Editorial… IT is ironic that just a week after World Freedom Day was celebrated with pomp and ceremony, and government personalities sermonized on their commitment to this fundamental of democracy, should come a rude reminder that the state regards freedom of information as a privilege it can dispense and withdraw at will. The print media […]
KARACHI – Pakistan’s IT industry – still allauded to be in its infancy stage – is liable to face an imposition of 15 per cent General Sales Tax (GST) in the impending budget, after enjoying a tax holiday for over a decade. Sources at the IT industry and those abutting to the finance ministry say […]
LAHORE – CNN regional producer Syed Mohsin Naqvi was detained at his residence here on May 10 evening. The police personnel managed their entry into the house of Syed Mohsin Naqvi while giving a pretext that somebody had planted a bomb somewhere inside the premises. The cops upon being asked informed the CNN producer that […]
In a May 10, 2004, letter to the president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, CPJ expressed concern about the prolonged detention of Newsweek stringer Sami Yousafzai and called on the government to release him immediately. Yousafzai was last seen on April 21, when he was detained with U.S. freelance journalist Eliza Griswold at a military checkpoint in […]
KARACHI – The body of a woman, who was killed by her husband’s elder brother on suspicion of illicit relationship, was exhumed on May 10. The 17-year-old victim, Hafia, was married to Zaid Ali six months ago. The couple was living in Saudabad with Zaid’s brother, Abid Ali, who admitted to have stabbed the woman […]
PESHAWAR – The family of a four-year-old girl, raped and killed a month ago, is under pressure from a local jirga to enter into a compromise with the family of accused. Parents of the victim have requested the provincial government and provincial police officers to refer the case to an anti- terrorism court so that […]
KARACHI – Sindh Governor Dr. Ishratul Ibad called upon the media on May 9 to give unbiased coverage to activities of the government and its coalition parties, because the administration, too, had a viewpoint which, he regretted had too often been played down. The result is an obvious inability of the people to have a […]
LONDON – The PML (N) President Mian Shahbaz Sharif’s interview was cancelled on May 9 due to government pressure minutes before it was to be broadcast by the ARY Digital television channel, its management said. The interview was to be conducted by Dr. Shahid Masud. According to the ARY Digital ChannelÂ’s management, they were threatened […]
ISLAMABAD – A private TV channel failed to telecast a live interview of Pakistan Muslim League-N president Mian Shahbaz Sharif on May 9 night without giving any specific reason leaving a large number of viewers in deep mystery as to why the interview was not telecast. The London-based Pakistani news and current affairs channel kept […]
ISLAMABAD – The All Pakistan Newspaper Society (APNS) filed on May 8 a review petition before the Supreme Court asking to review its earlier order of dismissing the petition challenging The Newspaper Employees (Conditions of Service) Act 1973. Filed by senior counsel Hafeez Pirzada on behalf of 25 petitioners, comprising newspaper owners, the review petition […]
KARACHI – Sindh Governor Ishratul Ibad has said the government is well aware of the problems of journalists and a proposal is under consideration for the establishment of journalist societies in each district. He was talking to a journalists’ delegation which called on him in the Governor House on May 7. Source: Dawn Date:5/9/2004
ISLAMABAD – The All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) has requested the Supreme Court for a review visit to its judgement in which it declined to entertain its petition questioning the Pakistan Newspapers Employees (Condition of Service) Act of 1973. The petition drawn by Abdul Hafeez Pirzada was filed here with the judicial branch of the […]
KARACHI – Sindh Governor Dr. Ishratul Ibad has said the government is well aware of the problems of journalists, and a proposal is under consideration for establishment of journalist societies in each district of Sindh. He stated this while talking to a journalists delegation which called on him at the Governor’s House on May 7. […]
ISLAMABAD – Minister for Information and Broadcasting Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on May 8 said the role of media becomes more vital for peace in the days of conflict. He was speaking as chief guest at the inauguration of a daylong seminar on Media in violent conflict and countries in transition, organized jointly by the Information […]
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