BEIJING- China said Friday it was shocked at the slaying of US reporter Daniel Pearl in Pakistan and said the country deplored such “terrorist” acts. “I’ve heard of the news. Myself, I am greatly shocked at the news. China has all along deplored such violence and terrorist activities,” foreign ministry spokesman Kong Quan told a […]
BRUSSELS- EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana on Friday expressed “shock and sadness” at the slaying of US journalist Daniel Pearl of the Wall Street Journal. “I am shocked and deeply saddened by the death of Daniel Pearl,” Solana said in a statement. “I extend my condolences to his wife, his family and his colleagues,” […]
PARIS- France’s President Jacques Chirac on Friday sent a message of condolence to the French wife of slain US reporter Daniel Pearl and condemned his murder as a “savage and cruel act of terrorism”. “It is with the greatest sadness that I have learned of the tragic death of your husband … while he was […]
PARIS- The director general of the United Nations cultural organisation (UNESCO) on Friday condemned the murder of US reporter Daniel Pearl as “a shocking act of barbarism”. “This gruesome crime is especially repugnant in view of the motives that appear to have driven its perpetrators: the fact that Daniel Pearl was an investigative reporter seeking […]
PARIS- France’s President Jacques Chirac on Friday sent a message of condolence to the French wife of slain US reporter Daniel Pearl and condemned his murder as a “savage and cruel act of terrorism”. “It is with the greatest sadness that I have learned of the tragic death of your husband … while he was […]
ISLAMABAD- Pakistan Federal Union of Journalist (PFUJ), said that ministry of information and media development was constituting press council to safe guard vested interests and to gage the voice of free press. In a joint policy statement the PFUJ leadership pointed out that already more than 16 black laws designed to scuttle the voice of […]
Federal Interior Secretary Tasneem Noorani has admitted that it is not easy to sort out the issue of kidnapping of American journalist Daniel Pearl as the abductors are well trained and motivated people. “The people involved in the abduction of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl are very dedicated, motivated and well trained people and […]
KARACHI- A former FIFA referee has been picked up by police in connection with the high-profile kidnapping of Wall Street Journal correspondent Daniel Pearl. Ahmed Ali was taken into custody from his Malir residence a few days ago, a highly-reliable source disclosed this on Wednesday. The source further said that the referee had been detained […]
KARACHI- The police investigations into the disappearance of US journalist Daniel Pearl could not make any breakthrough on Wednesday, but the provincial administration insisted they were making progress. A spokesman for the Sindh Home Department said they had found clues to tracing the locations of individuals believed to have information about Mr Pearl’s whereabouts. Punjab […]
KARACHI- Police have associated on Tuesday two more suspects in the alleged kidnapping of American journalist Daniel Pearl. “Police team continued efforts to trace the members of network holding Daniel Pearl as hostage,” said the statement of Sindh Information Department issued here late night. The lead suspect Omar Shaikh and three other suspects are already […]
KARACHI- Concern grew Tuesday that the hunt for missing US journalist Daniel Pearl had reached a dead-end nearly four weeks after his abduction by a murky network of Islamic militants. ‘There has been no further progress,’ a Pakistani investigator said in Karachi, where the Wall Street Journal correspondent vanished on January 23. Inquiries appear to […]
KARACHI- Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB) has inked an agreement with Winson Technologies Private Limited and a United Kingdom-based communication company. The new technique is a local development, which will provide a far more better quality of picture as compared to video transmission coming via satellite. In a statement, the project in its Phase-I will […]
KARACHI- Simon Swale, Regional Consultant, Business Software Alliance (BSA) has said that software piracy rate has been declined by 10 percent in Pakistan during the last couple of years. Speaking at a press conference, Simon said that in next five years software piracy rate would be further declined by 10 more per cent. He said […]
ISLAMABAD- Chairman, Implementation Tribunal for Newspapers Employees (ITNE), Justice Jawed Nawaz Gandapur said that the Tribunal will play ifs role in implementation of the 7th Wage Board Award and resolving the newspaper industry problems. In an interview, the Chairman ITNE called upon the authorities to take stock of the problems facing the industry so that […]
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