GUJRANWALA – A college girl who was gang-raped about 10 days ago was shot dead by the accused in Dhulley Model Town on December 23. The 22-year-old ‘S’ daughter of Dr Rafiq was kidnapped by accused Mudassar, Akram and Siddiq , etc., when she was on her way home and was raped. Police raided their […]
KARACHI – After months of intense competition, two winners and two runners-up have been chosen in the Television and Print/Online categories respectively for the CNN Young Journalist Award 2004 (CNN YJA). The Award was introduced in Pakistan for the first time this year to recognise and encourage quality journalism among young media professionals. In the […]
Title Pakistani Zara e Ablagh Ka Haftroza Jaiza Vol 2 No 49 Date 12/22/2004 Download nl49.pdf
By Amina Hassan The communication scene is changing in such fundamental ways that many social scientists term it as the dawn of the “Information Age”. Mass media is of limited relevance to the masses, especially those who are living below the poverty line. They can barely meet their essential needs of food and clothing, etc. […]
PESHAWAR – The Khyber Union of Journalists on December 20 set up a protest camp against non-implementation of the seventh Wage Award in the newspapers. A large number of journalists and other workers of the newspaper industry attended the camp. Several political leaders, belonging to different political parties visited the camp to express solidarity with […]
KARACHI: The people of Pakistan and Bangladesh have had their melancholies before and after the emergence of the latter on the world map, but it is time to usher into an era of social and economic development – based on bilateralism – by forgetting what we have gone through. This is what speakers reckoned on […]
ISLAMABAD – Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Anisa Zeb Tahirkheli on December19 said the proposed Media City would be established in the Blue Area. Talking to the media persons here, the minister said the Media City would be established at a plot of land owned by the information ministry, where a twin-tower would […]
KARACHI – The All Pakistan Newspapers Society in a statement on December 18 has said that the Chairman ITNE, Haq Nawaz Gandapur, an appointee of the Federal Government “is consistently harassing the newspaper establishments and has now issued warrants of arrest which were served on certain newspapers. His negative attitude against newspaper establishments is evident […]
ISLAMABAD – The National Policy for Disabled 2002 is more inclined towards segregating persons with impairments rather than helping them integrate into mainstream. This criticism came at an open discussion arranged by the Pakistan Association for the Blind held in connection with World Day for Disabled here on December 18. “Call us equal not special,” […]
ISLAMABAD – Veteran journalist Syed Ali Abbas died of cardiac arrest on December 17 at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) here on Friday at around 12 noon. He developed chest infection and was admitted to Pims. He was 80. He leaves behind a wife, a daughter and a son. His funeral prayers will […]
KARACHI – The three-day workshop highlighting the role of free press, fair and balanced reporting attended by journalists of international radio networks and Radio Pakistan concluded on December 15 in Karachi. Former federal information minister Javed Jabbar, who was chief guest, called for setting up community-based radio stations without bidding across the country. There are […]
ISLAMABAD – Federal Minister for Education and former director-general of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Javed Ashraf Qazi on December 16 said the UN World Food Programme (WFP) would provide $51.6 million assistance to government to encourage about half a million girl students to stay in schools. The minister said this while inaugurating an art exhibition organized […]
By S.G. Jilanee The purpose of this article is not to discuss how women’s rights are practiced in Muslim society today, but what they mean in a truly Muslim society. It is necessary to understand this difference, because Muslims today are facing much confusion over this issue and it has, in fact, percolated to every […]
TAXILA – Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Anisa Zeb Tahirkheli on December 16 said free movement of Saarc mediapersons would promote understanding and cooperation among the member states. “Media should use its enormous potential for disseminating information and even in popularising new technologies,” she told reporters during a sightseeing visit of Saarc information […]
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