ISLAMABAD – After 25 years, the government on August 11 unfolded changes suggested in the Hudood laws under which a woman accused of Zina could not be arrested by police anymore without the permission of court and only an officer of the status of Superintendent of Police (SP) will investigate charges against her. Similarly, initial […]
SIALKOT – A meeting of Sialkot-based journalists was, held in Sialkot on August 11 to condemn the murder attempt on a local journalist, Habib-ur-Rehman Sheikh. Saleem Ahmed Awan Sheikh, S. M. Shahid, Irfan Latif Mir, Tariq Anjum Chaudhry, Chaudhry Abdul Qayyum, Khawar Mughal, Javaid Gul, Mian Naeem Iqbal, Rana Yayha, Sheikh Jamil Ahmed, Dr. Arshad […]
ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain said on August 11 that the proposed amendments to the Defamation Ordinance 2002 would be withdrawn. He told a delegation of the All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) and the Council of Pakistan Newspapers Editors (CPNE) which had called on him that he had given specific instructions for the […]
KARACHI – The Boat Basin Police registered a fraud case against former Managing Director of Pakistan Television Yusuf Baig Mirza on complain of his former wife Ayesha Sana. According to the Boat Basin Police, Ayesha Sana registered a case against former PTV MD and complained that Yusuf Baig Mirza gave her a cheque of worth […]
ISLAMABAD – The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) and the All Pakistan Newspaper Employees Confederation (APNEC) have announced that they would launch a countrywide protest campaign from August 13 against what they called delaying tactics being used by the government and owners of newspapers in the implementation of the 7th Wage Board Award. According […]
ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has said that the disputed amendments to the Defamation Ordinance 2002 are being withdrawn on his specific instructions. He was talking to a delegation of All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) and Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE), which called on him in Islamabad on August 11 to discuss […]
PESHAWAR – A Peshawar sessions court has ruled that only a statement can be tenned defamatory which is given intentionally to harm the reputation of an individual under the Defamation Ordinance 2002. “A defamatory statement is a statement which is given with an intention to deceive the third person and the publication of that statement […]
KARACHI – The Pakistan Society of Chest Physicians (PSCP), Sindh, has expressed concern over moves to relax restrictions on cigarette advertisements on PTV under the pretext of a massive revenue loss to the state entity. Office-bearers of the PSCP said in a press briefing in Karachi on August 11 that Pakistan, which ratified the International […]
Date: August 12, 2004 Location: Karachi Investment in youths development crucial for intergenerational gains later was the topic of seminar organized by Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) to mark United Nations International Youth Day at its Vicky Zeitlin Media Library on August 12, 2004. Speaker at the seminar, Sindh Minister for Sports & Youth Affairs, Qamar […]
Letter to the editor… We have known since nearly a decade that girls do better in studies than the boys. The phenomenon of mass failure of boys while the girls earn distinctions first came to the fore in our premier institutions. Medical colleges began to show over 60 per cent merit admissions in favour of […]
Honourable Members National Assembly of Pakistan Islamabad Pakistan Paris, August 11, 2004 Dear Honourable Members of the National Assembly, Reporters Without Borders, an international organisation that defends press freedom, would like to draw your attention to a governmental bill (the Defamation Amendment Act 2004) that was submitted to you on July 29. We call on […]
KARACHI – The All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) has notified that in order to ensure due coverage of the Independence Day celebrations the member publications will bring out their issues on August 15, 2004 as usual and instead shall observe non-publication day on August 16, 2004. Consequently there will be no morning newspapers on Monday, […]
KARACHI – Senate Chainnan Mohammedmian Soomro on August 10 said that successful holding of ITCN Asia 2004 exhibition and conference in Karachi reflects healthy and inspiring environment in the country, particularly in Karachi, and the city had indeed become the centre for such events. He was speaking at the inaugural dinner for ITCN Asia 2004 […]
KARACHI – A new air-conditioned bus service for female commuters is being launched in the city from August 14. The details regarding the bus service were finalized at a high-level meeting held under the chairmanship of Dr Ishratul Ibad at the Sindh Governor’s House on August 10. The governor said the basic objective of this […]
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