LAHORE, January 08 2006: Adviser to Prime Minister on Women Development Nilofar Bakhtiar said that the Hudood Ordinance was being repealed and a bill for giving property rights to women was being moved in the National Assembly. Speaking as the chief guest at a seminar on “Violence against Women and Eradication Meaures” organized by the […]
KARACHI (January 08 2008): The Vox Vision and Sum Films Limited have announced a collaborative feature film project based on the life of the slain Chairperson, Pakistan People’ss Party (PPP), Benazir Bhutto. The Managing Director of Vox Vision Limited Zaid Aziz and Managing Director, Sum Films Limited, Henna Rai said this in a joint announcement […]
Amir Wasim ISLAMABAD, January 08 2006: The Mediation Committee of the National Assembly and Senate on Saturday January 7 reviewed the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) Bill that was passed by the National Assembly in May last year but failed to get approval from Senate within the mandatory 90-day period. This was the second […]
Muhammad Ejaz Khan QUETTA, January 07 2006: Rockets fired by unknown armed men hit a television booster in Dera Bugti and FC’s check-post in Pir Koh area on Friday January 6. Officials said the television booster of Dera Bugti was blown up by unknown armed men on Friday evening. The local administration rushed to the […]
PESHAWAR, January 07 2006: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said on Friday January 6 that more time would be given to regional language programmes on radio and TV to project and highlight the culture and heritage of the region. Inaugurating the 100 kilowatt high-power transmitter (HPT)-III at Azakhel in Nowshera district, […]
Zaheer Ahmed Khan KARACHI, January 06 2006: A senior journalist, economic writer, columnist and poet, Mr Rafique Jabir, died here on Thursday January 5 after a brief illness. He was 75. A former editor of the defunct Morning News and the Trade and Industry weekly, he was known as a leading economic writer and analyst, […]
ISLAMABAD, January 06 2006: The Mediation Committee of the National Assembly and Senate will meet on Saturday January 7 to take up the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) bill that was passed by the National Assembly in May last year, but failed to get approval from Senate within the mandatory 90-day period. This will […]
Iftikhar A. Khan ISLAMABAD, January 05 2006: Pakistan’s media remained critical and vibrant during the year 2005, but are being “entrapped in an elaborate system of self-censorship”. This was observed in a report titled “Media Monitor South Asia 2005” released by the South Asian Free Media Association (Safma) here on Wednesday January 4. Generally, says […]
Islamabad, January 04 2006: During 2005, an overwhelming 2412 women and children were kidnapped from rural and urban locations across Pakistan, which shows a decrease as compared to the previous year. According to a report issued here Tuesday by Madadgar – a joint venture of Unicef and Lawyers for Human Rights and Legal Aid (LHRLA) […]
TORONTO, January 04 2006: The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) Tuesday January 3 expressed deep concern about the concerted attacks on newspaper offices in Pakistan. IFJ President, Christopher Warren joined IFJ affiliate Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), as well as the Karachi Union of Journalists (KUJ), Sindhi Media Forum (SMF) and the Karachi Press […]
Islamabad, January 04 2006: Minister for Information Technology, Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari on Tuesday January 3 said the government was willing to fund capacity building and training of any number of professionals in any specific area required by the telecom and IT industry in the country. “The government is keen to train professionals in 10 […]
KARACHI, January 04 2005: THE Pakistan Film Industry has praised the government for banning the Indian TV channels and said that this timely step is a boost for the cinema business in Pakistan. In a press statement on Tuesday January 3, Pakistan Film Producers Association (PFPA) Vice Chairman Jamshed Zafar said that the film industry […]
PESHAWAR, January 04 2005: The Awami National Party has relaunched the historic “Pakhtoon” magazine, which was closed due to financial and political crisis after the demise of Khan Abdul Ghafar Khan popularly know as Bacha Khan. Talking to inp, Awami National Party provincial general secretary Mian Iftikhar said the relaunching of Pakhtoon magazine was aimed […]
LAHORE, January 04 2006: Chief Minister Ch. Pervaiz Elahi will inaugurate development work on the Lahore Press Club Housing Scheme on January 10. The decision was taken during a meeting of Lahore Press Club president Arshad Ansari with the chief minister at the CM’s House on Tuesday January 3. The CM directed all departments concerned […]
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