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Electronics Crime Unit to be set up

KARACHI- An Electronics Crimes Unit (ECU) will be established soon in Sindh Police Department to deal with the cyber and electronics crimes. The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Sindh, Syed Kamal Shah has issued orders to this effect, without taking any proper arrangement, sources disclosed. Electronics and cyber crimes are the yield of high tech-era, […]


CPNE deplores attempts to revive draconian media advertising policies

KARACHI- The standing committee of the Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) on May 9, 2003 strongly deplored the attempts to revive draconian media advertising policies which were evolved during the military dictatorships of the 70s, 80s and 90s and warned that any reversion to these Constitution violative media policies would be totally counterproductive and […]


Sindh governor hails role of media in creating cordial atmosphere

KARACHI- Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad has appreciated the role of media in creating cordial atmosphere between provinces and the federal government. The governor was talking to a delegation of the Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) led by its President Mujibur Rehman Shami, which called on him at the Governor House here on May […]


Cyber.Net to invest $1.5 million in broadband and satellite services

KARACHI- Cyber.Net has planned to invest $ 1.5 million to provide broadband and satellite communication and other services to the customers in a month’s time. This was stated by Cyber.Net Chief Executive Officer Ansarul Haq, while talking to newsmen at a ceremony here on May 9, 2003 organised by the Customer Care Centre of ISP […]


Drive against software piracy stepped up

KARACHl- The law enforcement agencies have stepped up drive against software piracy by arresting four unauthorised sellers and seizing 2,846 illegal CDs in four separate raids, on the complaint of Business Software Alliance (BSA). “The nine computers loaded with pirated computer programmes were also confiscated by the city’s law enforcement authorities,” said Al Redha, Co-Chairman, […]


Hearing in APNS plea adjourned till June 3

ISLAMABAD- The Supreme Court on May 7, 2003 adjourned hearing of the constitutional petition filed by the association of newspaper owners challenging the Wage Board Award, and announced that it would begin its hearing from June 3 on a daily basis. The petitioner association, the All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS), has approached the apex court […]


Press and Publication Ordinance 2002 to be amended

ISLAMABAD- Government has decided to make necessary amendments in the Press and Publication Ordinance 2002 in order to deal with the pending applications for grant of declaration of newspapers in federal capital. Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has put up a summary before the Ministry of Law, Justice and Human Rights, for the amendment in […]


CPNE pays tributes to Manzarul Hasan

KARACHI- Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) President Mujibur Rehman Shami and General Secretary Mahmudul Aziz along with former CPNE presidents, Business Recorder Editor M.A. Zuberi and daily Millat Editor Inquilab Matri paid glowing tributes to late Manzarul Hasan, editor of daily Leader, who expired in Karachi on May 6, 2003 after protracted illness. In […]


Bukhari APNS Punjab body Convener

LAHORE- Senator Sajjad Bukhari has been nominated as All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) Punjab Provincial Committee Convener, whereas Qazi Asad Abid has been nominated APNS Sindh Provincial Committee Convener, Pir Saeed Shah Hamdard as Frontier Provincial Committee Convener, Syed Fasih Iqbal as Balochistan Committee Convener, says a Press release issued on May 7, 2003. The […]


Colleges to get internet facility soon KARACHI- The government-run colleges in the city are likely to get the internet facility within a month time, it was learnt officially.

KARACHI- The government-run colleges in the city are likely to get the internet facility within a month time, it was learnt officially. Sources in the office of the Executive District Officer (Higher Education) said that principals of all the colleges had been asked to ensure provision of Internet facility at computer laboratories of their respective […]


Journalist, colleague killed in road mishap

HYDERABAD-The News Editor of Daily Ibrat, Ghulam Qadir Memon, was killed in a road accident along with a colleague at Nooriabad in the wee hours on May 6, 2003. News Editor of Sindhi daily was going to Karachi when their car No. G-6291 collided with a trawler no-LSA-3196 at Sultan Jakhro Hotel in Nooriabad. The […]


APNS praises CM’s decision

LAHORE- The All Pakistan Newspapers Society has welcomed the decision of Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervez Elahi to raise the provincial government’s advertisement budget by 100 per cent and his directive to have the long outstanding dues of newspapers cleared by June 30. In a press statement on May 6, 2003, All Pakistan Newspapers Society […]


Journalist’s widow gets bail

ISLAMABAD- The Supreme Court on May 6, 2003 granted bail to Shamim Alim, widow of a former Dawn staffer Alimuddin Pathan. She was arrested by a National Accountability Bureau raiding party in the early hours of April 28. Chief Justice Shaikh Riaz Ahmad had taken cognizance of the matter under his suo motu jurisdiction and […]


Education TV channels to help researchers

KARACHI- Researchers are being encouraged and supported by the Higher Education Commission and the commission is going to launch two new TV channels within next three months , which will be of immense help to students and teachers involved in research. This was stated by Prof Dr Atta-ur-Rehman at a dinner hosted in his honour […]