ISLAMABAD – Advisor to Prime Minister on Women Development, Social Welfare and Special Education Nilofer Bakhtiar said that legislation to curb crime against women was under review by the Ministry of Law and would shortly be presented before the Cabinet for approval. Nilofer stated this at the launching ceremony of the “European Initiative for Democracy […]
ISLAMABAD – The government is contemplating to establish a cyber wing in the ministry of information and broadcasting at a cost of Rs39.4 million to counter propaganda from across the borders, an official source told Dawn in Islamabad on April 19. The hub of the wing, the source said, would be connected to all other […]
ISLAMABAD – Minister for Information and Broadcasting Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on April 21 said more TV channels were being allowed to provide better entertainment facilities to the people. This is the era of competition and everybody has the right to compete and excel, he told Geo TV. Two or three new channels are coming soon, […]
KARACHI – The Sindh High Court extended on April 22 a stay order against the Implementation Tribunal for Newspaper Employees (ITNE) in respect of the cases pertaining to the Pakistan Herald Publications Limited (PHPL) and fixed May 18 for further hearing of its petition seeking a permanent injunction against the tribunal chairman on account of […]
KARACHI – A lawfully married couple from Moro who are both doctors and facing life threats have surfaced in Karachi after being in hiding for 10 months and appealed to the Sindh High Court (SHC) to take suo moto notice of their plight. The dejected couple, Dr Ghulam Mustafa Solangi,45, and Dr Aamnat Mustafa Solangi, […]
HARARE – Veteran English sports columnist Mihir Bose was expelled from Zimbabwe on April 20 just a day after arriving in the country to cover the Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka cricket series. The Daily Telegraph writer was told he had applied too late for accreditation amd would have to leave the country as he had […]
PESHAWAR – NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah on April 19 ordered the completion of the installation of television boosters in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) at the earliest and stressed the need for bringing entire NWFP and Fata in the reach of PTV telecast. Speaking at a briefing on the performance of the […]
On April 21, 2004, journalist Zulfiqar Ali Khaskheli was granted bail and was discharged from People’s Medical College Hospital in Nawabshah where he was admitted after getting injured in police custody. Background: Zulfiqar Ali Khaskheli, a correspondent in the town of Nawabshah for the Hyderabad-based, Sindhi-language daily Ibrat, was severely beaten by police. It was […]
LAHORE: The Punjab government has launched a Project at a cost of Rs899.200 million for training of computer science teachers and setting up of computer laboratories in 990 secondary schools of the province on cost sharing basis with 50 percent assistance of the federal government. The Project will help sensitise the youth about the information […]
Journalist severely beaten by police Zulfiqar Ali Khaskheli, a correspondent in the town of Nawabshah for the Hyderabad-based, Sindhi-language daily “Ibrat”, was severely beaten by police. It is feared that he may lose his eyesight and hearing. The journalist was beaten so severely that he had to be admitted to the People’s Medical College Hospital […]
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said the government has taken a policy decision that print media may be allowed to operate electronic media in the country. The information minister in a statement said the government is going to make necessary amendments in the PEMRA Ordinance, 2002 in the next session […]
ISLAMABAD – The Supreme Court has held that it is not the fundamental right of newspaper owners to manage their finances to run their businesses, which includes payment of wages to their employees. “If they have no finances, then their business is bound to collapse and merely non-availability of funds would not involve fundamental right […]
LAHORE, April 20,2005: The father of a rape victim attempted suicide at the Lahore Press Club (LPC) on April 19 because the people who raped his daughter have not been arrested. Asghar Bhatti poured petrol on himself and was about to set himself on fire, but Qilla Gujjar Singh police stopped him. Malik Raheel, Qilla […]
HYDERABAD – The journalist community of Hyderabad observed token hunger strike in Hyderabad on April 18 against the arrest and alleged torture on journalist Zulfiqar Khaskheli district reporter of Sindhi language daily Ibrat of Hyderabad and demanded removal of District Police Officer Nawahshah Ghulam Sarwar Jamali on whose orders the journalist was arrested and was […]
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