KARACHI- Sindh High Court on Thursday adjourned till April 19 hearing of petition, praying to transfer kidnapping and murder case of US journalist Daniel Pearl from Judge Anti-Terrorism Court Karachi Arshad Noor Khan to another court. When the hearing began on Thursday before a Division bench of Sindh High Court comprising the Chief Justice Sayyed […]
RAWALPINDI- The administration of Rawalpindi accountability courts (ACs) banned journalists’ entry in the courts on the appearance of jailed Pakistan People’s Party leader Asif Ali Zardari. The former senator is facing corruption charges in three different cases. On Wednesday, when the reporters tied to cover the case hearings, the security staff did not allow them […]
KARACHI- A protest rally of journalists will be held on Saturday (April 27) at Karachi Press Club (KPC) to protest the delay in the implementation of 7th Wage Award. Source: Business Recorder Date:4/18/2002
LAHORE- The Lahore High Court (LHC) has issued notice to the respondents in a petition filed by the President, Cable Operators Association (CAO), praying to the court to direct the respondent to allow them to telecast Indian channels. The petitioner contended that after the decision of the government, imposing ban on the telecast of Indian […]
KARACHI- The All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) expressed its resentment, disapproval and anger over the reported remarks of the Punjab governor against the national press. The publishers’ body has also harshly criticised the physical violence inflicted upon journalists by the Punjab administration and the police. In a statement released to the press, President APNS Hameed […]
KARACHI- When the application of the principal accused in Daniel Pearl murder case, Ahmad Saeed Omar Shaikh, contending that Judge Arshad Noor Khan of the Anti-terrorism Court-III is not competent to try this case came up before a division bench of the Sindh High Court on Tuesday, his counsel relied on article 4 (c) of […]
ISLAMABAD- The press in Pakistan has never been as free and independent as it has been during two-and-a-half years of this government; even national and international media has acknowledged this fact. The minister for information and media development, Nisar A. Memon, made these observations in a letter addressed to Ann Cooper, executive director, Committee to […]
FAISALABAD- Faisalabad Editors’ Council (FEC) has been formed with Zia Tanveer Shaukat of Daily Ghareeb as its President. A meeting of the owners of the local newspapers was held to elect the new office-bearers of the Council. The meeting unanimously picked its office-bearers including Sardar Abid Aleem (Daily Millat) Senior Vice President, Agha Arbab Khawar […]
FAISALABAD- The protest of the Faisalabad journalists against the police baton (lathi) charge entered into fourth day. A protest meeting was held in Faisalabad Press Club to press for their demands which include immediate sacking of the Deputy Superintendent Police (DSP)-Crime Investigation Authority (CIA), Arshad Dogar and other police officers on whose behest the police […]
ISLAMABAD- Minister for Information and Media Development Nisar A Memon assured editors that strict punitive action would be initiated against all those found responsible for the Faisalabad incident after completion of the inquiry being conducted to ascertain the facts regarding the matter. He was talking to the CPNE President, Mujib-ur-Rehman Shami, over telephone. He also […]
KARACHI- APTECH Worldwide Inc. signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Microsoft, the largest software company of the world to promote information technology in Pakistan. The partnership among two giants will aimed at increasing penetration of personal computers in middle and lower middle class income group, programmes for teachers, government officials and development of entrepreneur for […]
ISLAMABAD- Various political parties and the representative bodies of journalists and newspaper workers condemned baton-charge of several news reporters covering the referendum rally of General Pervez Musharraf in Faisalabad. In a joint statement, the All Pakistan Newspapers Employees Confederation (APNEC) chairman, Abdul Hameed Chapra; Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) president, I.H. Rashid, Rawalpindi-Islamabad Union […]
WASHINGTON- The international freedom watchdog, Reporters sans Frontieres (Reporters Without Borders – RSF), has denounced the police attack on more than 25 journalists as they left a meeting organized by President Pervez Musharraf in Faisalabad. The organization, in a letter to Federal Information Minister Nisar Memon, says the use of such methods with regard to […]
LAHORE- The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has condemned the baton charge by police of journalists who boycotted the public meeting of President Gen Pervez Musharraf in Faisalabad in which injuries were suffered by several of them. In a press release issued here by HRCP chairman Afrasiab Khattak and secretary-general Hina Jillani, it was […]
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