KARACHI, Jan 18: Speakers at a seminar on Saturday condemned the inhuman custom of Karo-kari and demanded that specific laws be formulated and implemented to eliminate the practice. Speaking at the seminar on “Karo Kari and the Role of Writers” organized jointly by Daira-i-Adab-o-Saqafat (International), Dhaka Group of Institutions and the Arts Council of Pakistan, […]
KARACHI, Jan 18: Mass Communication department, University of Karachi, organized a seminar on media ethics on Saturday. Sindh Information Secretary Ms Mahtab Akbar Rashdi was the guest speaker at the seminar, which was presided over by KU Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Pirzada Qasim Raza Siddiqui. Ms Rashdi pointed out that in the present era, when the […]
ISLAMABAD, Jan 18: The Rawalpindi-Islamabad Union of Journalists (RIUJ) on Sunday condemned what it called a character assassination campaign launched against a senior journalist, Mubashir Zaidi , on the basis of a recent reporting trip to a religious seminary and demanded an immediate end to his “media trial”. RIUJ president Afzal Butt said in a […]
PESHAWAR, Jan 17: The first ever digital FM 107 radio station of the Department of Journalism and Mass Communications of University of Peshawar formally started its transmission here on Saturday. Speaking at the inauguration ceremony of the campus radio station, the vice chancellor of the university, Mumtaz Gul said that campus radio station would help […]
KARACHI, Jan 15: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has criticized the remarks attributed to Federal Information Minister Shaikh Rashid Ahmad in a section of the Press suggesting that newsmen should accept the seventh wage award according to the formula given by newspaper owners. In a statement on Thursday, PFUJ president Ahfazur Rahman said […]
KARACHI:Jan 16: Police on Thursday barred dozens of patients, their relatives, some duty doctors, and journalists entry into the Emergency Ward of the Jinnah Post-Graduate Medical Centre (JPMC) following the arrival of some 12 injured of the car bomb blast, which occurred outside Avari Towers Hotel. Some 12 people injured in the blasts, including six […]
KARACHI: Jan.16:The Information Technology and Telecom sector is expecting a foreign direct investment (FDI) of $2 billion to 3 bilÂlion in next two years. “There are some international giants who have shown keen interÂest for investment in Information Technology and Telecom sector in the country and we are negotiating with them.” Federal Minister for Information […]
KARACHI .Jan.16:A blind resident of Korangi has got Ph.D. degree in Urdu Piterature from Karachi University and became the second blind of Pakistan to perform this feat. Earlier, Farzana Suleman Poonawala, a blind woman of Karachi, had obtained the Ph.D. degree. Mumtaz Umer, the talÂented recipient of the degree was awarded a gold medal on […]
ISLAMABAD, Jan 14: The Supreme Court on Wednesday adjourned hearing of an All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) petition challenging the constitution of the Wage Board till last week of January. When an apex court bench, comprising Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry and Justice Tanvir Ahmad, took up the petition on Wednesday, it was informed that advocate […]
PARIS: Jan .15:Two French journalists jailed in Pakistan for visa offences and later allowed to leave the country on Wednesday reached home and announced to form a support committee for their Pakistani translator, missing since mid December. “This support committee brings together all French and foreign journalists and media who worked with” Khawar Mehdi Rizwi, […]
LALMUSA .Jan 14: Eminent defence analyst and The Nation columnist EAS Bokhari died in Lalamusa on Tuesday due to cardiac arrest.Mr Bokhari was the father of commodore Syed Sajad Ali Shah Bokhari.His funeral will be taken out from his residence at 10 am.The Qul will be held on Friday (Jan 16)at 11am at his Dhama […]
KARACHI:Jan.6: The Sindh High Court was informed on Tuesday that neither any federal agency nor the provincial police had arrested the Pakistani journalist, Khawar Mehdi Rizvi, nor he was in their custody. Deputy Attorney-General Syed Zaki Muhammad and Additional Advocate-General Sindh M Sarwar Khan made these statements on behalf of their respective governments before a […]
KARACHI- Two French newsÂmen,Epsteinand Guilloteau who were set free by Sindh High Court with Rs2 lakh fine each yesterÂday left for Paris on Tuesday night.Lower court has sentenced them for six months rigorous imprisonment for violating visa regulations, as they pleaded guilty. The SHC on Monday waived off their punishment. They were arrested in the […]
KARACHI, Jan 12: The Sindh High Court upheld the conviction but remitted the jail term of two French journalists from six months each to that already served by them under the Foreigners Act on Monday. The amount of fine was, however, doubled to Rs200,000 each, giving the convicts an option to pay up the fine […]
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