HYDERABAD- The Pakistan Television (PTV) telecast investigations took a new turn, as the secret agencies have started probe, for ascertaining either it was technical fault or an attempt to “jam” the transmission of the Pakistan Television. The officials of the secret agencies, hailed from Karachi inquired about the factuality into the matter, the wrong telecasts […]
LARKANA- Journalists of Larkana have severely protested against manhandling of a senior journalist and bureau chief of a Karachi based Urdu daily, Abdul Ghani Shaikh, on Saturday. Ghani, who is also Assistant District Scout Commissioner, Larkana, had arrived in the town in the early morning from Mansehra after attending a scout course, when a police […]
PESHAWAR- The unrealistic policies of the part of the Government regarding Pak-Afghan border affairs have resulted in severe problems to foreigners and Afghan nationals. These policies have added to the problems of local traders who are regularly travelling between the two countries. It is yet not clear as to who is responsible for the routine […]
HYDERABAD- The entire technical staff of the Pakistan Television Regional Transmission Relay Centre, Tando Allahyar was suspended for telecasting a Reuters Television film showing torching of the effigies of US President George W Bush and President General Pervez Musharraf by the participants of anti-US and anti-government protest demonstrations. The action was ordered by PTV’s managing […]
ISLAMABAD- The federal capital has become the centre of world attention with all major media operators, intelligence sleuths and diplomats setting their bases in local hotels. Islamabad presents a microcosmic view of a global village but as a Chinese curse says, “May you live interesting times” seems to be true in more than one ways. […]
ISLAMABAD- The Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) observed one minute silence to express its profound grief over the loss of lives in the recent terrorist attacks in the United States in its meeting. Mujib-ur-Rahman Shami, President of the CPNE, presided over the meeting. A press release issued by the Secretary-General of the CPNE, Zahid […]
KARACHI- The print and electronic media can play a vital and decisive rule in making the devolution plan, which is aimed at empowering the common people and imparting a sense of participation in the decision making process to the people, a success. The emergence of the city district government is the first concrete step towards […]
PESHAWAR- The Afghan Refugees Commissionerate has told the Federal Ministry of State and Frontier Regions (Safron) that additional forces were required to effectively restrict Afghan refugees to their camps. The Commissionerate has also put a ban on the visit of newsmen, working for the foreign media, to the Afghan refugee camps and advised them to […]
HYDERABAD- Sindh Information Secretary, Mirza Kareem Baig has said that journalists can play a vital role in forging interaction between the people and the government for creation of coordinative atmosphere for the development of the country. The provincial secretary information was addressing the members of Badin Press Club during his visit. He said that it […]
ISLAMABAD- The 16th, meeting of the Seventh Wage Board for Newspaper Employees was held. The Board Chairman, Justice (Rtd) Raja Afrasiab Khan, presided over the meeting. Syed Fasih Iqbal and Arshad Zuberi represented the employers at the meeting. The employees were represented by the All Pakistan Newspapers Employees Confederation (APNEC) chairman, Abdul Hameed Chhapra, secretary-general […]
BAHAWALPUR- The defence of ideological boundary and geographical frontiers are equally important for any country particularly for an ideological state like Pakistan and the daily Nawa-i-Waqt has successfully performed its due role in this regard so far like the Pakistan Armed Forces defended the motherland in a remarkable way during September 65 war. This was […]
KARACHI- The police lobbed teargas shelling and baton charged the highly charged youths. As a result, the women gathered at Madinatul Ilm Mosque in Gulshan-e-Iqbal and the journalists covering the event were hit. Five leaders of Jafaria Alliance courted their arrest on the occasion. As many as 30 leaders of Jafaria Alliance including its chief, […]
ISLAMABAD- The new code of ethics for the print media, drafted by the Council of Pakistan Newspapers Editors (CPNE), is under way and will be promulgated in a month or so, federal information secretary Syed Anwar Mehmood said in a consultative workshop for media persons. The workshop on “monitoring and sensitization of print media on […]
ISLAMABAD- Islamabad is likely to become the center stage in days to come, as international media teams are rushing to the Pakistan capital post haste. It was learnt that the Cable, News Network (CNN) has already asked its New Delhi, the Hong Kong and London Bureau chiefs to reach Islamabad. Similarly, other international media teams […]
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