ISLAMABAD- Federal Minister for Law and Justice, Human Rights and Parliamentary Affairs Dr Khalid Ranjha said that the proposed new Law of Defamation had been put for deliberations as well as suggestions from the apex bodies of law and press. “It is yet a draft and would only be enforced after thorough consultations and debate […]
HYDERABAD- Judge of the Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) Syed Ali Ashraf Shah on Thursday restrained the defence counsel, Rai Basheer Ahmed, from displaying or exhibiting the video CD (VCD) containing images of the gruesome murder of US journalist Daniel Pearl. The order was passed on an application filed by the advocate general, Sindh, Raja Qureshi, seeking […]
QUETTA- A meeting of Balochistan Cabinet was held under the chairmanship of Balochistan Governor, Justice (Retd) Amirul Mulk Mengal, which ratified establishment of an Information Technology University in Quetta for which federal government has provided a fund of Rs 39 million. It also approved establishment of IT Management Sciences Institute in Loralai, which will cost […]
HYDERABAD- The Judge, Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC), Hyderabad and Mirpurkhas Division, Syed Ali Ashraf Shah, on Wednesday disposed of an application filed by the prosecution for constitution of a commission for recording evidence of complainant Marianne Pearl at London in the US journalist Daniel Pearl murder case. The court, which resumed hearing of the case here […]
KARACHI- Karachi police during its campaign against cable operators involved in screening Indian and objectionable movies arrested 64 persons from different vicinities of the metropolis. Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Operation, Tariq Jameel has strictly directed all Town Police Officers (TPOs) in Karachi city to personally monitor cable operators whether they are involved in displaying objectionable […]
KARACHI- The All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) has unequivocally rejected both the motivation and the rationale contained within the proposed draft of the new Defamation Ordinance 2002. In a press release, President APNS Hameed Haroon has described the proposed ordinance as draconian and violative of Article 19 of the Constitution of Pakistan. He has referred […]
KARACHI- Police took into custody a local journalist of an online news agency on Monday in connection with the investigation of the slain US reporter, Daniel Pearl. He was let off late at night. Amir Latif, a staffer of the Online, was called by the Crime Investigation Department (CID). He went to see Deputy Superintendent […]
KARACHI- The anti-terrorism appellate bench of the Sindh High Court (SHC) reserved on Tuesday order on the prosecution’s application for setting aside the trial court’s order for providing the video cassette showing Daniel Pearl’s murder, to the accused, but at the same time held that the impugned order would remain suspended. The bench comprised Justice […]
QUETTA- Police released Abdul Rasheed Butt, Sub-Editor of Daily Bakhabar. Butt was arrested on the basis of a report lodged in Civil Line Police Station for his study on law and order situation in Balochistan. He was taken into custody from his office Saturday afternoon under Maintenance of Public Order (MPO)-16. After keeping him in […]
KARACHI- An American website ogrish.com has put online again the videotape which contains scenes of Wall Street Journal correspondent Daniel Pearl’s slaying, despite the fact that the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Pearl family do not want to show the videotape. But in Pakistan the authorities are not in a mood to provide […]
LAHORE- The proposed Defamation Ordinance, 2002, provides full rights to journalists if the matter commented on is fair and in the public interest and published in good faith. It further says that it will not infringe upon the rights of journalists if the matter published or produced is based on truth and reflects public good. […]
QUETTA- At an emergency meeting of Balochistan Newspapers Editors Council a demand was made for immediate release of a senior journalist Abdul Rasheed Butt senior news editor, Urdu dailies Lashkar and Ba Khabar. Criticizing the arrest if journalists by the police, the council claimed that Rasheed Butt’s detention by the police is an attack on […]
KARACHI- The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) and All Pakistan Newspaper Employees Confederation (Apnec) have urged President Pervez Musharraf to take notice of the proposed new anti-journalists defamation law which, if introduced, is bound to estrange the government’s relations with working journalists. In a joint telegram to the president, the leaders of the two […]
HYDERABAD- The Anti-terrorism Court (ATC), Hyderabad, on Saturday examined Rao Aslam, the first investigating officer of the Daniel Pearl’s kidnapping-cum-murder case. During his cross-examination, which continued till the court adjourned the hearing till June 5, Rao Aslam deposed that ‘for security reasons’ he avoided making any entry at the Rawalpindi police station or calling police […]
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