MULTAN- Jama’at-i-Islami (JI) Multan staged a demonstration against killing of journalists in various parts of the world. Dozens of Jama’at workers turned up at Bismillah Chowk on Masoom Shah Road to mark Press Freedom Day and they chanted slogans condemning torture against newsmen. They were also holding placards and banners denouncing tactics of dictators against […]
ISLAMABAD- The Consumer Rights Commission of Pakistan (CRCP) deplored the dismal state of press freedom in the country and asked the government to enact law on freedom of information. In a statement issued on the World Press Freedom Day, observed on May 3rd, the commission said the need for such a legislation was of utmost […]
LAHORE- The editor of daily Kohistan, B.A Nasir, was shot dead by an unidentified man. Nasir had just stepped out of his office in Rang Mahal when someone shot him in the head. He was taken to a hospital, where doctors pronounced him dead. His son too was murdered in 1995, and since then he […]
MURREE- A newsman was shifted to the Tehsil headquarters hospital after being severely beaten up by police. Aurangzeb Abbasi, a reporter of an Urdu daily, was tortured by the Murree police when he came here in connection with a case. The case was registered against several people, including the reporter, who had protested against imposition […]
ISLAMABAD- A spokesman for the government said the contents of a report titled ‘Pakistan: state of media and press freedom report 2001-2002’, appearing in Dawn on May 2, blatantly reflected political bias and was also in complete disregard of the ground realities. He said no crew of mediamen covering the Afghan situation was ever detained […]
ABBOTTABAD- Speakers at a seminar on World Press Freedom Day strongly reacted over the negative tactics used by the different government agencies to harass the journalists, and said the district government, violating all ethics of the citizenship, had sealed the house of local newsman. The seminar, organized by the Abbottabad Press Club (APC), was largely […]
KARACHI- Speakers at a seminar, underlined the imperative need for “free, responsible, objective, constructive and bold press” in the country. Speaking at a seminar on “Freedom of the Press in Pakistan,” organized by the Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), in Karachi, to commemorate World Press Freedom Day, the speakers acknowledged that press in the country was […]
PESHAWAR- Cutting of cable wires by the religious fanatics has become a big source of losses and embarrassment both for cable operators and their clients across the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), some cable operators and subscribers told sources. “Despite the ban on the activities of extremist religious groups to prevent them from carrying out […]
KARACHI- All the four accused in Daniel Pearl Murder case signed Vakalatnamas on Thursday for filing appeal in Supreme Court (SC) of Pakistan against the Sindh High Court (SHC) judgment of April 30. The SHC, on an application moved by AG Sindh Raja Qureshi, had transferred the case from the Anti Terrorism Court (ATC) headed […]
PARIS, May 2: International journalists’ rights association Reporters Sans Frontieres is to publish its annual report on (May 3) in connection with the 12th International Press Freedom Day. In the chapter on Pakistan, RSF lauds the “maturity and pluralism” of the Pakistani press, but warns against the “repeated use of the country’s law on blasphemy […]
ISLAMABAD- The World Press Freedom Day will be commemorated on May 3 as a reminder to the government and the citizens of the importance of freedom of the press and of how the global battle to attain it continues. The Day is celebrated to mark the anniversary of the Declaration of Windhoek, a statement of […]
FAISALABAD- Labour leaders and lawyers have condemned the police oppression on journalists during the meeting of President Musharraf on 14th April at Iqbal Stadium. Addressing the May Day meeting at the local Press Club Divisional General Secretary All Pakistan Trade Union Federation Noor Mohammad Chaudhry, Habib Bank Employees Federation ex-Secretary Tahir Chaudhry, prominent lawyer S.A […]
HYDERABAD- Shaikh Omar, the main accused, and three co-accused in the Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl’s kidnapping and murder case were shifted to Hyderabad on Thursday night. Heavy contingents of police and the Rangers headed by Inspector-General (IG) Prisons Brigadier Nisar Meher, escorted the prisoners’ vehicles, carrying the accused from Central Prison, Karachi to […]
ISLAMABAD- On the occasion of the World Press Freedom Day being commemorated on May 3, the Green Press Pakistan has launched a report detailing the chronology of violations during the past one-year in Pakistan. According to the report titled, “Pakistan: State of Media and Press Freedom Report” three significant events from May 3, 2001, till […]
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