KARACHI- Hameed Haroon, President of All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) and Mujeeb-ur-Rehman Shami, President of Council of Pakistan Newspapers Editors (CPNE), in a joint letter to the federal secretary information, have rejected the response of the ministry to the APNS-CPNE joint statement and noted that the spokesman has completely ignored the crux of the seven […]
KARACHI- Pakistan will successfully place its first satellite in orbit in the first week of December this year and four educational digital channels will also be launched in Pakistan before the end 2002, said Federal Minister for Science and Technology, Prof. Ataur Rehman during the launching ceremony of Karachi Technology Island City on 7th, October […]
The Internet service was deregulated in the year 1995, when a few organisations from the private sector were granted licenses to launch the service. Thereafter, there was a loot sale for the issuance of licenses. PTA issued a total of 118 licenses without conducting a market study, assessing the actual market potential and educating the […]
ISLAMABAD- A spokesman of the Ministry of Information and Media Development on 5th October, 2002 regretted the contents of the joint statement issued by the All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) and Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) and described them as out of step with the spirit of accommodation and understanding that has characterised Government-Press […]
THATTA- Federal Minister for Information and Media Development Nisar A. Memon, on the inauguration ceremony of a 500 KV transmitter of Pakistan Television (PTV) at Makli, Thatta October 2002, said that both print and electronic media are free to express their views and the government has allowed the private sector to open their radio and […]
Arise by over 30 percent in the number of Internet users in the past year reflects the growing interest in Pakistan. The increase from 1.3m to 1.7m users is encouraging because it allows a greater proportion of the population access to a cheap and quick way of communicating with the rest of the world. Other […]
ISLAMABAD- President Gen Pervez Musharraf on 5th October, 2002 issued directions to the ministries of information and law to immediately resolve the issue of press laws without compromising the freedom of press and the rights of the citizens. During cabinet meeting here, the Minister for Information and Media Development, Nisar A. Memon, brought to the […]
LAHORE- Pakistan Freelance Journalist Association (PFJA) has rejected the Fourth Defamation Ordinance, declaring it unpractical. In a statement issued on 6th October 2002, the President of the Association backing the reaction of All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) and Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) has said that the association, which is the only internationally recognised […]
KARACHI- The All Pakistan Newspaper Society (APNS) and the Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) have unequivocally rejected the newly promulgated Defamation Ordinance and the three other press laws that were recently adopted by the Federal Cabinet, says a press release issued jointly by APNS and CPNE on 4th October 2002. The two newspaper bodies […]
HYDERABAD- The A-Section Police on 3rd October, 2002 manhandled the Hyderabad-based correspondent of The News and the Geo TV, Anwer Kamal for filming one Shabbir Ansar, who was in the lock-up for killing his wife. Kamal was roughed up in the presence of Station House Officer (SHO). Later following protest by journalists the concerned policemen […]
ISLAMABAD- The government has taken notice of the comments and views of sections of the national press, including those of All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) and Council of Pakistan Newspapers Society (CPNE) on the recently promulgated Defamation Ordinance and will consider any reasonable amendment that further guarantees the rights of the citizens and at the […]
KARACHI- A division bench of High Court of Sindh (SHC) comprising Justice Ghulam Rabbani and Justice Musheer Alam 4th of October 2002 issued notice to State for October 15 while hearing a constitutional petition Fazle Karim in connection with the murder case of Daniel Pearl slain Bureau Chief of Wall Street Journal (South Africa). Rehana, […]
ISLAMABAD- Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB) has completed signing of 50 software development contracts for SME units under its Industrial Automation Project (IAP). The project was initiated with the objective to establish linkage between software houses and SMEs to adopt locally developed software solutions in the automation of their business processes, PSEB sources said on […]
ISLAMABAD- A number of Pakistani journalists who applied for visa two months ago to cover the ongoing “elections” in the occupied Jammu and Kashmir are still awaiting response from the Indian High Commission in Islamabad. According to the information, the Indian High Commission has told these journalists that they are waiting for the “clearance” to […]
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