KARACHI – The information adviser to the Sindh chief minister, Mr. Salahuddin Haider, has in a statement refuted the charges about dues of government advertisements made by the Sindh committee of the All Pakistan Newspapers Society. He said it was because of the effort of the Information Department that dues of over Rs21 million held […]
KARACHI – The executive council of the Karachi Union of Journalists has urged the government to ensure early implementation of the Seventh Wage Award, as the continued delay is increasing frustration among newspaper employees. According to a press release, the KUJ council discussed in detail the meeting of PFUJ and APNEC leaders in Islamabad with […]
ISLAMABAD: Women parliamentarians of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) submitted the Bill of Women Welfare and Development Act 2004 in the National Assembly Secretariat on Thursday. The bill demanded that women should not be detained in prisons and should be subjected to house arrest only. “Through this Bill, we demand that accused women should not be detailed […]
ISLAMABAD – The government informed the National Assembly on July 28 that a bill on eradication of honour killing would be tabled in the house after its approval by the cabinet , while the Hudood laws amendment bill would be moved after its review by the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII), the law department and […]
ISLAMABAD — The Shujat government on July 28 told the National Assembly that Federal Cabinet would take up for finalization a draft legislation on honour killing (karokari) in its next Wednesday’s meeting and then table it in the form of a bill before the Lower House of the Parliament. “The Prime Minister has ordered that […]
LAHORE – The MMA has said that it has offered only conditional support to the domestic violence bill tabled by the ruling coalition’s Dr Anjum Amjad. Alliance’s MPA from Wah Cantonment, Attock, Muhammad Waqas said they opposed the involvement of police at any stage in any case lodged under the proposed law. The protection officer […]
KARACHI – The hearing of appeals of four men, including Ahmed Omar Saeed Shaikh who had been convicted by an Anti-Terrorism Court for kidnapping and slaying US journalist Daniel Pearl in 2002 and an appeal filed by the State, has once again been adjourned till September 7 by an anti-terrorism appellate bench of the Sindh […]
LAHORE – The Punjab Assembly’s Standing Committee on Home Affairs continued a discussion on the domestic violence bill in Lahore on July 27 as the mover claimed that the opposition’s wave to the bill had subsided. The bill had been moved in the house by the ruling PML’s Dr Anjum Amjad. The MMA and members […]
KARACHI – Writer and broadcaster Siddique Arshad, who compared Kasuti programme on TV, died in Karachi on July 26 night. His soyem will be held on July 28 between Asar and Maghreb prayers at Masjid-i-Farooq-i-Azam near Boating Basin, Clifton. For women, arrangement has been mage at his residence: 16/C Dunes Apartment near KFC Clifton. Source: […]
KARACHI – Syed Faseih Iqbal, Acting President and Chairman, APNS Action Committee, has strongly deplored the coercive actions of the government against the press manifested in the continued ban on government advertisements to Nawa-e-Waqt, The Nation and other newspapers, and urged upon the president and the prime minister of Pakistan to intervene in the matter, […]
KARACHI – The increasing trend of placing advertisements in print media even by cutting news and articles amounts to breach sanctity of thought, which must be discouraged. These views were expressed by the former information minister and senior politician, Javed Jabbar, while giving a lecture on “Citizens’ media rights and their responsibilities” in Karachi on […]
KARACHI – Soyem of late broadcaster and intellectual, Siddiq Arshad will be held on Wednesday (July 28) between Asr and Maghrib prayers at the Masjid Farooq Azam near Boating Basin Clifton. Separate arrangements have been made for ladies at 16-C, Deunes Apartment, (Ph 5874377) near KFC building. Arshad had secured first class first position in […]
KARACHI – The All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) has requested the governor and chief minister of Sindh to intervene in the curtailment of government advertisements to some newspapers by Sindh Information Department and consistent default by the Karachi City Government in clearance of outstanding dues of member publications and clearance of bills of print media […]
WANA – A radio booster in South Waziristan was damaged in an explosion on July 26 night, residents said on Tuesday. They said unidentified people planted explosives outside the building which houses a low-frequency radio station in Wana. A resident told Dawn that the explosives went off at about 10pm and damaged the antenna of […]
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