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Zamir Niazi passes away Services of Zamir Niazi eulogized

KARACHI – Media representatives, leaders of opinion and people from a cross section of society have expressed their grief over the death of renowned journalist and author Zamir Niazi who passed away on Friday morning. Eulogizing the services rendered by him for the cause of press freedom, they said in their condolence messages that by […]


Zamir Niazi passes away

KARACHI – Veteran journalist Zamir Niazi passed away here on June 11 morning after a protracted illness. He was 72. For more than a decade he was under treatment, but on Tuesday last his condition deteriorated and he was admitted to a hospital where he went into coma and never recovered. After Friday prayers he […]


GST on IT industry opposed

ISLAMABAD – A meeting of the Inter-Provincial Co-ordination on Information Technology chaired by Federal Minister for Information Technology Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari here on Thursday described the proposed levy of General Sales Tax (GST) on the sale of IT hardware and software as detrimental. “There is consensus between the federal IT ministry and IT departments […]


A crusader for press freedom

Editorial… In the death of Zamir Niazi, Pakistan has lost a relentless crusader for press freedom. Till the very last, and despite his failing health, Zamir Niazi remained dedicated to the pursuit of one single aim dear to him – the freedom of expression. The chief merit of his first book, The Press in Chains, […]


Three sisters commit suicide

SANGHAR – Three sisters committed suicide in the Din Mohammad Junejo village, near Jam Nawaz Ali, about 50 kilometers from here, on Thursday. Hakimzadi, 28, Samina, 24, and Khadija, 19, daughters of Khadim Hussain Junejo, employee of the Sanghar Cadet College, took pesticide. The neighbours took the girls to the basic health unit in Jam […]


Zamir Niazi passes away

KARACHI – Veteran journalist Zamir Niazi passed away here on June 11 morning after a protracted illness. He was 72. For more than a decade he was under treatment, but on Tuesday last his condition deteriorated and he was admitted to a hospital where he went into coma and never recovered. After Friday prayers he […]


Services of Zamir Niazi eulogized

KARACHI – Media representatives, leaders of opinion and people from a cross section of society have expressed their grief over the death of renowned journalist and author Zamir Niazi who passed away on Friday morning. Eulogizing the services rendered by him for the cause of press freedom, they said in their condolence messages that by […]


Women play vital role in politics

ISLAMABAD – Secretary General Pakistan Muslim League, Mushahid Hussain Sayed said that women being more than fifty percent of the population were integral part of the politics and assured that PML would give them due representation in the reorganization of the party. Addressing a gathering of women in Islamabad on June 10 at PML House, […]


Karo – kari murder alleged

SUKKUR – A woman was shot dead allegedly by her husband, Ghulam Hussain Sadayo, and his accomplices on the pretext of karo-kari in Shahal Badhayo on Wednesday. The victim was identified as Khairan, 23, daughter of Mohammad Paryal. Source: Dawn Date:6/11/2004


Women killed by husband

NAUSHAHRO FEROZE — A 20 year old woman was killed allegedly by her husband in Saeed Khan Rind village near Kandairo on June 9 night. Salar Rind, a brother of woman, Rozina, lodged an FIR against Ali Murad alias Raees Rind and his brother Ghulam Haider at the Khandiaro police station. The post — mortem […]


IT expo on 22nd

LAHORE – The Pakistan Software Export Board is organizing “Information Technology’s Made in Pakistan Exhibition” in Lahore on June 22. The event is aimed at showcasing packagaged IT solutions / products developed by the country’s IT companies. The event wil provide an opportunity to interact with some of the best IT companies of Pakistan involved […]


Dialogue on press freedom urged

KARACHI – Speakers at a seminar on press freedom, held on June 10, observed that external pressures, increasing commercialization in the media industry and dishonesty on the part of some journalists acted as major impediments in the fair and objective coverage of events and issues. They said the right to know was a fundamental right […]


Dialogue on press freedom urged

KARACHI – Speakers at a seminar on press freedom, held on June 10, observed that external pressures, increasing commercialization in the media industry and dishonesty on the part of some journalists acted as major impediments in the fair and objective coverage of events and issues. They said the right to know was a fundamental right […]


PTV

Letter to the editor PTV is not only overstaffed but a cluster of incompetent individuals selected through political recommendations. Hence the permanent and competent staff be recruited, the policies of TV should be made in line with the teaching of the religion and keeping in view the cultural values of the society to respond nudity […]