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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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) […]
LAHORE- PCB has signed a multi-million dollar agreement, for the sale of its television broadcast rights for all international matches, with a consortium comprising Taj Television Limited and ARY Digital on February 28, 2003. A PCB spokesman pointed out that the 5-year agreement, which becomes effective from April 2003, for a record sum of US […]
ISLAMABAD- Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on February 28, 2003 said his ministry was preparing proposals for approval from the president and prime minister to allow print media organizations to start private television networks. He said this would require amendment in the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) Ordinance to lift the present ban on […]
KARACHI- A senior journalist and member of Karachi Press Club, Mehdi Shirazi, died from heart failure here on February 26, 2003. He was about 60. Soon after suffering a heart stroke on February 25, 2003, he was rushed to the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases where he died on February 26, 2003. Mr Shirazi served […]
PARIS- International journalists’ rights organization Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF) said this afternoon in Paris that it had called upon Pakistani authorities to “ensure the safety” of journalist Syed Anwar, of the English-language daily The Frontier Post who has been receiving threats by henchmen of an Afghan military commander. The henchmen, says RSF, also threatened to […]
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