KARACHI – The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority, Sindh, received around 100 complaints from all over the province against poor and faulty Cable TV service during the month of June last. The details about these complaints were placed at the monthly meeting of Council of Complaints (CoC) of PEMRA held here at its regional office. […]
KARACHI – Syed Ashfaq Ali, Circulation Manager of Business Recorder, passed away here on July 5, after a brief illness. He was 79. He was admitted to a hospital a few days back where he was diagnosed for cancer. He served in Business Recorder for about 37 years. Syed Ashfaq Ali leaves behind a widow, […]
KARACHI – Pakistan Space & Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (Suparco) will soon negotiate with foreign satellite manufacturer to build a new satellite for strategic purposes and to replace the ageing Paksat-I. In this connection, Suparco will also acquire transfer of technology to build indigenous satellite from the same foreign manufacturer. Suparco Chairman Major General Raza […]
KARACHI – The APNS 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 the President of Pakistan to intervene in the matter. The Executive Committee of All Pakistan Newspapers Society at its recent meeting held […]
KARACHI – The All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) has strongly deplored the continuing ban on government advertisements to Nawa-i-Waqt, The Nation and other newspapers and urged the president of Pakistan to intervene in the matter. According to a spokesman of the society, the executive committee of the APNS at a recent meeting held in Lahore […]
Letter to the editor… Apropos Rafi Nasim’s letter “TV licence fee” published in daily The Nation on June 23, I would like to make the following observations. He has raised some illogical points about the collection of TV licence fee through electricity bills. His concern for the common man is admirable but can he tell […]
KARACHI – The All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) has strongly deplored the continuing ban on government advertisements to Nawa-i-Waqt, The Nation and other newspapers and urged the president of Pakistan to intervene in the matter. According to a spokesman of the society, the executive committee of the APNS at a recent meeting held in Lahore […]
KARACHI – Senior journalist and member governing body of the Karachi Press Club Soofia Yazdani has awarded Maimaar-e-Watan Medal 2004 in recognition of her services for journalism. She also received a certificate at an award distribution, recently held by the Sindh Assembly Secretariat, in collaboration with Pakistan Study Circle to medals to the prominent people […]
MIRAN SHAH – The administration of the North Waziristan tribal region on June 2 released Afghan journalist Sami Yousufzai and his driver, Muhammad Saleem, after they remained in detention for 40 days. Sources said that the assistant political agent had convicted the two under the colonial era law of Frontier Crimes Regulations 1901, and sentenced […]
PESHAWAR – AVT Khyber, Pakistan’s first Pushto satellite television channel, started its test transmission on Thursday. According to an AVT Khyber’s press release issued by its local bureau, Information Secretary Syed Anwar Mahmood was the chief guest at the inauguration ceremony. PTV Managing Director Arshad Khan, who was present on the occasion, expressed delight at […]
KARACHI – A teenage girl and a young man were axed to death by her cousin in Ibrahim Hyderi on July 2 morning. Police said that Nazar Mohammad attacked his cousin Noorzadi, 18, and Qadir, 27, with axe in Ali Mohammad Goth. Later, Nazar Mohammad came to the Ibrahim Hyderi police station and confessed his […]
THATTA – A team of journalists, including, among others, GS, Karachi Union of Journalists, and a representative of Trade Information Magazine and a photographer visited Primary Health Unit in Deh Khalifa, Taluka Keti Bandar, District Thatta, situated at a distance of 140 kilometres from Karachi which is being run by the Saviour Welfare Organization (SWO). […]
ISLAMABAD — Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on June 30 reiterated his commitment to place the issue of implementation of the 7th Wage Board Award for newspaper employees before the cabinet. “I will fulfill the commitment I have made to the journalist community,’ Mr. Ahmed told reporter during a press conference at the PID auditorium. […]
PESHAWAR – Local artistes have criticized the ban on their entry to the PTV Peshawar Centre and have asked the authorities to lift the ban forthwith. Talking to Dawn, several senior artistes, said that the PTV administration had banned their entry to the centre, which had hit them hard. “Many of the artistes, who are […]
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