PESHAWAR- The Taliban on relaxed the veil (burqa) system for women and has directed the women entering to Afghanistan to keep their faces uncover for identity, say reports reaching here from the war-torn country. The religious Taliban militia after the tightening of control over Afghanistan in September 1996 announced strict Islamic laws directing women to […]
PESHAWAR – The NWFP Home and Tribal Affairs Department relaxed its decision regarding imposition of a ban on the visit of foreign journalists to the tribal areas with allowing a limited number to cover Torkham from Mechani check post. The NWFP government in the light of ISPR Director General Maj. Gen. Rashid Qureshi and Federal […]
PESHAWAR- Secretary Information Anwar Mehmood and Information Secretary to President Maj. Gen. Rashid Qureshi said the government had no intention to put restrictions on the movements of foreign journalists rather it wanted to facilitate them in the coverage of the events in this part of the country. Briefing foreign journalists they said, “we restricted their […]
KARACHI- The All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) has strongly urged upon the federal government to promulgate the Publications and Press Registration Ordinance without further delay as there existed no press laws in the country, stated a press release of the APNS. Kazi Asad Abid, Secretary-General APNS, announcing the decisions taken at the Executive Committee meeting […]
ISLAMABAD- They flooded in with hopes of scoops from Afghanistan, got stuck behind closed borders in Pakistan and their numbers have reached such a critical mass that the dateline joke is of ‘Journalistan.’ Since the start of the current crisis surrounding Afghanistan, the Pakistan authorities have registered 450 newly arrived jounalists in the country, although […]
PESHAWAR- Pakistan: Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban militia said it was questioning a British female journalist, arrested for entering the country illegally and hinted that she could be tried for spying. The Pakistan-based Afghan Islamic Press quoted a Taliban official as saying on Sunday Express reporter Yvonne Ridley was being held in the eastern Afghan city of […]
ISLAMABAD- The Taliban said they had arrested a British journalist who had entered the country illegally. The journalist was identified as Yvonne Ridley, a correspondent for London’s Sunday Express. According to a Taliban spokesman, Ridley was arrested near Jalalabad along with two guides. Source: Dawn Date:9/29/2001
KOHAT- The Inter Services Intelligence arrested a Japanese journalist who was trying to enter the tribal area of Kurram Agency bordering Afghanistan in violation of a ban imposed by the NWFP government on the movement of foreigners in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas. The ISI officials sent the Japanese, Mr. Saturo, to Peshawar after confirming […]
ISLAMABAD- Council of Pakistan Newspapers Editors (CPNE) appointed Ashraf Nadeem as Executive Director of the council. This was announced by the Secretary General of the CPNE, Zahid Malik. Ashraf Nadeem who retired recently as Additional Secretary to the Government of Pakistan, will now run the secretariat of the CPNE. Secretary General of the Council said […]
PESHAWAR- Following ban on the entry of the foreign journalists to the tribal territory, the government of Pakistan has also banned entry of local journalists to the area. They said that the political administration stopped a number of Pakistani journalists from entering into the tribal territory at Takhta Baig cheek-post in the Khyber Agency saying […]
KARACHI- In view of negative propaganda unleashed by the Indian news channels against Pakistan, the cable operators have decided to stop airing them throughout the country. This was announced by the office-bearers of All Pakistan Cable Operators’ Association at a news conference at Karachi Press Club. They identified the Indian channels as Zee News, Star […]
KARACHI- The first issue of Badalti Duniya, a monthly Urdu magazine dedicated to social investigation, has come out. Hidayat Hussain is the editor of the magazine. The first issue is devoted to a study and analysis of feudal system and rural society in the country. The magazine will deal with those sectors of activity which […]
Quetta- A restriction has been imposed on foreign journalists to visit Chaman with direction to stay in Quetta, it was learnt here on Monday. The ban has been imposed for security reasons. A very large number of foreign journalists including reporters, photographers and TV teams have arrived here for the coverage of possible US attack […]
PESHAWAR- Provincial government of NWFP has beefed up security arrangements around refugee camps near Peshawar so that foreign journalists currently visiting these camps to monitor development created by threats of war between Afghanistan and the United States may not fall victims to any eventuality there. Considerable hatred prevails for the foreign journalists in the hearts […]
” 
” 
” 
” 
