JAMSHORO – The Sindh University Jamshoro has not yet started the MA journalism classes in its affiliated colleges despite laps of three academic years, highly placed sources told in Jamshoro on September 13. They said that the University had banned private admissions and examinations of Masters in Journalism programme carried out for last many years, […]
ISLAMABAD – The ministry of information technology has approved 15 projects worth Rs266.06 million for the uplift of information technology and telecom sector in the private and public sectors of the country. The approval was accorded at a meeting of the Departmental Development Working Party (DDWP) presided over by Secretary for Ministry of Information Technology […]
KARACHI – The Karachi Union of Journalists is holding a seminar on “Media Ethics, Rights and Responsibilities”, on the eve of the 10th death anniversary of former Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists president Nisar Osmani, on September 16 at 4 p.m. at the Karachi Press Club, according to a press release. The speeches will be […]
QUETTA – Participants of a meeting organized in Quetta by Oxfam have called for a joint struggle by all the stakeholders of the society against honour killing. The chief of programme of Oxfam in the country, Dr Abid Qayum Suleri, said the organization, with its partners and stakeholders, would launch a campaign to end violence […]
KARACHI — In the present day world, women are playing a significant role in the progress and development of society. They are working side by side with men in every domain of life besides successfully discharging their prime duty of grooming future generations, and joining hands with society for their social uplift”, says a ISPR […]
Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières) today urged President Pervez Musharraf to get the armed forces spokesman (ISPR), Gen. Shaukat Sultan, to withdraw comments in which  in an attempt to defend the army’s tough restrictions on journalists in the northwestern Tribal Areas  he accused the Pakistani press of ‘selling the national interest in […]
KARACHI – The governor of State Bank of Pakistan, Dr. Ishrat Hussain, has expressed hope that publication of South Asian Journal will disseminate new ideas on the issues that confront the South Asian countries and bring people of the region closer. He was speaking at the formal launching ceremony of South Asian Journal, a publication […]
LAHORE – A reception was given by the Nawa-i-Waqt Group of Newspapers to the Sitara-iÂ-Imtiaz recipient S. H. Hashmi on September 11. Representing Nawa-i-Waqt , Mr. Majeed Nizami presented a shield to S.H Hashmi. Addressing the gathering, S. H. Hashmi said he not only has busiÂness relations with Nawa-i-Waqt , but also shares the paper’s […]
LAHORE – The Lahore High Court (LHC) security on September 11, stopped the crew of a private TV channel from shooting part of the LHC building, which has been demolished. An Indus TV channel team, consisting of Nadeem Zaeem (reporter), Imtiaz Khan (cameraman) and a driver, went to the LHC to interview Lahore High Court […]
PESHAWAR – The NWFP Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani and Information Minister Asif Iqbal Daudzai have held out the assurance that those involved in the office of daily Shamaal in Swat would be brought to book. They said that during the NWFP Assembly session that the senior superintendent of poilce, Swat, had been directed to […]
KARACHI – The Council of Pakistan Newspapers Editors (CPNE) at its annual general meeting (AGM) held recently in Islamabad decided to set up a “Media complaints commission” to deal with complaints against newspapers and relating to press freedom. The commission, the CPNE secretariat said in a release, would serve as ‘ombudsman’ on public and government […]
KARACHI – Federal information Minister Shaikh Rashid Ahmed has stressed for insurance of all journalists including press photographers, saying they should also be provided own residences. This he stated while speaking at inauguration ceremony of Pakistan Press Photographers Trust, held by Pakistan Association of Press Photographers in Karachi at a local hotel. Shaikh Rashid Ahmed […]
DEMOCRACY FELLOWSHIPS The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) invites applications to its Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows Program. Established in 2001 to enable activists, scholars, and journalists from around the world to deepen their understanding of democracy and enhance their ability to promote democratic change, the fellowship program is based at NED’s International Forum for Democratic Studies, […]
JACOBABAD – Two women and two men were shot dead on the pretext of karo-kari in upper Sindh during the last 48 hours ending on September 18, evening. A man, Takat Jakhrani alias Abu, and a woman, Rani, were killed by six armed men on the pretext of karo- kari in Yasin Jakhrani village in […]
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