ISLAMABAD- The President has amended the Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation Act, 1973 by promulgating an Ordinance. The text of the Ordinance reads: “ORDINANCE NO. XCIV OF 2002. AN ORDINANCE further to amend the Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation Act, 1973 WHEREAS it is expedient further to amend the Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation Act4 1973 (XXXII of 1973) 1 or […]
HYDERABAD- Two doctors of the Liaquat Medical University and Hospital on October 25, 2002 checked Syed Salman Saqib, one of the four convicts of the Daniel Pearl murder case. This was said by the deputy superintendent of the jail, Ziaur Rehman. He said assistant professor Shafiqur Rehman Memon and Prof Munir Junejo visited the jail […]
ISLAMABAD- The President on October 26, 2002 promulgated an Ordinance called “Freedom of Information Ordinance 2002.” This Ordinance has been enacted to ensure transparency by providing access to information. Following is the text of the Ordinance: “ORDINANCE NO. XCVI OF 2002 AN ORDINANCE to provide for transparency and freedom of information;- WHEREAS it is expedient […]
ISLAMABAD- The bodies of three journalists of Japan Broadcasting Corporation (HK), who had died in Gilgit in a road accident on October 24, 2002, were brought to the capital through a PIA flight on October 25, 2002 at about 5pm. The NHK bureau chief, Mr Futuri, and some of the Japanese embassy officials received the […]
QUETTA- A large number of journalists as well as the activists of the Aurat Foundation and the Citizen Action Committees of many cities observed a three-hour token hunger strike here on Friday to protest the killing of Shahid Soomro, the correspondent of daily Kawish in Kandhkot. Coming from Larkana, Jacobabad, Gwadar, Kachhi and Mastung as […]
SUKKUR- All the three accused involved in the murder of Shahid Soomro, a journalist of Kandhkot, have been arrested and investigations are in progress. This was stated here by Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Operations, Sukkur Range, Syed Mushtaq Shah. The names of the arrested men are Abdul Wahid Bejirani, Muhammad Ali Bejirani and Siddiq Bachkani. […]
KARACHI- Karachi Union of Journalists (KUJ) has expressed grave concern over the murder of 26-year-old Shahid Soomro, a correspondent of daily Kawish, at Kandhkot on October 21, 2002. President of the Union Qamar Ullah Chaudhry, General Secretary Rana M. Khalid and Joint Secretary Ajiz Jamali in a statement on October 24, 2002 said that it […]
KARACHI- President of the Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) Mujib-ur-Rehman Shami and Secretary General Mahmud-ul-Aziz have in a joint statement strongly condemned the murder of Journalist Shahid Soomro, who was correspondent of Kawish daily. They urged Sindh Governor Muhammadmian Soomro to order a judicial inquiry into the murder and award exemplary punishment to those […]
HYDERABAD- The Hyderabad Union of Journalist (HUJ) held a protest demonstration outside Press Club to protest the murder of Kandkhkot journalist, on October 24, 2002. Later, the journalists observed token hunger strike. They were carrying banner, placards. They strongly condemned the incident and demanded of the government to try the murder case in Anti-Terrorism Court. […]
ISLAMABAD- Three Japanese television journalists and their Pakistani driver were killed on October 24, 2002 after their vehicle plunged into a ditch near Gilgit, police said. The Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) journalists and the driver died when their vehicle went out of control on the Karakoram Highway, linking Islamabad with Gilgit, they said. The victims […]
QUETTA- A large number of journalists, workers of various Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and activists of citizen action committees staged a protest demonstration against the murder of a young journalist Shahid Soomro in Kandhkot, on October 22, 2002. The protesters gathered in front of Quetta Press Club, carrying placards inscribed with slogans demanding arrest of […]
HYDERABAD- The father of one of the convicts in the Daniel Pearl murder case on October 24, 2002 urged the jail authorities to shift his son to Karachi for proper medical treatment of his son. According to Syed Abdul Rauf, the father of the convict, the condition of Syed Salman Saqib was critical. Rauf accused […]
HYDERABAD- The journalists of Hyderabad held a protest meeting here on October 23, 2002 to condemn the gruesome murder of the Kawish correspondent, Shahid Soomro, in Kandhkot, Jacobabad district. The News editor of daily Kawish, Niaz Panwhar, briefed the meeting about the background of the journalist and the stories filed by him. Condemning the civil […]
NEW YORK- The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has condemned the brutal murder of Shahid Soomro, a correspondent for the Sindhi-language newspaper Kawish and urged President Gen Pervez Musharraf to bring the killers to justice. Pakistani journalists fear that Soomro, who was based in the town of Kandhkot, was killed in reprisal for his reporting […]
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