KARACHI: The Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors at a meeting here on Saturday reviewed the situation relating to newspaper editors and press freedom in the backdrop of action taken against editor of daily Jasarat the other day. After hearing editor-in-chief of Jasarat, Athar Hashmi, and deliberating over the treatment meted out to the editor of […]
The three appeals, including two filed by Ornar Shaikh, co-accused and the state in Daniel Pearl kidnapping and niurder case, were fixed for hearÂing,on August 13 by the High Cmn of Sindb on Saturday. Abdul Waheed Katpar advoÂcate, counsel for Omar Shaikh, sentenced to death in the above case, told reporters on Saturday that appeals […]
SANGHAR- The Sinjhoro police on Friday withdrew the case registered against journalists and editors of six Sindhi dailies on Friday. Dr Sharif Baloch, one of the complainants in the case, went to the police station with his brother, Shafique Leghari, and recorded his statement. In his statement he said there was a misunderstanding and he […]
ISLAMABAD- An inter-ministerial meeting participated by the Federal Ministers for Information and Religious Affairs decided to convene a meeting of the Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) and All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) to address the growing concern on the issue of vulgarity and indecency being practised by a section of the evening press. It […]
Prominent short-story writer and journalist Naim Arvi died here on Sunday night after prolonged illness. He was 62. He will be buried on Monday after Zuhar prayer at Mohammad Shah Graveyard in North Karachi. The funeral proÂcession will be taken out from his residence: I,29, ll/C-1, Sir Syed Town. Ph: 6903382. Source: Dawn Date:7/27/2002
ISLAMABAD- Non-Pakistanis and Pakistanis who own a newspaper or magazine or run a radio, television or cable network or an advertising agency will not be given a license to run a private television, radio or cable channel. To run a private television or radio channel, the eligible operator will not only have to obtain a […]
ISLAMABAD- On the invitation of Minister for Information and Media Development Nisar A Memon, a delegation of All Pakistan Newspapers Employees Confederation (APNEC) and Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) met him at his office. The minister was joined by Secretary Information Syed Anwar Mehmood, Director General Internal Publicity Fazalur Rehman and Principal Information Officer […]
SANGHAR- Journalists here have expressed great anger at the registration of criminal cases against five editors and reporters of Sindhi dailies at the Sinjhoro police station. Black flags are hoisted on the press club building, and the journalists are wearing black arm-bands. The police action followed criticism of a Zakat committee official by two women […]
KARACHI- The editor of Urdu daily Jasarat, who went missing, has complained of threat to his life and harassment by the Inter-Service Intelligence and other agencies in their bid to gag the press. According to a Jasarat report, Muzaffar Ejaz, the editor, left office for home at around 11pm on Wednesday, but did not reach […]
PESHAWAR- Newsmen’s hunger strike against non implementation of the Seventh Wage Board Award in the newspaper industry continued for fourth day on Thursday. The strike is being observed on the call of Khyber Union of journalists (KhUJ) and All Pakistan Newspaper Employees Confederation (APNEC). Newspaper employees sat at the hunger strike camp throughout the day. […]
ISLAMABAD- Federal Minister for Information and Media Development Nisar A. Memon disclosed in a meeting with All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) and Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) that Press laws will be submitted soon to the Cabinet for approval and asked the participants to give their views on the proposed Defamation and Freedom of […]
ISLAMABAD- Federal Minister for Information and Media Development Mr Nisar A. Memon said on Wednesday that press laws will soon be submitted to the cabinet for its approval. In a meeting with the representatives of All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) and Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE), he asked the delegation to give its views […]
LOS ANGELES- Despite weakening stocks amid frustrated investors, another joint Pakistan-US based software firm announced it is filing for Initial Public Offering (IPO) in the US market. EssTec, Inc. having its offices in Lahore, Dubai and Santa Monica (CA) filed with Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the IPO on Monday (July 22), it was […]
PARIS- A Pakistani journalist, Hayatullah Khan, correspondent for The Nation, detained with his two guides and driver, by the US forces in Afghanistan, was freed on July 7. According to the Paris-based international journalists rights organization Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF), Khan was arbitrarily detained for at least four days by US forces in the eastern […]
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