LAHORE- The annual meeting of the Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) declared its commitment to defend press freedom and pledged to oppose the promulgation of any law relating to the press and defamation. The meeting by a resolution unanimously adopted called upon the government to promulgate without delay the package of legislation between the […]
KARACHI- Police published photos of 10 militants wanted over the murder of US journalist Daniel Pearl and two deadly car bomb attacks on Western targets in Karachi. At least five of the militants are believed to be from the banned outfit Lashkar-i-Jhangvi (LJ). It was the first time police had identified LJ as being behind […]
HYDERABAD- The Special Anti-Terrorism Court in Central Jail, Hyderabad, adjourned the hearing in Daniel Pearl kidnapping and murder case till Monday after the father of chief suspect again failed to appear in court as one of the defence witnesses on Saturday. And the defence lawyers said that they would wrap up their case next week. […]
HYDERABAD- Hearing in the Daniel Pearl kidnapping and murder case was adjourned to Saturday as Ahmed Saeed Sheikh, father of the principal accused, Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, did not appear in the court to depose as defence witness. Senior defence lawyer, Abdul Waheed Katpar, produced a medical certificate and informed the judge that the witness […]
ISLAMABAD- Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB) has signed contracts with 22 local software companies to help them achieve ISO 9001 certification. And subsequently, eight software firms have been selected for consultancy, according to Kashif Amin, Project Manager ISO certification. Under the programme, PSEB will provide financial assistance to the software houses to achieve ISO standards, […]
GILGIT- The activists of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) attacked the bureau office of a weekly newspaper for the staff’s refusal to print a statement of their district president. At around 12.30pm, some PPP activists stormed the weekly Naqqara’s office and smashed windows, furniture and telephones. They manhandled Syed Ali, a staff reporter of the weekly. […]
HYDERABAD- The first defence witness in Daniel Pearl case, District and Sessions Judge, Muzaffargarh, Raoof Sheikh, who is the maternal uncle of the principal accused Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, here on Thursday told the Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) that he did not have any documentary evidence to prove that he had produced Omar Sheikh to Deputy […]
KARACHI- The Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB) has signed a contract with a private firm to establish first-ever Information Technology Park in this IT hub city which is expected to be operational in August. Director PSEB Arif Khosa signed the contract on behalf of the board, while further documentary process would be completed in a […]
ISLAMABAD- Pakistan and China signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for cooperation in the field of information technology (IT) will particular emphasis on Software development. Managing Director, Pakistan Software Export Board, Suhail Shahid and Ms. Zhan Yan, a senior executive of China ZGC Software Park signed the document in Beijing. Minister for Science and Technology, Dr. […]
HAFIZABAD- The District Anjuman Sahafian and Editors/Journalists Council Hafizabad have opposed the proposed Defamation Law being forwarded against the Press. The President of the Anjuman, Rana Waheed and Council Chairman, Rana Mohammad Saeed, said that introduction of the proposed laws would be tantamount to an attack on the freedom of the Press. They demanded the […]
HYDERABAD- Cable operators of the twin cities of Hyderabad and Latifabad continued their strike for the second consecutive day to protest police excesses against cable operators as operation of cable networks remained suspended. A large number of cable operators staged a protest demonstration in front of the press club. Addressing the rally, the central president, […]
KARACHI- The City Nazim, Naimatullah Khan announced that the City Government would establish a City Radio Channel and launched a newspaper during the fiscal 2002-2003. He said that the City Radio would be used for promotion of education, dispensation of knowledge, character building besides propagation of Urdu and Arabic languages. He announced that City Council […]
HYDERABAD- The cable operators of Hyderabad city are observing a strike following closure of Indian TV channels under directives of police. In several parts of the city the police asked the cable operators to refrain from running Indian TV channels. These channels were closed some time back by the police but later on the cable […]
KARACHI- The Panel’ routed the Democratic Panel in the annual elections of Karachi Union of Journalists (KUJ), all its candidates have been elected with a huge margin. According to the results announced by Election Committee Chairman Sajid Ali Sajid, Qamarullah Chaudhry of Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) was elected KUJ President with 216 votes against […]
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