KARACHI- Tufail Ahmed, 68, production manager of the daily Business Recorder, died of abdominal cancer on August 6, 2003. Tufail Ahmed had joined Business Recorder in 1965. After serving the newspaper for nine years he left it in 1974 and settled down in the United States of America. He came back in 1988 and rejoined […]
ISLAMABAD- The journalists and employees of a Sindhi daily have threatened to observe hunger strike till death, if their demands are not met by August 14. The workers of daily Sindh, who have been observing token hunger strike in front of the PID office for the past five days, told sources that they had taken […]
KARACHI- Federal Secretary Information and Media Development Syed Anwar Mahmood has said that incentives to private enterprise were necessary to prompt competition among television channels. Mr Anwar Mahmood, who arrived here from Lahore, was informally talking to senior journalists at the reception in a local hotel on August 5, 2003. The federal secretary made it […]
ISLAMABAD- The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) chairman, Maj-Gen Shahzada Alam Malik (retired), has said the authority is fully aware of its responsibilities to cope with the issues that will arise in an open and unrestricted regime, envisaged in the new telecom deregulation policy. Gen Alam was speaking at a meeting of PTA and Pakistan Telecommunication […]
KARACHI- Urdu language’s firstnews website, www.ekhabarnama.com, was inaugurated by Sindh Minister for Science and Technology, Yaqoob Ilyas on August 5, 2003 at the Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) House. The minister said that the emergence of an Urdu news website is a positive addition, which will go a long way Source: The News Date:8/6/2003
ISLAMABAD- The furious Director General Services, Capital Development Authority (CDA), Jehanzeb Khan, has imposed ban on journalists’ entry in the premises of Services Wing here on August 5, 2003 after press statements unveiled corruption in Services Wing. As per details, Director General Services Jahanzeb Khan asked two renowned journalists of national dailies to leave his […]
KARACHI- The Pakistan Telecommunications Company (PTCL) has struck a deal with the British Telecom for uplink services of fibre link bandwidth following expiry of its highly expensive contract with Singapore Telecom on July 31. The BT has started services for PTCL, providing uplink facility for bandwidth from August 1, company sources confirmed on Monday. “The […]
ISLAMABAD- Senior journalist and Editor of Quaid-i- Azam Papers Project Syed Athar Hosain Shah died of cardiac arrest at a local hospital on August 4, 2003 at 3pm at the age of 65. He is survived by a widow, a son and three daughters. Syed Athar Hosain Shah suffered heart attack on August 3, 2003 […]
KARACHI- Pakistan Saturday asked cable operators to strictly observe a ban on broadcasting Indian television channels imposed some 19 months ago amid mounting tensions with arch-rival India. “We have (re)enforced the ban as these channels do not come under the approved eligible list,” Chairman of Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) Mian Javed told sources. […]
KARACHI- All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) Secretary General Mohammed Aslam Kazi has cautioned the Federal Information Ministry to abandon their policy of playing, “ducks and drakes” with respect to the emergence of free press in Pakistan. He said that at this critical juncture in the evolution of democratic institutions, it was necessary to strictly avoid […]
KARACHI- A firm Yahoo is looking into the possibility of investment in Pakistani IT industry. The organisers of ITCN Asia 2003 Exhibition and Conference in a statement on August 1, 2003 announced this. They said that Yahoo has announced to participate in ITCN Asia 2003 scheduled to be held in Karachi from August 9 to […]
ISLAMABAD- A spokesman of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on August 1, 2003 reiterated the government firmly believes in freedom of expression and has taken steps for promotion of a free and fair press in Pakistan. For more than three years it has worked to achieve the unprecedented freedom, which the press enjoys today, […]
ISLAMABAD- The government strictly believes in freedom of the press and also endeavours to distribute official advertisements without any discrimination. Minister for Information and Broadcasting Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said this while speaking at a meeting of Pakistan Editors Council (PEC) here on August 1, 2003. He noted that regional papers were not getting their due […]
KARACHI- The All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) has strongly flayed consistent indifference of the Information Ministry over the pending issues relating to the print media, especially the amendments to the Freedom of Information Ordinance and the formation of Press Council of Pakistan, a spokesman of the society said. The APNS said that the ministry was […]
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