Letter to the editor Newspaper reports say (May 7) that a village council in Punjab permitted a landlord to rape the sister and sister-in-law of a man accused of maintaining an illicit relationship with the landlord’s daughter? The incident happened on April 30 in the village of Donga Naich after the landlord, Ghaffar, had complained […]
ISLAMABAD – The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority in a meeting May 8 considered proposed amendments to the Pemra Ordinance 2002 to the existing cross media restrictions and its relaxation. It considered proposals for making the ordinance more effective for ensuring fair competition and a level playing field for all media players. It was felt […]
ISLAMABAD – The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) on May 8 decided to convene a meeting soon to finalise its recommendations on the proposed amendments in the PEMRA Ordinance and rules with a view to giving relaxation in the existing cross media restrictions for grant of satellite channels. In its 25th meeting, the authority […]
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 […]
ISLAMABAD – The Cybernet, an Internet Service Provide (ISP) has invested Rs60 million to provide broadband Internet facility in the country. It has also planned to Rs400 million so as to provide over 50,000 DSL Connections and better Internet service. It was unveiled by Director and Chief Operating Officer of Cybernet, Ansar ul Haq at […]
By STM “More journalists were killed in 2003 than in any year since 1995… A black year if ever there was one,” Reporters Sans Frontiers said in its annual report released to coincide with the World Press Freedom Day (which fell on May 3 last). Forty-two journalists were killed “while doing their job or for […]
MULTAN – Initial medical report of the unmarried victim of the Kabirwala case has belied the claim that she was raped. The report says ‘Mz’ is still virgin and there are no torture marks on her body that suggest any violent act committed against her. However, the police want to have her detail examination from […]
By Nusrat Nasarullah With the way power failures have made life in Karachi still more frustrating and challenging, one would have wanted to begin with that, but a story in May 7 issue of Metropolitan, which highlights the shameful and rather painful details of how “women feel insecure at workplace,” made me change my mind. […]
KARACHI: The All-Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) has announced that it has decided to file a Review Petition in the Honorable Supreme Court of Pakistan on May 8, 2004, for a review of its Judgment dated April 8, 2004, in Constitutional Petition No. 35 of 2002. The APNS Counsel, Mr. Abdul Hafiz Pirzada, Senior Advocate of […]
By Ikram Sehgal The fundamental ingredient making democracy possible is the flow of information – without which people cannot possibly govern themselves. The media (electronic, print, cyber and internet) ensures this flow of information. If restricted, censored or hindered in any way the people will remain ignorant, ignorant of events, ignorant of their rights, their […]
LAHORE – Federal Minister for Information Technology, Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari has approved a project for carrying out a strategic study of the Pakistan’s information technology industry. He gave the approval to the project at a meeting with the officials of the ministry and Pakistan Software Export Board, which would carry out project implementation. The […]
KARACHI – Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari, Federal Minister for IT and Telecom has approved a project for carrying out a strategic study of the country’s IT industry. He gave his approval to the project at a meeting with the officials of the ministry and Pakistan Software Export Board on May 7. “The initial duration of […]
ISLAMABAD – Minister for Information Technology Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari on May 7 approved a project worth Rs11.5 million to carry out a strategic study of the country’s information technology industry. He was presiding over a meeting with the officials of the ministry and Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB) – a body that has been […]
ISLAMABAD – Minister for Information Technology Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari on May 7 approved a project worth Rs11.5 million to carry out a strategic study of the country’s information technology industry. He was presiding over a meeting with the officials of the ministry and Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB) – a body that has been […]
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