ISLAMABAD- An official spokesman said that under the present government the print and electronic media in Pakistan enjoyed an enviable and unparalleled freedom. He said this while responding to a query about the report of Human Rights Commission of Pakistan which viewed critically the government policies vis a vis freedom of expression and political activities. […]
KARACHI- The cable operators in City are showing Indian television programmes, thus flouting the orders of the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA). The government has strictly directed the PTA to take punitive action against the violators. The President of the Cable Operators Association, Hasan Mustafa, had also assured that orders would be followed strictly. The operators […]
ISLAMABAD- Major General Rashid Qureshi said the government has not pressured the administration of daily The News to sack its former editor who made this claim in an interview with the CNN. Answering questions to journalists after the Press briefing at the Foreign Office, Qureshi said, “The government had not pressured The News administration.” He […]
MIRANSHAH- Pakistani border guards have detained two journalists –an American and another Australian–, after they tried to enter Pakistan from the neighbouring Khost province of Afghanistan, officials. The journalists’ interpreter, guard and driver, all Afghans, have also been detained, border control officials said in Miranshah, which borders Afghanistan’s eastern Khost province. The journalists, apparently travelling […]
KARACHI- The question of extraditing the main accused in the Daniel Pearl case, Ahmed Omar Saeed Shaikh, to the United States, and implications of his indictment by the US authorities will be examined at the highest level on return of President Musharraf from his foreign tour, highly- placed sources said here on Friday. Six days […]
KARACHI- Lahore-based lawyer Saiful Malook said here on Saturday that the principal accused in the Daniel Pearl case, Ahmed Omar Saeed Shaikh, would be defended by a team of counsel once the prosecution filed the final challan and charges were framed against all the accused. Counsel Malook was skeptical about the presence of any one […]
KARACHI- The federal government has taken serious note of the reported leak in the Western press, regarding directives of the Israeli prime minister to pursue the killers of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl. Citing own intelligence sources, the February 28th issue of Jane’s Intelligence reports that “Prime Minister Ariel Sharon directed Ephraim Halevy, Director […]
ISLAMABAD- The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) and All Pakistan Newspapers Employees Confederation (Apnec) have taken strong exception to former ISI chief Lt-Gen Javed Ashraf Qazi’s remarks in a TV programme about journalists. The two bodies demanded of him to tender unconditional apology, otherwise they would take extreme steps in this connection. A joint […]
NEW YORK- The United States has reached agreement with Pakistan that British-born militant Ahmed Omar Sheikh would be handed over for trial to the US government once the Pakistani criminal justice system had run its course, the New York Times reported on Saturday, quoting Bush administration officials. However, the officials acknowledged that there was no […]
HYDERABAD- The staff reporter of the daily Sindhu, Ghulam Hussain Hajano, was released by his tormentors in the wee hours of Friday. He had been kidnapped from the Central Jail Road at 7:30pm. He alleged that he was kidnapped by Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI) Khan M. Jamali of Sakrand, Ali Hassan Chandio, and two others […]
ISLAMABAD- The ever growing local Internet industry relying on the STM-1 link has seriously questioned the service level agreement signed by the Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL), with Singtel, which frequently goes out of service. Owing to increasing ills in the Internet connectivity through the much publicized STM-1 link, the ‘Internet Service Providers Association of […]
LAHORE- The government has imposed a ban on dance on television and the PTV authorities have been directed to telecast the programmes keeping in view all the moral values and depicting the true picture of our society. Sources said that a ban has also been imposed on dances by boys on the PTV stage shows […]
KARACHI- Four suspects, including British born Ahmed Omar Seeed Sheikh, were charged in a High Court on Friday with the kidnapping and murder of American journalist Daniel Pearl, the chief prosecutor said. “All the four accused have been charged with kidnapping for ransom, murder and terrorism,” Raja Qureshi, chief prosecutor for the Sindh, told reporters […]
KARACHI- State counsel in Daniel Pearl murder case on Friday said that whatever accused Shaikh Omar had stated before the court would be used against him despite the fact that he did not say anything on oath. On his first production before the Anti Terrorist Courts (ATC), Omar had admitted having masterminded kidnapping of the […]
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