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Amendments to Press Council law opposed

KARACHI, January 18 2006: The president of Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors, Mr Arif Nizami, has described the proposal to amend the Press Council Ordinance 2002 as an attempt to convert a voluntary regulatory body into a quasi-judicial authority. In a press statement issued on Tuesday January 17, he said the government should not take […]


KARACHI: Rauf orders inquiry in kidnapping case

KARACHI, January 18 2006: Sindh Home Minister Rauf Siddiqui, taking notice of reports about kidnapping of a journalist by a landlord in Nawabshah, issued directives to the RPO Sukkur to carry out an impartial inquiry and initiate action under the law against the perpetrators of the crime. Expressing displeasure and concern over the reports of […]


Tribal journalists meets governor

PESHAWAR, January 18 2006: The NWFP Governor Khalil-ur-Rehman has urged the FATA journalists to forge unity in their rank and file and thrash out the differences to become one single group through a democratic process. “Unless you are free from these internal skirmishes, you cannot do any good work for FATA as well as the […]


’40 IT centres to be set up in Sindh’

KARACHI, January 16 2006: Adviser to the Sindh Chief Minister for Environment, Alternative Energy and Information Technology Noman Saigal said some 40 centres to provide free-of-cost awareness about information technology will be established with co-operation of private sector within next four to six months in different cities of Sindh. He said this while talking to […]


Senior journalist Ghulam Hassan Malik passes away

KARACHI, January 16 2006: Long time Business Recorder staffer and senior journalist Ghulam Hassan Malik breathed his last late Saturday January 14 night at Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre. He was suffering from acute liver cancer. He was 72. He leaves behind four sons and two daughters, besides a large number of friends and admirers to […]


Radio station in Larkana yet to start functioning

LARKANA, January 16 2006: The commissioning of a medium-wave radio station in Larkana has been delayed owing to the lack of interest of the federal government in the project. Sources told Dawn that the Rs100 million project, including construction of 10 kilowatts low power transmitter (LPT) and four modern studios, had been completed. The LPT […]


Pakistani Zara e Ablagh Ka Haftroza Jaiza Vol 4 No 2

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Political admin arrests 2 journalists for reporting Bajaur situation

PESHAWAR, January 16 2006: The Bajaur Agency political administration on Saturday January 14 arrested Daily Times Peshawar Bureau Chief Iqbal Khattak and British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) correspondent Haroon Rashid from the agency’s regional headquarters Khar for reporting the situation in the tribal area. The two journalists were released after being detained for two hours. Mr […]


NAWABSHAH: Journalist kidnapped

NAWABSHAH, January 14 2006: A local journalist was kidnapped and tortured by some influential landlords of Sakrand on Wednesday January 11. According to reports, Adam Jamali, a reporter of a vernacular daily and a president of the Sarhari press club, was taking tea at a hotel on the Sakrand-Sarhari link road when four armed persons […]


Pakistan deports arrested Briton

ISLAMABAD, January 11 2006: Pakistani authorities have deported a Briton held since May after he was cleared of links to terrorism and charges of fraud, fining him Rs 500 ($8.30) for overstaying his visa, his lawyer said on Tuesday January 10. Zeeshan Siddiqui, a 25-year-old Briton of Pakistani descent, was arrested in Peshawar on May […]


Ban on Indian TV channels: Cable operators threaten blackout

Hasan Mansoor KARACHI, January 11 2006: Cable operators have hinted at the possibility of completely blacking out Pakistani channels if the government doesn’t lift the ban on Indian channels soon. Last month, the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA), which regulates satellite broadcasting in the country, banned 35 foreign TV channels, many of which are […]


KARACHI: 11 tortured maids seek refuge in Edhi home

KARACHI, January 10 2006: Eleven girls working as maids in the posh areas have taken refuge at the Edhi Home during the last 10 days with complaints of abuse and torture by their employers. These girls, who either ran away from the bungalows or were sent to the Edhi Home through police, bore torture marks […]


41 illegal radio stations closed down

SWABI, January 10 2006: At least 41 illegal FM radio stations have been closed down by law-enforcement agencies accusing them of inciting hatred and spreading sectarianism in Swabi district, sources told Dawn on Monday January 9. The stations were located in Salim Khan, Purmolai, Safroona, Gandaf, Tandkohi, Zaida, Murghuz, Baja, Panjpir, Maneri Bala, Maneri Payan, […]


$5 billion investment expected in IT

LAHORE, January 10 2006: Chief Executive Officer NetSol, Salim Ghauri has said that the Information Technology industry of Pakistan was expecting around $5 billion investment in next 2-3 years and heavy inflow of foreign investment in the sector would ensure a bright future for this industry in Pakistan. He expressed these views while addressing a […]