ISLAMABAD- Editor of The News, Shaheen Sehbai resigned on Friday. In his resignation, also e-mailed to journalists, he has refuted all charges of “policy violations”, which according to him were an excuse for the Editor-in-Chief to comply with the government demand to sack him and three other senior journalists working for the newspaper. He said […]
ISLAMABAD- President General Pervez Musharraf promulgated on Friday Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) Ordinance 2002 to regulate and develop broadcast media in the country. The Ordinance that comes into force at once in the whole of Pakistan is aimed at improving the standard of information education and entertainment as well as enlarge the choice […]
TOKYO- Pakistan on Friday said it reserved the right to put the confessed mastermind behind the abduction of murdered US journalist Daniel Pearl on trial in one of its own courts. Pakistan Foreign Secretary Inam-ul-Haque said his government was still considering US request to extradite British-born militant Shaikh Omar, the confessed organiser of Pearl’s kidnapping. […]
KARACHI- Judicial magistrate Karachi, South, Ms Erum Jehangir, on Friday recorded the confessional statement of another accused in the U.S. journalist Daniel Pearl’s abduction and murder case. The accused, Syed Salman Saqib, was produced before the court amid tight security at about 11:15 am. He was wearing shalwar kamez and his face was covered with […]
QUETTA- Every body has a right over the state-owned media and the government admits this right. This was stated by Anwar Mahmood, Federal Secretary for Information and Media Development, while speaking at a reception hosted in honour of media men. Replying to a question he said every one will be given chance over electronic media. […]
ISLAMABAD- President General Musharraf promulgated an ordinance to regulate broadcast media in Pakistan. The text of the ordinance is as follows: ORDINANCE NO XIII OF 2002. (AN ORDINANCE to regulate broadcast media in Pakistan) Whereas it is expedient to provide for the development of broadcast media in order to (i) improve the standards of information, […]
ISLAMABAD- Kidnapping and subsequently killing Daniel Pearl, a Wall Street Journal reporter, has forced Pakistani security agencies to create a special department to deal with cyber crimes. Interior Minister Lieutenant General Moinuddin Haidar (Retd) has directed some senior officers to study the requirement of creating such department, sources said. The minister has directed to constitute […]
ISLAMABAD- The US Department of Commerce in its annual Report for 2002 has greatly appreciated the step taken by Pakistan government for the promotion of IT & Telecom sector in the country. The report has particularly praised the efforts made by the Minister for Science and Technology Prof. Atta-ur-Rahman calling him an “energetic Minister”. It […]
KARACHI- Ambassador of the United States to Pakistan Ms Wendy J. Chamberlin along with the US Consul General in Karachi met Inspector General Police (IGP) Sindh Syed Kamal Shah and discussed the Denial Pearl case for about three hours. During the discussion, the Capital City Police Chief Assad Jahangir Khan and other senior police officers […]
KARACHI- Pakistani police on Thursday moved the prime suspect in the kidnap and murder of a US reporter to a secure location in Karachi following a threat of a rocket attack on a detention centre. Police received an anonymous phone call on Tuesday night threatening to attack the detention centre where Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh […]
KARACHI- The All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) Executive Committee has expressed its dismay over the delay in the promulgation of press laws, and decided to recommend to the Annual General Council of the society to devise appropriate actions to press the government for enactment of these laws without further delay, says a press release. APNS […]
KARACHI- Investigators of three accused, including the prime suspect, Shaikh Omar, in the kidnapping and murder case of US journalist, Daniel Pearl is continuing. According to a Home Department spokesman Thursday the investigation team is continuing efforts to apprehend the remaining accused. Source: The Nation Date:3/1/2002
PARIS- Mariane Pearl, the widow of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, arrived in Paris from Islamabad, airport sources said. The French citizen, who is seven months pregnant, was met at Charles de Gualle airport by her family and officials from the US embassy, the sources said. Mariane Pearl left Pakistan after an agonizing wait […]
KARACHI- Karachi police in watching for seven absconding accused allegedly involved in Daniel Pearl case. While two persons have been arrested in connection with the videocassette containing Pearl’s murder scene, police sources said. Rumors were circulating in the police circles that preparations were being made to shift Shaikh Omar Saeed, the prime suspect of Pearl […]
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