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Dawn staffer passes away

KARACHI- Former Dawn staffer Maisoon Hussein passed away in the early hours of March 18, 2003. She was suffering from cancer. Her namaz-i-janaza was held at Mehfil-i-Murtaza and she was laid to rest at Hussaini Bagh. Maisoon joined Dawn in July 1981 when she took charge of the Women’s Section and Children’s Dawn, as the […]


Newsmen deplore harassment

PESHAWAR- The Khyber Union of Journalists (KhUJ), has condemned the manhandling of a newsman by police and demanded a thorough probe into the incident. In a statement the Union said it was deplorable to harass the journalists in a bid to prevent them from reporting wrongdoings of the police. Mr Mahmood Khattak, a Peshawar-based newsman […]


Increase in monthly CTV charges allowed

ISLAMABAD- The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) as well as the Federal Information Minister, Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, have announced upward revision in the “basic CTV subscription from Rs 180 to Rs 225 per month”. But the actual charge thus will be more than this amount as it will also include what is called the […]


Minister asks cable operators not to screen vulgar contents

ISLAMABAD- The federal Information Minister, Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, has said that his ministry was making all out efforts for the welfare of the private sector and wanted the investors in the cable television (CTV) to prosper. But at the same time, the minister added, he was not in favour of CTV operators to screen anything […]


Information Minister to chair APNS Award ceremony on March 18

KARACHI- The Federal Information Minister, Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed, has agreed to preside over the 16th APNS Awards ceremony, whereas the Chief Minister of Sindh, Sardar Ali Muhammad Khan Maher, will be the chief guest at the ceremony being held on March 18 here, says an APNS press release. The Secretary-General of the All Pakistan Newspapers […]


APNS petition not to be heard this week

ISLAMABAD- The petition of All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) questioning the validity of a 1973 law that governs the conditions of service of newspaper employees, and thus the Seventh Wage Board Award, is not on the cause list of the Supreme Court issued for the current week. The case was due to be heard on […]


National Assembly (NA) resumes gazette publication

ISLAMABAD- National Assembly has resumed publishing of its monthly gazette, a journal that covers parliamentary activities, after a gap of over three years. The latest issue of The Gazette provides a detail of political scenario of the country after October 12, 2002 general elections. It gives information about formation of National and provincial assemblies, number […]


Pakistan Television MD’s services terminated prematurely

ISLAMABAD- The sudden termination of the contract of Managing Director of Pakistan Television takes its roots from his efforts to recover outstanding amount from a company owned by the brothers of Prime Minister’s adviser, sources said. Yusuf Baig Mirza, whose contract was renewed by the new government only a few weeks ago, was sent packing […]


CPNE demands medical treatment of ailing journalist

KARACHI- Mahmudul Aziz, the General Secretary of the Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE), has, in a statement, urged upon the Chief Minister of Sindh Sardar Ali Mohammed Khan Maher to order without delay the complete medical treatment of ailing senior newspaper editor Ghulam Mohammed Memon of Hyderabad Sindh’s newspaper Fateh Islam, now admitted for […]


Educational TV channels soon, says minister

ISLAMABAD- Federal Information Technology Minister Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari on March 6, 2003 said the government was developing infrastructure for satellite educational TV channels. “The project will be completed soon and, initially, two TV channels will be available 24 hours a day for imparting education,” he said while speaking at a two-week regional course on […]


Kidnapping of newsman protested

DERA GHAZI KHAN- Local newsman held a rally in front of the offices of the Dera senior superintendent of police on March 4, 2003, seeking recovery of a national daily correspondent who went missing seven days ago. Sheikh Latif, according to his family, has been kidnapped by some influential people. Police, they say, are reluctant […]


APNS function on 18th

KARACHI- The annual award ceremony of the All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) will now be held in the city on March 18. This was decided at an APNS executive committee meeting presided over by Mumtaz A. Tahir. APNS president Hameed Haroon, who is recovering from accident injuries, also attended the meeting briefly. APNS secretary general […]


‘Jang’ fights war of all: Jamali

comprehensive reporting on all issues of national interest vis-a-vis solution to problems of the masses. Addressing a seminar on Pakistan’s role in international crisis, organised by Mir Khalilur Rahman Memorial Society here on March 4, 2003 evening, Mr Jamali said every speaker said that war provided no solution to a problem. He said, “It is […]


PTA to get tougher on PTCL

KARACHI- The Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) would issue this week a final directive to Pakistan Telecommunications Company to lift ban on internet telephony and take stern action if it continued defying the order, which it was required to put in action from January 1, 2003, sources said on March 3, 2003. Internet service providers (ISPs) […]