KARACHI,February 01,2005: Microsoft company will launch Urdu office and windows to involve maximum people in the information technology (IT) sector, but the company expressed extreme disappointment that the computerisation in government sector was still below one percent. Country manager Microsoft Jawwad Rehman told Business Recorder on Monday that despite continues effort by the high-ups in […]
KARACHI, February 01,2005: The All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) has condemned the Friday night attack on the offices of Jang and Geo Television, terming it an assault on freedom of the press. APNS general secretary Muhammad Aslam Kazi, in a statement issued here on Monday, expressed concern over what he called the revived phenomenon of […]
ISLAMABAD ,February 1, 2005: The government on Monday held out an assurance that attacking media offices was neither its policy and nor was it behind the heinous and uncalled for armed attack on the Jang Group of Newspapers and the offices of Geo television in Karachi. It is condemnable and tolerance has to be promoted […]
Title Pakistani Zara e Ablagh Ka Haftroza Jaiza Vol 3 No 5 Date 2/1/2005 Download ppf newsletter no 05.pdf
Karachi, February 01,2005 :United Nations Educational Scientific & Cultural Organisation is fully committed to promoting freedom of expression throughout the world. This was stated by Jocelyne Josiah, Unesco Regional Communication Adviser for Asia at concluding session of press freedom monitoring workshop organised by Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) in Karachi. Ms. Josiah said those striving to […]
KARACHI, January 31,2005:or Women Development Dr Saeeda Malik has said, while talking to a group of women belonging to different strata of society here on Sunday, that her ministry has prepared a ‘Gender Reform Action Plan (GRAP)Â’ aimed at ameliorating the lot of the women and empowering them in every walk of life. Dr Saeeda […]
KARACHI, January 31,2005: The annual elections of the Karachi Union of Journalists (KUJ) will be held on Feb 12. This was announced by the Secretary of the KUJ, Fazil Jamili on Sunday. The Election Committee headed by Qutubuddin Ahmed has notified the schedule for these polls. A 30-strong BDM would also be elected on the […]
KARACHI, January 31,2005:or Women Development Dr Saeeda Malik has said, while talking to a group of women belonging to different strata of society here on Sunday, that her ministry has prepared a ‘Gender Reform Action Plan (GRAP)’ aimed at ameliorating the lot of the women and empowering them in every walk of life. Dr Saeeda […]
NADEEM ZAFAR The abuse of women in Pakistan is under-reported. Amongst other reasons is the stigma attached to abuse and the role of the authorities during follow-up investigations. I cannot understand why religious parties come out in droves whenever women demand their due rights but are nowhere to be seen whenever incidents of abuse of […]
KARACHI,January 30,2005:The final case challan against Yaseen Bawani, alleged rapist and killer in the Asia case, was submitted before the court on Saturday. However the co-accused, Amanat, was found innocent by the police that examined his case under Section 169 of Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) and he was freed on bail. Police declared Yaseen Bawani, […]
ISLAMABAD,January 30,2005:Pakistan Medical Association on January 29 demanded immediate arrest of the members of a jirga that had decreed death for lady doctor Shazia Khalid to restore their “lost Honour”. The lady doctor had been allegedly criminally assaulted by an army officer and his colleagues in Sui on January 2. Talking to mediapersons at Rawalpindi-Islamabad […]
KARACHI,January 30,2005:Tehrik-i-Niswan Cultural Action Group, in collaboration with the British Council, staged four plays at the FTC auditorium on January 28 evening to underline the need for putting an end to the custom of so-called honour killings. The plays, performed admirably by the artistes including Tehrik-i-Niswan director Sheema Kirmani, were based on four real-life stories […]
KARACHI, January 30,2005:About 30 to 35 unidentified people, riding on 18 to 20 motorcycles, attacked the main building of the Jang Group of Publications here in the wee hours of Saturday at about 2.00am. They opened fire, beat the security staff of the building and overpowered them. Later they ransacked the reception area and smashed […]
KARACHI,January 30,2005: An armed group attacked the offices of Jang group of newspapers at I. I. Chundrigar Road late January 28 night, ransacked its ground floor, and damaged at least 13 cars parked outside the office, police and witnesses said. They said that a group of about 30 youth damaged the cars parked outside the […]
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