QUETTA- The Federal Minister for Information and Media Development, Nisar Memon refuted the impression that Pakistani electronic media has failed to counter Indian propaganda and said despite having limited resources it is effectively countering Indian media. Talking to mediamen here, he said it was wrong that Punjab should be make responsible for every problem of […]
WASHINGTON- The indictment here of the main accused in the Daniel Pearl’s kidnapping and murder case, Sheikh Omar Saeed, is expected to increase pressure on Pakistan to extradite him to the United States. Saeed was indicted by a federal grand jury in New Jersey on Thursday and accused of conspiracy to commit hostage taking that […]
KARACHI- Veteran journalist and Chief Editor, daily Business Recorder MA Zuberi said that the noble profession of journalism had now become a mere employment and no proper attention was paid on training of the journalists. Zuberi was speaking on “My years in Journalism in Retrospect” at the first of a series of lectures meeting to […]
ATTOCK- The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader and spouse of Benazir Bhutto, Asif Ali Zardari, criticised the administration of Attock Fort for banning admission of journalists in court. He was talking to PPP workers after hearing in assets reference against him in Attock Fort. He referred to the government claim that press was free and […]
KARACHI- Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) has demanded early promulgation of Press and Publication Ordinance, Press Council Ordinance and Access to Information Ordinance. The demand was made through a resolution adopted at the CPNE meeting in Karachi. The meeting also reviewed in detail the relation between the government and the Press. CPNE President Mujibur […]
WASHINGTON- British-born militant Ahmed Saeed Omar Shaikh was indicted on two counts of hostage taking in the kidnapping and slaying of US reporter Daniel Pearl, according to documents released by the Justice Department on Thursday. The indictments were handed up by a federal grand jury in Newark, New Jersey, and charged him with one count […]
ISLAMABAD- The federal government has directed the provincial home secretaries to stop the publications of all the banned militant organizations which continued to appear in the market despite freezing of their assets and accounts. Investigations revealed that a number of publications and websites were still being maintained by the militant organizations despite the government ban. […]
KARACHI- All Pakistan Newspaper Employees Confederation (APNEC) and Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) and all their affiliated unions and units have rejected the proposed setting up of a Press Council and press regulatory laws the government has decided to introduce to “regulate” the press, through an ordinance. After a hurriedly-called conference of the office-bearers […]
KHAIRPUR- The district Nazim (Councillor), Khairpur, Ms Nafeesa Shah said that Sindhi journalists were playing an important role in the development of the province and creating awareness among the people. She said this while talking to the journalists of Khairpur at a dinner hosted by her in their honour. She said that there should be […]
LAHORE- A man appeared in the office of an Urdu daily on Thursday, claiming to have killed US journalist Daniel Peal. However, later talking to newsmen, he confessed that he did own the killing in a bid to save Ahmed Omar Sheikh, one of the prime suspects in Pearl’s murder case. The man identified himself […]
ISLAMABAD- Launching what its inventors have described with an unusual name of “Virtual University”, an institution for higher learning in the information technology, President General Pervez Musharraf has said the institution will provide a linkage between education and industry. Musharraf said this was imperative for the economic development and this connection had not been emphasised […]
ISLAMABAD- Federal Minister for Information and Media Development Nisar Memon has asked the Press to give priority to national interests while reporting things in newspapers and try to project the country’s image as a progressive, liberal and moderate Islamic state. The minister was talking to a delegation of Council of Pakistan Newspapers Editors (CPNE) headed […]
ISLAMABAD- The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has termed the military regime’s banning the entry of journalists into the accountability court in Attock as sheer “perversion of justice”. The party urged upon the human rights bodies and lawyers to take notice of this “blatant violation of the civil and human rights of Senator Zardari” and force […]
KARACHI- Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, prime suspect in the Daniel Pearl case, told the court on Tuesday that if he is killed in a fake encounter at the behest of the US, America would suffer. He claimed that if he is extradited to that US, it would return him the same way as India had […]
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