KARACHI- Pakistan, fighting an uphill battle to attract foreign investors, will be hoping to woo US information technology firms when President General Pervez Musharraf meets industry executives in Los Angeles on June 27, 2003. The president, who is on a week-long visit to the United States, will be accompanied in Los Angeles by three senior […]
KARACHI- The Karachi City Council on June 26, 2003 banned the unnecessary depiction of women in advertisements, calling the practice obscene and vulgar. Naimatullah Khan, Mayor of Karachi, told sources that the council in the metropolis of 14 million passed the law this week and planned to implement it soon. “Our culture and values are […]
ISLAMABAD- While the Information Ministry has asked a Lahore-based English contemporary not to publish interview of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif who is in Saudi Arabia, the government may also consider taking up the matter with the Saudi government. This was indicated by Information and Broadcasting Minister Shaikh Rashid Ahmed when a query was put […]
KARACHI- Rich tributes were paid at a joint reference held under the auspices of the Karachi Press Club to its four late council members — Syed Manzar-ul-Hasan, editor of an evening newspaper, Salman Hussain, ex-special correspondent APP, A.R Slote, eminent film journalists and Syed Mehdi Shirazi, a free lance. At the reference presided over by […]
KARACHI- Business Software Alliance (BSA) here in its latest move to curb software piracy confiscated 2,792 CDs and arrested five vendors for selling unlicensed computer programmes. “These five police assisted raids were conducted to discourage the thriving business of unauthorized software selling and its selling and its usage in Pakistan,” commented Co-Chairman, BSA, Middle East, […]
KARACHI- Elections for the office-bearers of the All Pakistan Newspapers Employees Confederation (APNEC), Karachi Chapter, for the year 2003-2004 were held on 23rd June 2003. Those elected are: Mohammad Saeed (chairman); Abdul Latif Mahmood (secretary); and Mirza Imran Beg (treasurer). All of them have been returned unopposed. Source: Dawn Date:6/24/2003
PESHAWAR- Reporters Without Borders voiced concern on June 20th, 2003 about the closure of the privately-owned weekly Aftab and the arrest of the its editor and deputy editor on June 17 for blasphemy because they published articles calling for a moderate interpretation of Islam and for its adaptation to the modern world in the wording […]
LAHORE- Editor-in-Chief Jang Group of Publications Mir Shakeel-ur-Rehman was elected as President Council of Pakistan Newspapers Editors (CPNE) at the annual meeting of CPNE. Editor Awami Awaz Daily Dr Jabbar Khatak was elected as Secretary-General and Altaf Hassan Qureshi from Urdu Digest was elected Senior Vice-President. Editor Daily Sahafat Islamabad Khushnood Ali Khan, Editor Wahdat […]
KARACHI- Abdul Razzak Slote, popularly known in journalist community as A. R. Slote, died of cancer in Houston, US, on June 13th, 2003. He leaves behind a son, Sohail, and a daughter, Seema, both are settled in the US.A. R. Slote was a well-known journalist who worked for different local and international English, Urdu and […]
LAHORE- Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali has said that Pakistan Television can’t accommodate the politicians who indulge in mud-slinging against the country. He was speaking at the launching ceremony of Pakistan Television’s 4th channel here at the PTV Lahore Centre on June 12th, 2003. Senate Chairman Muhammadmian Somroo, National Assembly Speaker Ch Ameer Hussain, […]
ISLAMABAD- Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) would launch a cable television distribution system to deliver value added and state-of- the-art services to its customers. “At the initial stage we have planned to provide 70 channels, high speed Internet and Virtual Private Network (VPN) services to our customers by end of 2004,” Chairman PTCL Akhtar Ahmad […]
ISLAMABAD- Prime Minister Jamali would inaugurate a new PTV channel on regional languages named “PTV National” June 12th, 2003. In this connection the formal opening ceremony is scheduled to be held at Alhamra Hall, Lahore, where renowned artist, compares, singers from Peshawar and other centres would take part. PTV is telecasting test transmission of the […]
ISLAMABAD- The visiting Microsoft Vice President, Emre Birkin on June 10th, 2003 said Pakistan’s bandwidth rates were much higher and authorities in Islamabad should workout a policy to bring them down. He was responding to a questioner at a press conference who wanted to know if he was satisfied with Pakistan’s bandwidth rates. Emre Birkin […]
ISLAMABAD- Microsoft has offered to Pakistan a long-term co-operation to help it establish a viable software industry and subsequently qualify as a leading IT global player. Microsoft Vice-President, Emre Berkin, gave the details of cooperation offered by his company at a press conference on June 10th, 2003. Emre Berkin is recently on a visit to […]
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