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PTCL launches ISDN service

KARACHI – Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd. (PTCL) striving its best to provide State-of-the-art telecom technologies to its customers, and for this purpose, the company introduced a new Service i.e. Integrated Service Digital Network (ISDN). ISDN BRI provides faster, clear voice and fax communication plus a new way to send and receive video images, graphics and […]


APNS condoles Ghafur’s death

KARACHI- Mohammad Aslam Kazi, Secretary-General, All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) has expressed the APNS’s profound grief and sorrow over the death of Choudhry Abdul Ghafur, chairman, Adarts Karachi (Pvt) Ltd. He said the late Mr. Ghafur was one of the stalwarts of the advertising profession, and strived to established professional and ethical standards in the […]


Jail officials mistreat newsmen

KARACHI- The journalists covering Asif Zardari’s trail, inside the Karachi Central Prison, were on July 9th, 2003 maltreated and obstructed in performance of their professional duty by the jail authorities. They converged on the prison since 10:30 a.m. and tried to contact the jail superintendent for access to the special court room. They also sent […]


Chairman Adarts, Chaudhry Ghafur passes away

KARACHI- Prominent advertising personality Chaudhry Abdul Ghafur, Chairman of Adarts, a leading national advertising agency passed away on July 9th, 2003 at the age of 81. He was survived by his son, Ghalib Mansoor, Director Adarts and four daughters. The late Chaudhry Abdul Ghafur had played a pioneering role in establishing the advertising industry in […]


Ispak seeks government’s permission for four new gateways in private sector

KARACHI- The Internet Service Providers of Pakistan (ISPAK) has sought government permission for establishment of four Gateways in private sector to avoid any untoward happening like that of July 7, when Pakistan was cut off from the rest of the world’s Internet link for over 15 hours. V. A. Abidi, Secretary General of Internet Services […]


Journalist gets life sentence: Blasphemy case

PESHAWAR- The additional district and sessions judge, Sardar Irshad, on July 8th, 2003 convicted a sub-editor of The Frontier Post, Munawar Mohsin, in a blasphemy case and sentenced him to life imprisonment with a fine of Rs50,000. The judge held Munawar Mohsin responsible for publication of a blasphemous letter in the said newspaper on Jan […]


Journalists protest non-implementation of Wage Award

ISLAMABAD- Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) and All Pakistan Newspaper Employees Confederation (APNEC) staged protest on July 8th, 2003 against the non-implementation of Seventh Wage Board Award. A protest camp was set up outside the Supreme Court building to protest against delay in the decision of the appeal relating to implementation of 7th Wage […]


PTCL steps to block vulgar websites hailed

KARACHI- The Chairman, Communication Sub-Committee of Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Iqbal Ahmed Shaikh, has appreciated the step taken by the General Manager (IT), Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTC), Akhtar Jameel, for developing an inbuilt mechanism to block the mischievous websites, on a proposal of the KCCI given to the Federal Minister for Information […]


Internet connection restored after 15 hours

KARACHI- Internet connection with the world resumed on July 8th, 2003, after remaining disconnected for over 15 hours, a Pakistan Telecommunications statement said. “The Internet bandwidth capacity on Submarine Cable at Karachi became in-operational due to a power problem at the Karachi Terminal of the SME system at 15:40 hours on July 7th, 2003. The […]


PTCL steps to block vulgar websites hailed

KARACHI- The Chairman, Communication Sub-Committee of Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Iqbal Ahmed Shaikh, has appreciated the step taken by the General Manager (IT), Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTC), Akhtar Jameel, for developing an inbuilt mechanism to block the mischievous websites, on a proposal of the KCCI given to the Federal Minister for Information […]


CPNE resents raid on Shae-rug Editor’s office

KARACHI- The Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) has strongly resented the police raid on the office of the Editor-in-Chief of Monthly, Lahore, Khalid Mehmood Shah. In a press statement issued on Monday, CPNE condemned the incident in which Khalid Mehmood Shah was targeted and kept hostage and his office was badly ransacked. The Secretary […]


Country cut off from Web

KARACHI- The country lost its connection to the world wide web on July 7th, 2003 when two Internet links of the Pakistan Telecommunication Company gave way. A Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) spokesman said that a link between the International Gateway Exchange and Hawkesbay – which is known as SEA-ME-WE 3 (South East Asia, Middle […]


Seminar for journalists on “The Art of Translation”

Date: 07 July, 03 Location: Vicky This Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) held a seminar for journalists on “The Art of Translation” at its Vicky Zeitlin Media Library Tuesday in Karachi. Prominent among those who spoke on the occasion included eminent Poet and writer, Shan ul Haq Haqqee, Kunwar Khalid Younus, member National Assembly, Hasan Abidi […]


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Hameed Kashmiri passes away

KARACHI- Noted fiction writer, columnist and playwright Hameed Kashmiri died of heart failure here on July 6th, 2003. He was 73. Mr. Kashmiri has left behind a widow, three daughters and one son. Born on June 1, 1930, in Murree, Mr Kashmiri became associated with Pakistan Television shortly after its advent in Karachi. He wrote […]