KARACHI – Sindh Minister for Finance and the Chairman of Sindh IT board, Dr. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh, has said that government was providing every possible support to the foreign based IT companies in the province in order to promote information technology (IT). Inaugurating the eWorld-banking seminar organized by Hewlett Packard (HP), the minister said that […]
LAHORE- A meeting of Seventh Wage Board was held here with its chairman former justice Raja Afrasiab Khan. Several representatives of the newspaper employees recorded their statement before the Board. The Board will also record the statements of the working journalists on August 31 in Workers Welfare Trust, Allama Iqbal Town Lahore. The Chairman All […]
KARACHI- Participants of a seminar highlighted the role of media in promoting a culture of peace. The seminar on “Pakistani media and facilitation of a culture of peace” was jointly organized by Fredrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) Foundation, Islamabad, and Asian Media Information and Communication Centre, Pakistan Chapter, at the UGC offices at Karachi. The seminar […]
KARACHI- Pakistani authorities have censored a controversial article on blasphemy in the latest issue of Newsweek magazine, officials and agents. The Press Information Department (PID) issued a letter to customs authorities, asking them to delete an article on blasphemy, a PID official said. Source: The Nation Date:8/29/2001
MIRPURKHAS- The journalists of Mirpurkhas division would stage protest demonstration in front of the office District, Nazim Mirpurkhas, in protest against the injustice of and atrocities of Samaro police against the journalist Kewal Ram. This was decided in the meeting of Press Club Mirpurkhas. The meeting strongly condemned the DSP and Station House Officer (SHO) […]
Lahore- Recent attacks on publications, both by the government and orthodox groups, threaten the freedom of expression, says Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) secretary general Hina Jilani. “In each case, an attempt has apparently been made to silence critical voices through coercion”, she said in a statement. The Sargodha deputy commissioner cancelled the declaration […]
PESHAWAR- Political Authorities of North Waziristan Agency have withdrawn all cases against Hayatullah, journalist from tribal areas permitted him to open his sealed news agency in Mirali and Speenwam towns and he has rejoined his family after a period of one month. The reconciliation between Political Administration of North Waziristan Agency and Hayatullah was brought […]
ISLAMABAD- All Pakistan Newspaper Society (APNS) has ended its boycott of the seventh Wage Board for newspaper employees and announced that they would attend the next meeting of the board in Peshawar on Aug 26 and 27. The announcement came in the wake of a meeting of the APNS and the Council of Pakistan Newspaper […]
ISLAMABAD- The All Pakistan Newspapers Society and the Council of Pakistan Newspapers Editors held a joint meeting with the ministry of information & media development. Welcoming the healthy initiatives taken by the All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) and the Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE), the secretary information said that the government was committed to […]
ISLAMABAD- The chairman of the 7th Wage Board, Justice Raja Afrasiab Khan, held a meeting with the representatives of the newspapers publishers and editors. The joint meeting was attended by the minister for labor, manpower and local bodies, Omar Asghar Khan, Information Secretary Syed Anwar Mahmood and Principal Information Officer Ashfaq Gondal from the government […]
KARACHI- A group of journalists formed a non-governmental group ‘Journalists for Peace’ to promote peace in South Asian region at a meeting at Press Club. The first meeting, chaired by senior journalist Salahuddin Haider, constituted a committee to draft constitution and establish contacts with local and regional journalists to organize the group. It would work […]
KARACHI- The Nazim of Karachi City Government, Niamatullah Khan, has announced that the same price of plots in Hawksbay Housing Scheme will be charged from the journalists as had been agreed in contract with the previous government. He made the announcement, while speaking at Karachi Press Club (KPC) on the occasion of Independence Day celebration. […]
PESHAWAR- Two Kabul based Afghan journalists have been missing since first August. The sources from inside Afghan said that missing journalists are Mullah Asad Ullah Hanfi and Mullah Ghulam Mohammad Farooq. Both of the them are associated with Taliban sponsored daily Shariat as its Editor and Assistant Editor respectively. Their colleagues and relatives are extremely […]
ISLAMABAD- President Gen Pervez Musharraf introduced amendments to anti-terrorism law, empowering the government to ban any organisation involved in terrorism. Under the amended law printing, publishing, or disseminating any material, for projecting any person convicted for a terrorist act or any banned organisation placed under observation would be an offence punishable with imprisonment up to […]
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