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Three newsmen held in Khairpur

KHAIRPUR- Three journalists were arrested in separate incidents and one of them was released. According to details, Kot Diji police registered a case against four persons including two journalists on the complaint of a Tapedar, Ghulam Shabbir Abbasi, accusing them of creating hurdles in the official work and attacking the Tapedar. Those nominated were: Liquat […]


Newspaper industry facing financial crunch: APNS chief

KARACHI- Mir Shakilur Rehman, President of the All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS), said that newspapers in the country were facing a multiple crunch economically and it was important that the advertising agencies extend maximum support to the print media. He was addressing at a dinner hosted for the APNS members by Orient-McCann chief SH Hashmi […]


Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) demands protection for journalists

WASHINGTON- The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has expressed its alarm to Generel Musharraf over the “brutal abduction and beating” of Shakil Shaikh, chief reporter of The News. In a statement the New York-based CPJ condemned the incident. It urged General Musharraf to demonstrate publically that his administration would not allow journalists to be attacked […]


Attack on newsman condemned

KARACHI- The editorial staff of The News Karachi condemned the kidnapping and torture on one chief reporter of The News Rawalpindi, Shakil Shaikh and described the act as an attack on freedom of the press. A meeting of the reporters, presided over by head of the reporting, Ibrahim Khan, passed a resolution and expressed profound […]


Pakistan Advertising Association (PAA) protests against media buying houses registration

KARACHI- The Pakistan Advertising Association (PAA) has sent a memorandum to the All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) urging that media buying houses should not be registered and their operation should be carefully mentioned so that these are not misused by certain vested interest. The communication from PAA Chairman Jamshed Qureshi said that media buying houses […]


All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) meeting

KARACHI- The General Council of All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) shall hold its extraordinary and annual meetings on March 31 at the APNS Secretariat, Karachi. The Secretary-General, APNS, Arshad Zuberi announced that the extraordinary general meeting will consider proposed amendments to the constitution of the society. Later the annual general council would discuss the conditions […]


Microsoft offers jobs to Pakistanis

KARACHI- Microsoft, the global software giant, has announced job opportunities for Pakistani Information Technology (IT) professionals at its headquarters in the United States. There are multiple positions available in various technologies, including Kernel, Graphics, ActiveX, Java, Multimedia, DCOM, SQL, Networking and Internet-working, said Fazal Khan, Human Resources Manager, Microsoft in a press statement. “All the […]


The News chief reporter abducted, thrashed

ISLAMABAD- Five unidentified persons kidnapped Shakil Shaikh, chief reporter of The News, at gunpoint in broad daylight from near the main commercial centre of Islamabad and beat him severely for three and a half hours before abandoning him in a deserted village some miles away. Shakil sustained multiple injuries including head injury when he was […]


Role of Pakistan Television (PTV) criticised

KARACHI- The women wing of Jama’at-e-Islami (JI) has urged the government to honour the aspirations of the people especially women of the country and refrain from promoting foreign cultures through its electronic media. “Exploitation of women must be stopped and the government should mend the ways of PTV making it end telecasting obscene progmmes,” said […]


Laws on cyber crimes urged

KARACHI- Speakers at a seminar on ‘Cyber Crime’, emphasised on making laws to deal with emerging crimes relating to the Internet. The seminar, organized by the Sindh Police at the Traffic Police Auditorium, Driving License Branch, was told that at least 30,000 hackers websites exist on the Internet. There are many threats such as penetration, […]


Information Technology (IT) development among top priorities of government

ISLAMABAD- The federal secretary for science and technology, Javed Masud, has said the best thing about the initiatives taken for the development of IT and telecom sectors is that the government and private sector are moving in the same direction. Mr Masud was talking to a World Bank delegation comprising the executive directors of different […]


Nisar Hussein Passes away

LAHORE- Renowned television producer and former Pakistan Television (PTV) programmes director Muhammad Nisar Hussein died. He was 68. Muhammad Nisar Hussein popularly known as MNH had undergone heart surgery in January this year after which he caught arteries infection and finally succumbed to it. He left behind a wife and three sons. Nisar Hussein, who […]


Urdu software authority to be setup

LAHORE- The Federal Government has decided to setup an Urdu Software development Authority. The Authority would work for promotion of Urdu software development and its application in day-to-day use of computer. This was disclosed by Salman Ansari, advisor to Ministry of Science and Technology, at a four-day workshop at FAST National University of Computer and […]


Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) worth $200 m signed for software exports

KARACHI- Minister for Science and Technology Prof Dr Atta-ur Rahman said MoUs to the tune of over $200 million had been signed during ITCN Asia 2001 Exhibition. Dr Atta-ur-Rehman said that he attended the ceremony of signing of two software development MoUs. KalSoft Private Limited signed two MoUs with two visiting foreign firms, one from […]