PESHAWAR- Pakistan: Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban militia said it was questioning a British female journalist, arrested for entering the country illegally and hinted that she could be tried for spying. The Pakistan-based Afghan Islamic Press quoted a Taliban official as saying on Sunday Express reporter Yvonne Ridley was being held in the eastern Afghan city of […]
KARACHI- Software with the capability of automatically translating English Web pages into Urdu is being developed. The first phase of the project has been completed, and a demonstration of the software will be presented. Tasfeer Ahmed, a Pakistani software engineer, has developed an automated English-to-Urdu translator which is available to users on the Internet. It […]
ISLAMABAD- The Taliban said they had arrested a British journalist who had entered the country illegally. The journalist was identified as Yvonne Ridley, a correspondent for London’s Sunday Express. According to a Taliban spokesman, Ridley was arrested near Jalalabad along with two guides. Source: Dawn Date:9/29/2001
KOHAT- The Inter Services Intelligence arrested a Japanese journalist who was trying to enter the tribal area of Kurram Agency bordering Afghanistan in violation of a ban imposed by the NWFP government on the movement of foreigners in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas. The ISI officials sent the Japanese, Mr. Saturo, to Peshawar after confirming […]
ISLAMABAD- Council of Pakistan Newspapers Editors (CPNE) appointed Ashraf Nadeem as Executive Director of the council. This was announced by the Secretary General of the CPNE, Zahid Malik. Ashraf Nadeem who retired recently as Additional Secretary to the Government of Pakistan, will now run the secretariat of the CPNE. Secretary General of the Council said […]
CHANGA MANGA- District Government Kasur is launching its website for the benefit of general public. This was disclosed by District Nazim Rana Imtiaz Ahmad Khan. Spelling out the details of the site, the District Nazim told that it would contain information about all the departments of the district as well as District Assembly and police. […]
LAHORE- A web site with a local internet service provider which was a source of information on Afghanistan has been closed down after the Sept 11 terrorist attacks in New York and Washington. Confirming the development, the Internet Service Provider (ISP) said it had not done so under pressure from the government. An official said […]
PESHAWAR- Following ban on the entry of the foreign journalists to the tribal territory, the government of Pakistan has also banned entry of local journalists to the area. They said that the political administration stopped a number of Pakistani journalists from entering into the tribal territory at Takhta Baig cheek-post in the Khyber Agency saying […]
KARACHI- In view of negative propaganda unleashed by the Indian news channels against Pakistan, the cable operators have decided to stop airing them throughout the country. This was announced by the office-bearers of All Pakistan Cable Operators’ Association at a news conference at Karachi Press Club. They identified the Indian channels as Zee News, Star […]
KARACHI- The first issue of Badalti Duniya, a monthly Urdu magazine dedicated to social investigation, has come out. Hidayat Hussain is the editor of the magazine. The first issue is devoted to a study and analysis of feudal system and rural society in the country. The magazine will deal with those sectors of activity which […]
Quetta- A restriction has been imposed on foreign journalists to visit Chaman with direction to stay in Quetta, it was learnt here on Monday. The ban has been imposed for security reasons. A very large number of foreign journalists including reporters, photographers and TV teams have arrived here for the coverage of possible US attack […]
LAHORE- Information with regard to various provincial government departments would also be available in Urdu on Punjab Government website to facilitate the masses. This was informed in a high level meeting presided over by Chief Secretary Imtiaz Masroor and attended by Additional Chief Secretary, Secretary Information, Secretary Regulations and Additional Secretary Information Technology on Sunday. […]
PESHAWAR- Provincial government of NWFP has beefed up security arrangements around refugee camps near Peshawar so that foreign journalists currently visiting these camps to monitor development created by threats of war between Afghanistan and the United States may not fall victims to any eventuality there. Considerable hatred prevails for the foreign journalists in the hearts […]
HYDERABAD- The Pakistan Television (PTV) telecast investigations took a new turn, as the secret agencies have started probe, for ascertaining either it was technical fault or an attempt to “jam” the transmission of the Pakistan Television. The officials of the secret agencies, hailed from Karachi inquired about the factuality into the matter, the wrong telecasts […]
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