PESHAWAR- Three-Frontier Post workers, who were arrested in the publishing of the blasphemous letter case, have been released on Thursday. Five workers were accused and arrested in this case included Imtiaz Hussain, Qazi Sarwar, Mujeeb-ul-Hassan, Aftab and Munnawar. Three of them included Chief Reporter Imtiaz Hussain, Columnist Qazi Sarwar and Computer In-charge Mujeeb-ul-Hassan have been […]
ISLAMABAD- Peshawar police conducted a raid at Islamabad bureau office of daily Jasarat to apprehend its chief editor, resident editor and publisher allegedly involved in a blasphemy case. However on their non-availability they returned after pursuing normal proceedings, says a press release. Source: Business Recorder Date:2/15/2001
MULTAN- Senior superintend Police (SSP) Multan, Malik Ahmad Raza Tahir has dismissed a constable Shahzad Ahmad for torturing journalists and photographers during a Youth Organization demonstration at Chowk Town Hall and has ordered an official inquiry against him. The SSP termed journalism as the fourth pillar of the state and they have to perform their […]
PESHAWAR- Twenty-one prominent Ulema have signed a Fatwa, exonerating daily Jasarat from the act of blasphemy and demanded with drawl of an First Information Report (FIR) against the paper and police from its local bureau office. The Ulema demanded release of innocent The Frontier Post staffers and arrest of real culprits in order to try […]
KARACHI- The administration of daily Jasarat Karachi on Wednesday slammed the alleged raid by police at its Peshawar bureau office and lifting the office luggage. In a press statement issued on Wednesday, a spokesman for the newspaper charged that on February 7, 2001, Peshawar police led by a Senior Superintendent Police (SSP) conducted a raid […]
KARACHI- Journalists and newspaper workers will observe black day on February 8 by holding a protest meeting at Karachi Press Club (KPC) at 3.30 p.m. against the boycott of Seventh Wage Board by the employers, says a Karachi Union of Journalists (KUJ) press release. The meeting will decide future course of action for the implementation […]
LAHORE- The president, Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE), has constituted a fact-finding commission to probe into the publication of a blasphemous letter in The Frontier Post in its January 29 issue, says a press release. The commission comprising leading editors of the country is headed by CPNE president Arif Nizami and include M.A. Zuberi, […]
Frontier Post case may be resolved soon says official PESHAWAR- The Frontier Post, a local English daily’s case of publication of a blasphemous letter on January 29 seems to be getting close to a resolution. The Home Secretary, Syed Mazhar Ali Shah said that the in charge editorial page’s confession had made investigation easy and, […]
LARKANA- A two-day workshop was held to train female journalists of rural areas. The workshop was organized by Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) under its Journalists’ Skills Development Programme in collaboration with The Freedom Forum Hong Kong. It was conducted by Secretary General PPF Owais Aslam Ali, Director The Freedom Forum Hong Kong Arnold Zeitlin, Chief […]
PESHAWAR- The Paris-based Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF) has asked the Interior Minister, Moinuddin Haider to “ensure the safety of journalists working in NWFP and guarantee the right to inform and to be informed.” The group asked the minister to inform the competent authorities that The Frontier Post web site was no longer “censored” and to […]
PESHAWAR- A probe into the publication of a blasphemous letter in a local English daily took a dramatic turn as the man in charge of the editorial page, now detained, confessed to the police that it was his mistake, which had triggered violent protests and cost the newspaper and its employees so heavily. Munawar Mohsin, […]
QUETTA- Directorate of Information Government of Balochistan has directed all printing press owners of the province to provide declarations issued to them by Deputy Commissioners concerned as required under West Pakistan Press and Publication Ordinance 1963 within fifteen days. They have also been asked to inform about address of their press. The declaration and address […]
PESHAWAR- Journalists have expressed satisfaction over the constitution of a Judicial Commission that would probe the publishing of the blasphemous letter. During a joint press conference, President Khyber Union of Journalists (Kh.UJ) Fakhar Alam and President Peshawar Press Club (PPC) Sohail Qalandar said that publication of the letter had not only injured sentiments of Muslims […]
PESHAWAR- The journalist community in Peshawar has asked the authorities to initiate action against the official responsible for booking innocent staffers of The Frontier Post for publishing a blasphemous letter in the newspaper on January 29. Addressing a press conference, President Khyber Union of Journalists (Kh.UJ) Fakhr-e-Alam and President Peshawar Press Club (PPC) Suhail Qalandar […]
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