KARACHI- Speakers at a seminar on the need for a Press Council in Pakistan criticized the attitude of All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS), Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) and the authorities for not taking view point of stake holders like working journalists and the general public into it. The Seminar was organised under the […]
ISLAMABAD- The Capital Development Authority (CDA) on Wednesday warned the illegal cable channel operators to get No Objection Certificates (NOC) from the authority otherwise action would be taken against them. The CDA also asked the residents not to get connection from the illegal cable operators. A fresh notice issued by the Authority on Wednesday to […]
KARACHI- The final charge-sheet against Ahmed Omar Saeed Shaikh and others in the kidnapping and subsequent murder of the American journalist, Daniel Pearl, will be submitted before the administrative judge of the Anti-Terrorism Court on Friday. AG Sindh Raja Qureshi, who will be part of the three-member prosecution team, said some additional facts would be […]
ISLAMABAD- The widow of slain US reporter Daniel Pearl said on Wednesday the people who killed her husband in Pakistan were trying to spread hatred and terror in the West, but failed to cow her. “I think they did it because they’re launching some kind of campaign,” Mariane Pearl, who will give birth to their […]
KARACHI- S.H. Hashmi, Managing Director, Orient MacCann-Erikson has congratulated Hameed Haroon, Chief Executive of Dawn Group of Newspapers on being elected President of All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS). He has also felicitated the election of Zia Shahid, from daily Khabrain as Senior Vice President, Pir Sufaid Shah from Wahadat Peshawar, as vice President, Qazi Assad […]
ISLAMABAD- Information Minister Nisar Memon Wednesday said, the Press enjoys unprecedented freedom in Pakistan. “Let’s be fair to the Government, the Press enjoys unprecedented freedom and journalists are free to criticize the Government policies,” he told a newsman at the Press Information Department. In the context of Government-Press relations, he said, nothing of the sort […]
KARACHI- The All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) General Council has rejected any arbitrary amendment to the agreed drafts on Press Laws and expressed its dismay over the uncalled for delay in the promulgation of these Laws by the federal government and decided to devise appropriate actions to press the government for enactment of the agreed […]
KARACHI- Salman Saquib, who confessed to helping send e-mails regarding slain US reporter Daniel Pearl’s captivity, is suffering from hepatitis C and his condition has deteriorated in a prison hospital, his lawyer Khawaja Naveed informed on Tuesday. “I met him in the hospital on Friday and he had asked for better medical treatment otherwise he […]
WASHINGTON- The French widow of abducted and slain US journalist Daniel Pearl said on Monday that she would not mind the execution of Sheikh Omar, the chief suspect in the case, calling him “a nuisance for humanity.” “I would certainly not cry over his death because I think this guy is a nuisance for humanity […]
KARACHI- Trial of all the 11 accused charged in the Daniel Pearl murder case will commence on April 5 in the Karachi central prison, for security reasons. This was stated by the Advocate-General Sindh, Raja Qureshi, who on Friday submitted the final challan before Justice Shabbir Ahmed of the Sindh High Court, who is also […]
LAHORE- Federal Minister for Information and Media Development Nisar Memon has called upon the print media community to wield pen for enhancing the image and prestige of the country. Talking to the editorial staff of Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) during his surprise visit the minister said the media should also highlight achievements made during […]
ISLAMABAD- As many as 25,000 science school teachers would be trained in IT by the end of the current year, said Federal Minister for Science and Technology, Dr Attaur Rehman. He was speaking at the two-day International Conference on the “Use of New Information Technologies in the teaching of Science.” The conference was jointly organized […]
LAHORE- Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), Punjab Union of Journalists and Press Institute of Pakistan (PIP) held a special sitting with the president of Council of Pakistan Newspapers Editors Society at PIP. The sitting, held in connection with PFUJ’s programme to promote understanding between the owners of the newspapers and journalists, was attended by […]
SHEIKHUPURA- Pakistan Journalist Council (PJC) in its emergent meeting congratulated Mr Hamid Haroon (Dawn Group) on being elected the president of All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS). The council has also felicitated the other office-bearers including Qazi Asad Abid secretary general, Mr Zia Shahid senior vice president Pir Sajid Shah vice-president, and Qazi Aslam as joint […]
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