ISLAMABAD- A meeting of the Seventh Wage Board for working journalists, newspapers and news agencies employees was held under the chairmanship of Justice Afrasiab Khattak. According to an official press release all the issues concerning the finalization of Seventh Wage Board Award were discussed in detail. It was decided that the Board will record the […]
LAHORE- A special court of an Additional Sessions Judge with Kazim Raza Shamsi in the chair awarded death sentence to Rehmat Shah Afridi, Chief Editor of a Peshawar-based English daily The Frontier Post and an Urdu daily Maidan in two different cases of narcotics smuggling. He was also fined Rs one million in each case. […]
LAHORE- Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) Standing Committee meeting held under the chairmanship of Arif Nizami unanimously elected Mujibur Rehman Shami Chief Editor, daily Pakistan as President, Jamil Athar Chief Editor, daily Tijarat as Senior Vice-President, Zahid Malik Chief Editor, Pakistan Observer as Secretary General, Shaheen Qureshi Coordination Editor, daily Jang, as Joint Secretary […]
LAHORE- Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) will hold the General Body meeting on Wednesday June 20 at a local hotel. The meeting is being held to obtain approval for holding the annual elections in the month of June instead of January. A meeting of the General Body of CPNE will also be held on […]
RAWALPINDI- The Indian secret services are behind recent terrorism in the country, said Director-General Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) and Press Secretary to the Chief Executive Major General Rashid Qureshi. He was addressing a seminar on Media War and role of Pakistan Television (PTV) organized by the Mass Communications Department of Barani University. He said […]
ISLAMABAD- The Chairman of Implementation Tribunal for Newspaper Employees (ITNE), Justice Jawaid Nawaz Gandapur, would be visiting Karachi from June 13 to 21. He would hold court at Qasr-e-Naz from June 14 to 19. The tribunal would hear the cases of newspaper employees and employers relating to the implementation of the 5th and 6th Wage […]
PESHAWAR- Some officials in the civil administration are allegedly involved in a series of conscious efforts to create law and order situation in the NWFP, sources revealed. These sources particularly mentioned recent publication of a news in a local newspaper a few days back about the write-up in daily “Mohasab” invoked no reaction from any […]
Abbottabad- An all partiesÂ’ conference in Abbottabad has demanded inquiry by a high court judge into the issue of alleged publication of an objectionable article in a local daily. The office of the daily was sealed under section 259-C and its three staff-members were arrested. The meeting, called by Jamiat Islami, Abbottabad, was attended by […]
KARACHI- The Sindh government has recommended the cancellation of 212 daily newspapers’ declarations, including Urdu, English, Sindhi, and Gujerati newspapers and asked the concerned district magistrates to cancel these declarations according to law. The Director, information, Sindh, S M Iqbal who is holding the additional charge of director, press, has prepared a list of 400 […]
ISLAMABAD- Secretary Information and Media Development, Syed Anwar Mahmood has said that government soon promulgate laws under which establishment of private ratio and television stations would be allowed and the journalists would be granted the right of access to information. He said that General Musharraf has already made it clear that promotion of media in […]
SUKKUR- The Secretary-General All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) Qazi Asad has complemented the Sindhi Press for their success, which they achieved with so many sacrifices. He particularly referred to the efforts made regarding Kalabagh Dam. He was speaking at a reception hosted by Sukkar Union of Journalists in his honour to celebrate his election as […]
KARACHI- APTECH, in collaboration with Karachi Press Club (KPC) plans to initiate third of its series of computer training programmes for local journalists from June 10. Co-ordinator, KPC Computer Training Programme, Saeed Sarbazi said, 125 local journalist will be provided basic training in computers at three of the APTECH centers located at Tariq Road, Gulshan-e-Iqbal […]
KARACHI- Journalists and photographers have been invited to submit their entries for the 2000 Asia Pacific Awards for Excellence in Environmental Journalism and Photo Journalism by June 26. The subject may include scientific research and findings; protected areas; eco-tourism; conservation; sustainable development; eco-friendly alternative products and fuels; environmental education, etc. The awards are an initiative […]
ISLAMABAD- The additional district and session judge, Safdar Hussain Malik, has banned the media coverage of the proceedings of the blasphemy case being heard against a professor of a local Homeopathic college. The court issued the orders at a time when prosecution witnesses, mostly students of the college where the accused, Prof. Dr Muhammad Younas, […]
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