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 […]
KARACHI- Pakistan Telecommunication, Internet backbone provider, is all set to sign Service Level Agreement (SLA) with the country’s all 72 Internet service providers to compensate for the service failure, officials said. A recently held meeting of PTCL board of directors thoroughly discussed the SLA and finally decided to approve it in the next one. “We […]
LAHORE- PPPP MPA Pervez Rafique has moved an adjournment motion against police torture on journalists outside the Punjab Assembly during its previous session. The MPA has sought the House debate on torture due to which the newsmen, in protest, boycotted the House proceedings demanding action against the responsible police officials. He said the press was […]
KARACHI- Renovation work at the building of the proposed Information Technology University in Korangi is in full swing and will be completed within three months at a cost of Rs20 million. The officials concerned said this to City Nazim (Administrator) Naimatullah during his visit to the site on June 7th, 2003. They said that 36 […]
KARACHI- The Crime Investigation Department (CID) arrested a suspect who was allegedly involved in the kidnapping and slaying of the US journalist Daniel Pearl, well-placed sources on June 6th, 2003. The DIG, CID, Javed Ali Shah Bukhari, confirmed the arrest of the suspect, Abdul Rehman, alias Sindhi, from Karachi but declined to give further information […]
KARACHI- Production of compact and digital video disks rises by 400 per cent in the two years, opening new avenue for country’s export and the industry becoming goldmine for stakeholders. Currently total three CDs and DVDs plants in the city are producing 300,000 units a day – 100.8 million a year, which a couple of […]
KARACHI- Newspaper workers organised protest rallies all over the country against non-implementation of Seventh Wage Board Award, on June 5th, 2003. All Pakistan Newspaper Employees Confederation Chairman Abdul Hameed Chhapra, Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists President Ahfazur Rehman, Karachi Union of Journalists President Qamarullah Chaudhry and several other activists addressed a meeting at the Karachi […]
ISLAMABAD- Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) and All Pakistan Newspaper Employees Confederation (APNEC) have given a call for countrywide protest demonstrations on June 5th, 2003 against non-implementation of the Seventh Wage Award. In this connection, protest rallies will be held in all the major cities, including, Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar and Quetta. PFUJ President […]
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