KARACHI- The Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) has awarded the ‘Gender in Journalism Awards’ in a ceremony held at Hotel Pearl Continental here on April 26, 2003. The awards were established by Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) with the support of United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco). The ceremony was part of United Nations celebrations […]
QUETTA- All Balochistan Cable TV Operators Association has announced to resume their transmission from Thursday after successful negotiations with Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) authorities and Senior Superintendent Police (SSP) Quetta. The announcement was made by President of the Association Sohail Aziz and Regional Manager PEMRA Zahid Hussain during a joint press conference here […]
ISLAMABAD- The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has decided to launch a country wide campaign against obscenity and pornography by Cable TV operators in violation of code of ethics of the Authority. The Pemra spokesman said the Authority was receiving complaints from all over the country against various legal and illegal cable operators for […]
ISLAMABAD- Computer users have been warned against the CIH destructive virus, which may strike the computers all over the world on April 26 and destroy all data. On April 26, 1999, the virus struck for the first time causing many computer users to lose their data. Although the virus is rather old, computer experts still […]
QUETTA- Cable TV operators in the city and other parts of Balochistan suspended their services on April 22, 2003 after a cable network office was burnt down by unknown people. The watchman guarding the network office received burn injuries and was admitted to the Bolan Medical Complex. According to reports, some 12 armed men hiding […]
KARACHI- Ministry of information technology and telecommunication has planned hiring hackers to confront cyber attacks on government’s websites and silicon networking, almost crashing the country’s cyber gateway. The decision came at a meeting held a few days back to set up a Working Group for Network Security – one of the steps to counter hackers’ […]
LAHORE- The official website of Punjab government remained inaccessible on several occasions in the last couple of months, primarily due to constant hacking attempts by Indian miscreants amid rising cyber war between the neighbouring India and Pakistan. “We are facing frequent at-tacks from the Indian hackers over the recent past, admitted a senior official of […]
ISLAMABAD- The federal government will firm up its view on a petition of All Pakistan Newspapers Society challenging the constitution of a wage board to determine salaries for the workers of newspaper industry, at a meeting at the labour ministry on April 21, 2003. On the last hearing, the Supreme Court had issued notice to […]
HARIPUR- Journalists of Haripur on April 20, 2003 condemned the kidnapping of Dawn’s Abdul Sami Paracha. Speaking at a joint meeting of the Haripur Union of Journalists and the Haripur Press Club, they asked the provincial government and the Kohat administration to ensure protection to the journalist community and freedom of the press. Source: Dawn […]
KARACHI- The Pakistan Television (PTV) will soon initiate a new channel for regional programmes. This was stated by the Managing ‘Director of PTV, Akhtar Waqar Azeem, during his visit to the PTV Karachi Centre on April 19, 2003. He pointed out that preparations are currently underway for the initiation of this very channel. The PTV […]
KARACHI – A lawfully married couple from Moro who are both doctors and facing life threats have surfaced in Karachi after being in hiding for 10 months and appealed to the Sindh High Court (SHC) to take suo moto notice of their plight. The dejected couple, Dr. Ghulam Mustafa Solangi, 45, and Dr. Aamnat Mustafa […]
KARACHI- The government is considering setting up an IT City in Sindh with high-tech industrial units and educational institutions of high standard which can cater to the future needs not only of the country but also of skilled manpower abroad. Some private parties have approached the government with the offer to bring enough investment from […]
ISLAMABAD- The petition of the All Pakistan Newspaper Society (APNS) against the 7th Wage Board Award as well as the cases against the famous Taj Company are among some important cases that have been put on the cause list of the Supreme Court benches that will work here and in Lahore from April 21, 2003. […]
PESHAWAR- A delegation of Kohat journalists called on the deputy inspector-general of police, Kohat region, on Saturday and lodged a protest against the kidnapping of Dawn correspondent Abdul Sami Paracha from his house on April 18, 2003 by a gang. They informed him that earlier a local journalist was also asked by those implicated in […]
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