QUETTA:Feb.25: A powerful bomb went off outside the boundary wall of daily Jang at Mir Khalilur Rehman Road here on Tuesday. The bomb that exploded with a big bang at around 10:22 am smashed windowpanes of nearby buildings, shaking the nerves of already frightened people of the city, who have been hearing such explosions since […]
ISLAMABAD, Feb 23: All Pakistan Newspaper Employees Confederation (Apnec) elected on Saturday office-bearers for the 2004-06 term. Pervez Shaukat has been elected chairman and Nasir Chishti general secretary. The other office-bearers are: Vice-chairman Mohammad Sharif; Imran Farooq Butt, Najmus Saqib and Ikram Bukhari, assistant secretaries-general; and Khalid Mehboob, treasurer. The following were elected to the […]
ISLAMABAD, Feb 23: Two persons were killed and three journalists were critically injured in two seperate road accidents on Monday evening, police said. Tariq Hashmi, Zakir Hussain and Javaid Judoon were on their way to Abbotabad when they met with the accident. The three were injured when the taxi they were travelling in collided with […]
HYDERABADFeb,24:TheDepartrnent of Mass Communication, University of Sindh, organised an orientation day for the newcomÂers of the department, who enrolled for the session, 2004. The Chairperson of the department Prof Her Bux Makheiani on occasion highlighted the facilities available id the department.He said that in modem days in any part of the world no one could […]
ISLAMABAD.Feb 24 :The Petition of the All Pakistan Newspapers Society against the law laying down conditions of service for its employees will now begin on regular basis from Wednesday. The case was listed for Monday but due to the objection raised by the APNS Counsel that the constitutional Petition required a Full bench of three […]
RAWALPINDI (February 24 2004): Rejecting the double standards of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra), the Cable operators have said that some vested interest forces are playing a dirty game with 1600 Cable operators of the country, which could deprive country from huge revenue. “If Pemra didn’t stop this nefarious game, we will knock […]
LAHORE (February 23 2004): The Punjab cabinet meeting, presided by chief minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi, approved legislative measures regarding Bill for Journalists Housing Foundation to be presented in the provincial assembly on Monday. The chief minister apprised the cabinet of various steps taken in connection with the sacred month of Muharram on the occasion. Pervaiz […]
PESHAWAR, Feb 22: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has seized two bogus receipt books of Pakistan Television Corporation licences and arrested a man during a raid in Pabbi town in Nowshera district on Sunday, official sources said. The FIA on receiving information about the illegal distribution of bogus receipts of PTV licences in Nowshera district, […]
ISLAMABAD, Feb 22: The executive committee of Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists and All Pakistan Newspaper Employees Confederation has rejected ordinances relating to press council and press laws. In an announcement issued by PFUJ secretary-general C.R. Shamsi, it was said the press laws promulgated by the government in the form of presidential ordinances had been […]
Date: February 23 – 25, 2004 Location: Okara Okara is a city of about 800,000 inhabitants. Due to vicinity of Lahore, Okara has an imprint of urban habitat. It is an agricultural town known for its fruit farms. The most famous of these is Mitchelle Fruit Farm at nearby Renala Khurd. Irrespective of its size, […]
PESHAWAR: Renowned TV artist and director of Khyber TV Channel Firdaus Jamal said that new private Pushto channel would highlight Pashtuns’ history, culture and literature throughout the world, which is expected to be commenced from March 23, 2004 . Talking to The Nation he said that a modern studio and the offices of Khyber TV […]
ISLAMABAD (February 21 2004): The questions pertaining to the admissibility of All Pakistan Newspaper Society’s petition challenging the validity of Seventh Wage Board and the law on working conditions of newspaper workers will be heard on Monday by Supreme Court. The case will come up before a new bench to be headed by Justice Iftikhar […]
LAHORE, Feb 18: No clue was found on Wednesday to the murder of Dawn staffer Sheharyar Safir. Mr Safir, 28, a marketing executive, was found injured in his car parked along the road in Faisal Town. A police patrol took the injured man to the Jinnah Hospital where he died from profuse bleeding. A person, […]
Amidst present imbroglio on the issue of nuclear proliferation, India seems to have forgotten its much-publicised peace initiatives, and taking full advantage of the situation, intensifying propaganda against Pakistan’s nuclear programme. Not only its leadership but also its media have changed their tone. As the Pakistani media aired statement by renowned nuclear scientist, Dr Abdul […]
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