PESHAWAR- The NWFP Governor Lt Gen retd Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah issued instructions for judicious distribution of government advertisements to newspapers. Presiding over a meeting of the media scrutiny committee comprising senior journalists, he said the government would support the genuine regional papers to grow by allocating them a sizeable share in official advertisements. He […]
KARACHI- Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) Standing Committee elections will be held in Lahore on Saturday, June 9, 2001. A meeting on the occasion will be presided over by Mr. Arif Nizami. Source: The Nation Date:5/26/2001
LAHORE- Chairman Seventh Wage Board Award for newspaper employees, Justice (retd) Raja Afrasiab has said the wage board cannot function without approval of extension in its term by the government. Afrasiab said that he had accepted the job of the Chairman to protect the rights of both employees and employers with Sincerity. “I have no […]
KARACHI- The Sindh Information Department has recommended the cancellation of declaration of 177 newspapers including daily Masawat, owned by former prime minister Benszir Bhutto. According to the Information Department, these newspapers failed to submit the required copies of the publications to the press section as a result the department decided to recommend to the concerned […]
ISLAMABAD- A spokes man of the Ministry of information and Media development has expressed surprise at the contents of a Press release issued by the Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) alleging issuance of Press advice from the Government. Commenting on the CPNE Press release, the spokesman said that the Ministry of Information and Media […]
BHURBAN- President Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) Arif Nizami has said that the Press is custodian of freedom of expression and democracy. He said that Press freedom is essential for the national progress and the newspapers have achieved this freedom after a long struggle. He said that Press freedom will be protected at any […]
LAHORE- The Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) has expressed deep concern over the statement of Gen (R) Tanvir Naqvi, Chairman, National Bureau of Reconstruction, appearing in a section of the press that the government of Pakistan was working on the freedom of Information Act (also referred to as access to Information Ordinance) which would […]
KASUR- A joint meeting of Mustafabad and Kasur Press Club was held which was presided over by Shoukat Naqashbandi, in which the high handedness of the designate Administrator Town Committee Mustafabad, and Traffic Magistrate Kasur, over a journalist Suhail Qamar Sindhu, General Secretary Press Club, Mustafabad, by severely coercing him without reasons and getting a […]
LARKANA- A photographer of a Sindhi daily was severely thrashed as police resorted to shelling and baton charge on the crowd gathered outside Central Prison to receive Sindh Taraqqi Pasand Party chief Dr. Qadir Magsi. The photographer was beaten following a tussle between the police and photographer over taking photographs for beating a, prisoner by […]
BHAWALPUR- Ahmad Nawaz Abbasi, who was arrested two days ago from Dera Bakha was shifted to new central jail here on Saturday. He has been detained under 16 MPO for a period of one month. The correspondent of a national daily, Ahmad Nawaz reportedly sent the photograph of a dead man lying in Cholistan to […]
Quetta- Federal Secretary Information Syed Anwar Mahmood said that in view of the special conditions prevailing in the province the advertisement rates for Balochistan newspapers will be enhanced by 25 percent. He stated this while talking to the editors and senior journalists at an informal meeting with them. About complaint of non-payment of advertisement bills […]
KARACHI- On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, Sindh Governor Mohammedmian Soomro has in principle decided to accord national status to Karachi Press Club (KPC). This was officially stated on Thursday. In this connection, the governor asked the Provincial Information Secretary, Mirza Karim Beg, to undertake necessary steps in co-ordination with the concerned federal […]
ISLAMABAD- The government will soon promulgate ordinances relating to access to information, establishment of an electronic media regulatory authority and a press council, a senior Press Information Department (PID) official said. Speaking at a seminar held in connection with the World Press Freedom Day, the official said the long-standing demand of the media professionals regarding […]
BAHAWALPUR- The police have arrested the Nawa-i-Waqt Correspondent Ahmad Nawaz Abbasi for allegedly providing the photo of the corpse of a man died in Cholistan due to drought to Agence France Press (AFP). It is to be mentioned that the said photo was published by almost all the national newspapers but the official machinery including […]
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