LAHORE – Prime Minster Ch Shujat Hussain has clarified that the defamation law was partially amended, increasing only the period of imprisonment. He was talking to reporters after inaugurating a private TV channel Business Plus in Lahore on August 3. The prime minister said if the journalists feel threatened, the government is ready to revert […]
KARACHI – The Chief Justice of Sindh High Court, IG Prison and Minister for Women Development and Social Welfare have been urged to take urgent steps to thoroughly review the conditions of correctional facilities for women in Sindh province. This was stated during a meeting of Lawyers for Human Rights and Legal Aid (LHRLA) convened […]
The government of Pakistan on July 29, introduced proposed amendments in the defamation bill in National Assembly under which defamation had been declared a “criminal offence”. Seeking amendments in the Defamation Ordinance 2002, the bill proposes to increase the imprisonment from three months to one year and the fine from Rs 50,000 to Rs 300,000 […]
The government of Pakistan on July 29, introduced proposed amendments in the defamation bill in National Assembly under which defamation had been declared a “criminal offence”. Seeking amendments in the Defamation Ordinance 2002, the bill proposes to increase the imprisonment from three months to one year and the fine from Rs 50,000 to Rs 300,000 […]
KARACHI – The Sindh Committee of the Council of Pakistan Newspapers Editors (CPNE) at a meeting held in Karachi on August 3 adopted a resolution rejecting the amendments proposed by the federal government to the Defamation Ordinance of 2002. The meeting decided to convey the viewpoint of the committee on the amendment bill to members […]
ISLAMABAD – This year’s “Kamal-i-Fun Award” for life time achievement in literature has been given to poet Ada Jafri. She is the first woman recipient of the award since the literary prize was established by the Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL) in 1997. A nine-member jury of literary personalities adjudged the nominees for the 2003 […]
KARACHI – The Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) is organising a seminar on ‘The Resettlement Issue of the Lyari Expressway Project’ on Thursday, August 5, 2004 from 4.00 pm to 5.30 pm at the PPF Vicky Zeitlin Media Library, Press Centre, Kamal Ataturk Road, Karachi. Shafiqur Rehman Paracha; Project Director, Lyari Expressway Resettlement Project; Baseer Naveed, […]
KARACHI – The All-Pakistan Newspaper Society (APNS) and the Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) have severely criticized the Defamation Bill presented by the government in the National Assembly. Rejecting the bill, the APNS said that while the country was facing a ‘high tide of terrorism’, the government had chosen to ‘terrorize’ the press by […]
KARACHI – “While the country is facing high tide of terrorism, the government has chosen to terrorise the press by further blackening the existing draconian Defamation Ordinance 2002,” stated spokesman of All Pakistan Newspaper Society (APNS). Syed Fasih Iqbal, acting President and Muhamamd Aslam Kazi, Secretary General, APNS rejected both the motivation and rationale contained […]
ISLAMABAD – The Alliance for Restoration of Democracy on August 2 filed two separate amendments with the National Assembly to the proposed Defamation (Amendment) Bill-2004. ARD Parliamentary Group Secretary Izhar Amrohvi told Business Recorder in Islamabad that through the amendments, ARD proposed that the bill be referred to the Council of Islamic Ideology, as the […]
KARACHI – While the country is facing high tide of terrorism, the government has chosen to terrorise the press by further blackening the existing draconian Defamation Ordinance 2002, stated the APNS spokesman. Syed Faseih Iqbal, Acting President and Muhammad Aslam Kazi, Secretary General, All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) have unequivocally rejected both the motivation and […]
ISLAMABAD – Hamid Haroon, a member of the All Pakistan Newspaper Society (APNS), said that the government had included “tough clauses” in the draft bill of defamation, which were “against the freedom of the press, democracy and human rights”. Mr Haroon told BBC that Prime Minister Chaudhry Shujaat must review these laws again. “I am […]
KARACHI – While the country is facing high tide of terrorism, the government has chosen to terrorise the press by further blackening the existing draconian Defamation Ordinance 2002, stated the APNS spokesman. Syed Faseih Iqbal, Acting President, and Mohammad Aslam Kazi, Secretary General, All Pakistan Newspapers Society, have unequivocally rejected both the motivation and the […]
KARACHI – “While the country is facing high tide of terrorism, the government has chosen to terrorise the press by further blackening the existing draconian Defamation Ordinance 2002,” stated spokesman of All Pakistan Newspaper Society (APNS). Syed Fasih Iqbal, acting President and Muhamamd Aslam Kazi, Secretary General, APNS rejected both the motivation and rationale contained […]
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