HYDERABAD- A heated debate between the prosecution and the defence in the Daniel Pearl case, prompted the Anti-terrorism Court judge, Syed Ali Ashraf Shah, to suspend the proceedings for 30 minutes here on Monday. The senior defence counsel, Abdul Waheed Katpar, who began the cross-examination of the last prosecution witness, Hameedullah Memon, an investigation officer […]
HYDERABAD- The Anti-terrorism Court (ATC) Judge, Syed Ali Ashraf Shah, provided the certified copy of a 3.36-minutes video cassette to the defence in Daniel Pearl murder case here on Friday. The cassette contained scenes of the gruesome murder of the US journalist. A junior defence lawyer, Mahar Muhammad Waris Bharwana, received the cassette from the […]
ISLAMABAD- The Saudi Arabian Embassy has assured all help to Pakistani software companies for operations and co-operation with Saudi companies in the kingdom. This assurance was provided by Tarig M. A. Bahhah, First Secretary of Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia, during a GITEX follow-up meeting with representatives of local software companies and officials of Pakistan […]
HYDERABAD- The Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) Hyderabad, holding trial of the Daniel Pearl kidnapping and murder case, on Thursday rejected an application of a defence lawyer for summoning Marianne Pearl, the wife of Daniel Pearl. Sindh Advocate-General (AG) Raja Qureshi told reporters that Abdul Waheed Katpar, the counsel of the prime accused Shaikh Umar had filed […]
KARACHI- The President of APNS, Hameed Haroon, has strongly flayed the coercive measures being taken by the government to curb press freedom through a series of anti press laws and actions by the state machinery. The Government of Pervez Musharraf has not only initiated a major four-pronged attack on press rights through draft laws on […]
ISLAMABAD- Federal Minister for Law Dr Khalid Ranjha has said the draft Defamation Law is not media-specific and aimed at protecting the rights of all sections of the society. The law minister said that the apprehensions of the journalist community, All Pakistan Newspaper Society (APNS) and Council of Newspapers Editors (CPNE) about the draft law […]
KARACHI- The US Consul General in Karachi, John K. Bauman, presented the Genesis Award Commendation Plaque 2001 on behalf of the Ark Trust USA to Syed Jawed Iqbal, Editor-in-Chief of the Southasia magazine, a leading monthly on South Asian current affairs. The Ark Trust is an American non-profit organisation based in Los Angeles that has […]
KARACHI- After denial by police that they had raided the house of Mehmood Fattani or had picked him up along with three others, in connection with the Daniel Pearl case, the Sindh High Court (SHC) directed on Wednesday additional advocate-general Sindh to seek instructions and ascertain facts from the provincial Home Department. A division bench, […]
KARACHI- The Sindh High Court upheld on Tuesday the order of an ATC judge, Hyderabad, for providing the video cassette showing Daniel Pearl’s killing to the defence. Disposing of the criminal revision application of the state through a 32- page judgment, a division bench, comprising Justice S. Ahmed Sarwana and Justice Mujeebullah Siddiqui, however directed […]
KARACHI- Federal Information Minister Nisar A. Memon said that the voice of Radio Pakistan will not only be heard in every corner of Pakistan but also across the border. He was speaking at the inauguration of auditorium of Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation (PBC) at new Broadcasting House here in Karachi. The Minister said President General Pervez […]
ISLAMABAD- Beware of the lucrative offers received by e-mail to get double the amount of credit on the pre-paid Internet usage cards. Many users of Comsats Internet Services have been conned by a hacker, who sent them e-mails telling them they are the winners of 100 percent extra hours which are deposited to their accounts […]
KARACHI- An emergent meeting of the standing committee of the Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) will be held at the Holiday Inn Hotel, Islamabad, June 13, at 11 am to discuss the proposed defamation law, which is sought to be promulgated by the government. Federal Law Minister Khalid Ranjha is in charge of the […]
ISLAMABAD- The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) was informed that all the three state-run media/entertainment organisations, Associated Press of Pakistan (APP), Radio Pakistan and PTV, have recorded an accumulated loss of over Rs 1 billion mainly due to government’s strict control over their approach and policies. Secretary Information Anwar Mahmood, who represented his ministry in the […]
KARACHI- A division bench of High Court of Sindh (SHC) comprising Chief Justice Saiyed Saeed Ash’had and Justice Musheer Alam on Friday issued notices to the State for June 10 in a constitutional petition filed against alleged illegal detention of four persons in Daniel Pearl kidnapping and murder case. The bench was hearing a petition […]
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