KARACHI – Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) has launched aggressive campaign against the illegal TV cable operators of Sindh region. Initially the drive has been launched in four districts including District Thatta, Badin, Hyderabad and Nawabshah. Regional General Manager PEMRA Sindh Waseem Ahmed Sindh directed all the illegal cable TV operators of the region […]
KARACHI – Journalists led by a jurist on June 16 paid homage to their most honoured comrade, Zamir Niazi, for painstakingly recording gags on press during successive martial law regimes in Pakistan. The Karachi Press Club and Karachi Union of Journalists jointly held a condolence meeting over the death of country’s foremost journalist who preserved […]
KARACHI – The Minister for Science and Technology, Awais Ahmed Khan Leghari, inaugurated a three-day training course for software development at a local hotel on Tuesday. More than 1,000 students of computer science gathered to attend the training workshop organised by Microsoft Pakistan – which had invited delegates from 10 countries to impart the knowledge […]
ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali on Tuesday declared in unequivocal terms that the government will not make any un-Islamic amendment to the Hudood Ordinance under external or individual pressure. Speaking at a meeting of women parliamentarians of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Q at the residence of party president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, the […]
Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières) said it has recorded an increase in breaches of press freedom since the start of a latest Pakistani military offensive against Islamist groups at the border with Afghanistan, particularly in the Shakai region. At least four journalists have been arrested in the past four days, a BBC World Service […]
KARACHI — To pay tribute to Zamir Niazi, a reference will be held at the Karachi Press Club (KPC) on June 16 at 5 pm, says a press release. The meeting has been jointly organized by the Karachi Union of Journalists and the KPC. Source: Dawn Date:6/16/2004
Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières) said it has recorded an increase in breaches of press freedom since the start of a latest Pakistani military offensive against Islamist groups at the border with Afghanistan, particularly in the Shakai region. At least four journalists have been arrested in the past four days, a BBC World Service […]
KARACHI – Former federal minister Barrister Shahida Jameel has termed inclusion of a large number of women in assemblies and local councils a great success of the government and hoped that they would play their due role in the progress of the country. She was speaking at a recently held three-day long workshop on Role […]
ISLAMABAD – Film industry would now be able to import items specified by the government with duty concession. Latest explanations on budget made by CBR to tax authorities indicate this industry is now subject to concession to compete foreign filmmakers, especially Bollywood. Duty exemption would now be available to parcel senders through airfreight up to […]
ISLAMABAD – The Pakistan Television Corporation will become one of the few richest corporations in the country with a revenue of Rs4.1 billion annually collected through monthly television license fee to be collected along with electricity bills. With an electricity consumer base of 13.9 million in the country, PTV will be able to earn a […]
KARACHI – Three day Pakistan Development Conference 2004 would commence at a local hotel on June 15. Federal Minister for Information and Telecom, Awais Ahmed Khan Leghari will inaugurate the conference. The conference is being organized under the auspices of Microsoft Pakistan. The Country Manager Microsoft Pakistan, Jawwad Rehman, will present the welcome address. Nazin […]
Letter to the editor… It is reported that a law against the ‘Karo kari’ (lynch law for a rebel woman) is on the anvil. It is feared that this law would meet the same fate as Hadood laws as all laws in Pakistan are being legislated only as a political stunt without keeping in mind […]
On June 13, 2004, the political administration of Khyber Agency, in Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), denied entry into the area to a group of Peshawar reporters. The journalists wanted to cover a tribal Jirga (council of tribal elders) that was protesting the ongoing military operations in the areas bordering on Afghanistan. The Islamic […]
LAHORE – Punjab police has registered as many as 23,815 cases under Hudood Ordinance, 62 cases under Blasphemy Law and 271 cases of child trafficking during the last three years. Regional Director, Directorate of Human Rights, Ministry of Law, Justice and Human Rights Kishwar Shaheen Awan disclosed this in an interview with Business Recorder. Giving […]
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