KARACHI – The three-day national conference on Urdu Press – Problems and Prospects concluded here on Wednesday with a call to the government to accept press as a public institution and free it from all sorts of restrictions. It is freedom which only could enable press to function as the fourth pillar of the state […]
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) on May 26 appealed to the parties opposed to changes in the Hudood laws to dispassionately review their stance. The party also called upon the ruling coalition to endorse the PPP resolution in the Senate reminding them of Gen Pervez Musharraf’s call on May 25 to review the Hudood […]
KARACHI – The All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) has strongly criticised the statement of federal Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed issued at the end of the inter-provincial information ministers’ meeting held in Islamabad on May 21. The body has refuted a subsequent statement released by the spokesman of the Information Ministry on May 24 in […]
On May 25, 2004, the provincial government in Pakistan’s southern province of Sindh banned eight newspapers in the city of Karachi on charges of “publishing obscene photographs” and “blackmail”. Police also sealed their offices and arrested newspaper owners and staff. According to press reports, heavy contingents of police raided the offices of Morning Special, Evening […]
KARACHI — Veteran columnist Mujeebur Rehman Shami speaking on the second day of Urdu Press moot paid tributes to Nawa-i-Waqt for its bold stance by fearlessly publishing the ads of PML (N) Chief Shahbaz Sahrif over his return issue. Everybody knows that there was a severe pressure from the government side and the ads were […]
KARACHI – At the national conference on Urdu press, being held at the Karachi University, three sessions were held on May 25, which was the second day of the moot. The three-day moot is being organized by the KU’s Mass Communication department at Shaikh Zayed Islamic Centre. The morning session, which was on ‘new trends […]
KARACHI – Various problems and shortcomings being faced by Urdu newspapers vis-a-vis their journalist staff specially those related to their working conditions, were discussed on May 25 at length on the second day of the national conference on Urdu Journalism organised by the KU’s Department of Mass Communication. Sindh Secretary, Information, Mehtab Akbar Rashdi, presiding […]
KARACHI – APNS has strongly criticised the statement of the Federal Minister for Information Sheikh Rashid issued at the end of the inter-provincial information ministers’ meeting. The body has also refuted a subsequent statement released by the spokesman of the Ministry of Information Monday in which he expressed ignorance of the fact that the Ministry […]
ISLAMABAD – An introductory meeting of Standing Committee of Senate on Information and Broadcasting was held at the Parliament House on May 25. The Chairman of the Committee, Mr Nisar A. Memon, presided over the meeting which was attended by Minister for Information and Broadcasting Sheikh Rashid Ahmed. The members of the Committee who attended […]
KARACHI — Veteran columnist Mujeebur Rehman Shami speaking on the second day of Urdu Press moot paid tributes to Nawa-i-Waqt for its bold stance by fearlessly publishing the ads of PML (N) Chief Shahbaz Sahrif over his return issue. Everybody knows that there was a severe pressure from the government side and the ads were […]
ISLAMABAD – Minister for Information Technology Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari on May 25 said the government had provided ideal business climate and investment opportunities to foreign investors in IT and telecom sectors of Pakistan. “We not only want the foreign companies to start their operations in Pakistan but also want them to invest in the […]
ISLAMABAD – The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) and the All-Pakistan Newspapers Employees Confederation (Apnec) have regretted the stand of the All-Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) over the proposed linkage of government advertisements with implementation of the 7th Wage Award for newspaper employees. In a statement, the PFUJ and Apnec said that instead of accepting […]
KARACHI – The three, press and organizational, legal day national conference on Urdu and ethical issues, besides future Press – Problems and Prospects challenges to be faced by the would be held from May 24, under the auspices of the department of Mass Communication, University of Karachi. The conference is spread over channels eight sessions […]
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) has launched “Aasan” pre-paid phone connection service. In the first phase, under the new service 300,000 connections would be available for 10 major cities. These included Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Peshawar, Quetta, Hyderabad, Faisalabad, Multan and Sialkot. The PTCL President / Chief Executive Officer, Junaid I. Khan, told […]
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