KARACHI- The amendments made in the draft of the Press Council of Pakistan Ordinance of 2002 have been circulated by the Government of Pakistan to the provinces, as also to the newspaper editors’ body, Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE). The amendments relate to the Ethical Code of Practice as laid down in the draft […]
ISLAMABAD- Information Minister Nisar Memon described the incident of journalists getting injured in Faisalabad as unfortunate and said the government holds freedom of the press as a cardinal principle. “It is an unfortunate incident, we are concerned about the well-being of the journalists wounded there and I am in touch with them,” Nisar told the […]
LAHORE- The journalists staged a protest rally against police torture of media persons at the Faisalabad rally of President Pervez Musharraf. The rally demanded a public apology by Punjab Governor for his derogatory remarks against the press. The journalists first gathered at the Lahore Press Club, held a protest meeting there and then marched from […]
LAHORE- Governor Punjab Lt-Gen (retd) Khalid Maqboolhas condemned the unpleasant incident which took place outside the Faisalabad stadium in which some journalists were injured as a result of violent police action. Expressing his regrets over the incident, the governor sympathised with the journalists who had sustained injuries. He said the police officials responsible for the […]
LAHORE- Punjab Governor Khalid Maqbool said the present government has a very positive and friendly relationship with the journalistic community and during the last two and half years no step was taken to curb the freedom of press. The present leadership will continue to provide all possible facilities and cooperation to the journalists to enable […]
LAHORE- Lt-Gen Khalid Maqbool (retired), the Punjab governor, said stern action would be taken against the policemen found to have overstepped the limit in dealing with the journalists in Faisalabad. He said an inquiry had already been ordered into the incident. Talking to reporters at the Governor’s House here, he said he had not condemned […]
LAHORE- The Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) has roundly condemned the unwarranted assault on journalists by the Punjab police at the venue of President Pervez Musharraf’s referendum speech in Faisalabad in which 23 journalists were injured, three of them seriously. Local members of the council, at an emergency meeting presided over by its president […]
LAHORE- Punjab Inspector-General of police (IGP) Asif Hayat defended police action against journalists. He said the police were bound to keep the route of the president clear that the journalists were trying to block. He was talking to reporters at the oath-taking ceremony of two Punjab ministers. When asked whether he condoned the action, he […]
FAISALABAD- A procession was taken out to protest over Punjab governor’s utterances against national press and police torture of newsmen. The prcessionists were carrying banners and placards inscribed with slogans against the governor. They were also chanting slogans like shame shame governor shame; go Maqbool go, no Maqbool no; go killers of democracy go; lathi […]
FAISALABAD- About two dozen journalists sustained injuries on Sunday when police baton-charged them outside the Iqbal Stadium after they boycotted Pervez Musharraf’s meeting to protest Punjab Governor’s utterances against newsmen and the national press. In his address ahead of the president’s speech, Governor Khalid Maqbool accused newsmen of misreporting and undermining the “unprecedented” response of […]
LAHORE- Political parties and journalists associations including the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) and the Punjab Union of Journalists (PUJ) have condemned the baton-charge of journalists during president’s public meeting in Faisalabad earlier in the day. Several journalists were injured during the baton-charge as they protested and staged a boycott when the Punjab governor […]
HYDERABAD- Newsmen of different parts of the province formed the Sindh Journalists’ Organization (SJO) at the first ever journalist’s convention at Sindh level held. Over 750 journalists from Hyderabad and interior Sindh attended the convention, which was hosted by the Hyderabad Press Club. A 17-member ad hoc committee was appointed to draft the constitution, get […]
ISLAMABAD- A government spokesman, on Saturday, said that the defense counsel for Omar Shaikh, the main accused in the Daniel Pearl case, has misquoted President General Pervez Musharraf interview with German periodical ‘Der Speigel on the trial of Omar Sheikh. Taking cognizance of the reported statement made by the defense counsel before the court in […]
KARACHI- The Anti-terrorism Court No. 3 put off on Friday the hearing of the Daniel Pearl kidnapping case till 22nd, when Ahmed Saeed Omar Shaikh, the alleged mastermind of the US journalist’s kidnapping, and three others codefendants would be indicted in the case. No reporter or observer was allowed to attend the court proceedings, being […]
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