taliban’s Deputy Foreign Minister Mullah Abdul Rehman Zahed said the Taliban had also yet to determine whether Sunday Express reporter Yvonne Ridley ‘is […]
PESHAWAR- The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has resented the comments reportedly made by a senior official in Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban militia, accusing British journalist Yvonne Ridley of “ill intentions’ and calling her as an agent of “special forces. According to a Press release issued here US-based by CPJ, Taliban soldiers arrested Ridley, a reporter […]
PESHAWAR- A female British journalist arrested by the Taliban for entering Afghanistan illegally is being quizzed to assess whether she is a spy, a Taliban source said. The source said an investigation team from Kabul had arrived in Jalalabad to question reporter Yvonne Ridley. However, security sources said that no formal charges had yet been […]
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