KARACHI- Chief Executive General Pervaiz Musharraf, amid thunderous applause, handed over the first All Pakistan Newspaper Society’s (APNS) ‘Best Personality of the Millennium Award’ to SH Hashmi, Managing Director of Orient MeCann-Erickson, at an impressive ceremony. Hashmi has been selected for the award, announced on February 21, on the basis of his ideal relationship with […]
KARACHI- The executive committee of the All Pakistan Newspapers Society has expressed concern over the crisis of communication between the government and the APNS and over the attitude and conduct of the ministry of information and the ministry of labour, stated a press release of the APNS. It said the ministry of information and the […]
DADU- Four journalists were arrested on the charge of theft here on Thursday. SSF Aftal Ahmed Nizamani and the Dadu town SHO, Ghulam Rasool Soomro, arrested Nizamuddin Sheikh, Dadu press club secretary Gullan Bhand, Mian Mohammad Pirzado and Dadan Khan Bhand for allegedly stealing a VCP. Wali Mohammad had lodged the FIR. Later, press club […]
ISLAMABAD- The arrival of US President Bill Clinton to Pakistan turned out to be a big disappointment for mediamen, who gathered at the Chaklala airbase both at the time of his arrival and departure, but did not get even an opportunity to have a chat with him. What, however, they received each time was a […]
HYDERABAD- The Advisor to Chief Executive on National Affairs, Information and Media Development, Javed Jabbar has said that the present government was fully aware of importance of free and independent electronic and print media. He said preparation of an effective regulatory framework to regulate the media was a difficult subject not only in Pakistan, but […]
KARACHI- The Executive Committee of the All Pakistan Newspapers Society has deplored the attempt to maintain bureaucratic control over the media of the country and has asked the Government to remove obstacles which are hindering the infusion of dynamism in the country’s print and electronic media, said the Secretary-General APNS, Arshad A. Zuberi in Karachi. […]
ISLAMABAD (APP): Information Ministry and All Newspapers Society Wednesday decided to work closely to set up working groups to ensure possible deletion of dummy publications both from APNS and central media list. The decision was taken at a meeting of APNS executive committee, which was attended by Information and Culture Minister Mushahid Hussain. The meeting […]
ISLAMABAD (APP): Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will announce the national information policy, with focus on encouraging the private sector to take lead in the field of communications technology and software development, in the third week of February. Another aspect of focus of the policy will be the use of information technology as a means for […]
KARACHI, Feb 5: The Action Committee of the Karachi Union of journalists (KUJ) has condemned the high-handed and arbitrary stance of the government towards the Jang Group and other newspapers and announced the launching of a token hunger strike campaign. The first batch of journalists will go on hunger strike on Monday at 6pm at […]
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