KARACHI- A body of a foreigner resembling abducted US journalist Daniel Pearl, found from the old Haji Camp area on Sunday night, created sensation among media organizations and police. However, later the wife of the missing US journalist confirmed that the body was not that of her husband. Officials said that the authorities had taken […]
KARACHI- Federal Minister for Science and Technology Prof Atta-ur-Rehman said Pakistan would get $300-400 million investment in the Information Technology (IT) sector as the country’s progress in IT had been acknowledged by the US Commerce Department. The minister was speaking at the launch of ‘State of Mental Health in Pakistan’ co-authored by Dr Amin Gadit […]
ISLAMABAD- Federal Information Secretary Syed Anwar Mehmood said that Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) would come into existence in a couple of days. After approval by the federal cabinet, the bill was lying with President Pervez Musharraf for final touches, he said. The authority will function independently and will be fully empowered to take […]
KARACHI- Hopes were raised on Saturday that kidnapped US journalist Daniel Pearl was still alive, as police dismissed a claim that he had been executed and a cryptic message from his captors said he “is (may be) alive.” Pearl’s employer, the Wall Street Journal, said it believed that he was still alive and pleaded for […]
LAHORE- A spokesman of US Embassy in Islamabad has denied Press reports in a in which it was suggested to all US journalists to leave the country following threat warrants from the so-called ‘National Movement for Restoration of Pakistan’s Sovereignty. The group which kidnapped US journalist Danial Pearl working for daily Wall Street Journal last […]
ISLAMABAD- Kidnapped US journalist Daniel Pearl is believed to be in Karachi, or its surroundings, and a new investigation team has been constituted to find him, sources said. The team is headed by Senior Superintendent Police (SSP) Crime Investigation Department (CID) Mir Zubair Mahmood, who has just returned from the US after acquiring comprehensive training […]
ISLAMABAD- Security agencies are probing several baffling questions pertaining to the unauthorised stay of an American passport holder Indian Muslim lady, Asra Q Nomani, with whom the kidnapped Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl had been living in Karachi. The abducted journalist’s worried wife is also putting up with Ms Nomani at a house in […]
KARACHI: Police said Sunday they were interrogating 12 people over the abduction of US journalist Daniel Pearl but no arrests had been made. “No-one has been formally arrested in this case so far,” Manzoor Mughal, one of the chief investigators said. Police in the capital Islamabad had detained two people and were quizzing them Sunday, […]
ISLAMABAD- The abductors of US journalist Daniel Pearl made a telephone contact with the US Consulate in Karachi, however, the law enforcement agencies have so far been unable to trace the call, an official said on Saturday. “The call, demanding a ransom was made somewhere from Islamabad and we are still trying to track down […]
WASHINGTON- Anxiety about the fate of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl remains high here, despite the fact that e-messages received through e-mail on Friday were believed to have been false. The Journal’s Managing Editor, Mr Paul Steiger, said on Saturday: “We now believe that both of the messages received yesterday were false. We continue […]
WASHINGTON- The US State Department on Saturday reiterated its call for the “immediate and unconditional release” of Daniel Pearl, The Wall Street Journal reporter abducted in Pakistan. “We hope for Mr Pearl’s immediate and unconditional release,” according to State Department spokesman Frederick Jones. He added that the kidnappers’ cause is “not being forwarded by holding […]
KARACHI- Police on Friday night and Saturday thoroughly searched all the well-known cemeteries in the city and its suburban areas after they received an electronic message that the American journalist, Daniel Pearl, had been killed and his body dumped in a cemetery. Sources in police said they had carried out an overnight extensive search in […]
WASHINGTON- The Wall Street Journal said on Saturday that it believed its correspondent Daniel Pearl is still alive. With daily twists given to the story by its alleged kidnappers, the abduction is steadily building into a major crisis amid media hype threatening to cast a dark shadow on the upcoming visit by President Gen. Pervez […]
ISLAMABAD- Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has received numerous complaints against certain cable TV operators, who are relaying obscene and vulgar programmes in violation of rules and regulations. The Chairman, PTA Maj. Gen. Shahzada Alam Malik, while presiding over a meeting of the authority has taken a serious view of the breach of code of ethics […]
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