KARACHI – Various NGOs at a meeting here on December 2, demanded capital punishment to the culprits of Karo-kari, and suggested that the relief under Qisas and Diyat Ordinance should not be extended to a Karo-kari accused. Some 17 NGOs participated in the meeting organized by the Karachi Women’s Peace Committee. The meeting further demanded […]
ISLAMABAD – Veteran journalist Mazhar H. Siddiqui breathed his last on December 2, at Jeddah. He was 56. He has left behind a wife and two children. Siddiqui died of cardiac arrest. He has been hospitalised for the last two days at the New Jeddah Hospital. Siddiqui had a long career working with different newspapers […]
LAHORE – The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan said on December 1, that the brutal beating of senior newsman Zaheer Mahmood Siddiqui by police personnel at the Civil Secretariat was an alarming continuation of an unconscionable ‘police raj’ seen throughout the year. In a press statement, HRCP Chairperson Tahir Mahmood Khan and Secretary General Hina […]
LANDI KOTAL – At least five FM radio stations are operating in Bara tehsil in the Khyber Agency despite warnings by the political administration. The directives for the closure of the stations were issued by the Fata secretariat in Peshawar and communicated to the quarters concerned by the Bara political authorities some two weeks back. […]
ISLAMABAD – The first Asia-Pacific Women, Girls HIV/Aids Best practices conference on Wednesday unanimously adopted a declaration calling for a check on growing impact of HIV/Aids and empowering women and girls to make decisions about their sexual and reproductive health. The draft declaration called: “Islamabad Agenda for Change-2004”, adopted after the conclusion of the three-day […]
KARACHI – The book entitled “Press Freedom and the Role of Newspaper Editors in Pakistan”, written by veteran Editor Mahmudul Aziz, has now been printed, and will be released soon, said Mrs Sohela Aziz, the publisher of the book, in a statement in Karachi on November 30. The Mahmudul Aziz’s book covers various aspects of […]
KARACHI – Media Women Publishers and Journalists Organisation (MWPJO), an organisation aimed at spearheading the cause of women’s issues, using media as the instrument of change, organized a seminar titled, Women and Media – The South Asian Experience, which was held at a local hotel on November 30. State Minister for Information, Anisa Taher Khaili, […]
KARACHI – Media Women Publishers and Journalists Organisation (MWPJO), an organisation aimed at spearheading the cause of women’s issues, using media as the instrument of change, organized a seminar titled, Women and Media – The South Asian Experience, which was held at a local hotel on November 30. State Minister for Information, Anisa Taher Khaili, […]
On 30 November 2004, police posted at the Civil Secretariat in Lahore, capital of Pakistan’s largest province, Punjab, assaulted Zaheer Mahmood Siddiqui, a senior reporter for the English-language daily Dawn, when he tried to enter the premises. According to Siddiqui, who was quoted in local press reports, two police constables in uniform and 10 other […]
KARACHI – Speakers at a meeting on November 30, suggested that media people should be sensitized to the issues relating to the sensationalism in the reporting of incidents involving women. The meeting on Women and Media: The South Asian Experience was organized by the Media Women Publishers and Journalists Organization. Besides local professionals, three foreign […]
KARACHI — CNBC Pakistan will be available for viewers from the first quarter of next year. This was announced by the president, CNBC Pakistan, Zafar Siddiqui while addressing a press conference on November 30, on the occasion of signing shareholder agreement with Pak Oman Investment Company and Saudi Pak Industrial and Agricultural investment Company. Speaking […]
Title Pakistani Zara e Ablagh Ka Haftroza Jaiza Vol 2 No 43 Date 12/1/2004 Download ppf newsletter no 43.pdf
KARACHI – A leading scholar, Allama Tariq Jamil, will speak on November 30, on the subject: ‘A good journalist in the light of Islamic teachings’, at Chief Minister House, Karachi, where Chief Minister Arbab Ghulam Rahim himself will be the host. The guests to the brainstorming session with Tariq Jameel have been invited to reach […]
LAHORE — A private radio channel restarted after two weeks its regular transmission on November 27. The police had on November 12, taken control of the FM 103 premises and arrested two of its staffers. The action was reportedly taken in response to a case registered against the radio channel under Section 16 of the […]
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