KARACHI- Information Technology (IT) can generate employment opportunities by absorbing thousands of skilled men annual in the country. Chief of the APTECH Computer Education Dr Junaid Ahmad said this on the occasion of the induction of second batch of journalists into a computer-training programme. He said Pakistan was producing 3,000 IT experts every year against […]
KARACHI- The Chairman of Seventh Wage Board for Newspaper Workers, Justice Raja Afrasiab Khan, asked All Pakistan Newspaper Employees Confederation (Apnec) to submit memorandum of demands so that it could be forwarded to the representatives of newspaper owners. The Board concluded its two-day meeting at Qasr-e-Naz. The newspaper owners continued its boycott. The Board chairman […]
KARACHI- The seventh meeting of Seventh Wage Board was held at Qasr-e-Naz under the chairmanship of Justice Raja Afrasiab Khan. Representatives of newspapers employees including Abdul Hanleed Chaapra, 1.H. Rashid, Pervez Shaukat, Majid Fauz, Seventh Wage Board Secretary Amir Sial, former Apnec chairman Shafiuddin Ashraf, presidents of Karachi Union of Journalist (KUJ) and Karachi Press […]
PESHAWAR- The managing editor and news editor, along with a sub-editor and composer of The Frontier Post have been held responsible for publication of the blasphemous letter in the daily by a Judicial Tribunal constituted by the government. The one-man tribunal of Justice Qaim Jan Khan of the Peshawar High Court, according to a press […]
KARACHI- The virtual 1nformation Technology (IT) university in the country will start functioning later this summer. This was stated by Federal Science and Technology Minister Prof. Dr. Atta-ur-Rehman. He termed this as a major programme towards the spread of information technology in the country. The minister said the offices of this very university would be […]
ISLAMABAD- The chief executive’s secretariat has directed the federal and provincial governments to take measures for protecting official websites from hostile agencies and computer hackers. The federal divisions and provincial departments have also been asked to get their software cleared from the National Communications Security Board of the cabinet division before installing them on their […]
RAWALPINDI- Press Secretary to the Chief Executive and ISPRDG Major General Rashid Qureshi said the government was committed to freedom of press. The government is fully committed to freedom of Press. You will not find any occasion that the government wants curb this freedom, he said at a briefing. Rashid Qureshi said the government would […]
LAHORE- The Council of Pakistan Newspapers Editors (CPNE) has appealed to the newspapers to play their role for the unity, fraternity of the country and avoid publishing such material, which may give impetus to sectarian strife. This was observed in a meeting of CPNE’s standing committee chaired by council’s president, Arif Nizami. A resolution was […]
DERA GHAZI KHAN- An intelligence agency is collecting information about journalist, according to police sources. The source said the agency has sought police assistance for the purpose. The agency questionnaire reportedly includes questions about age, home and office addresses, number and names of dependents, political affiliation and assets and the exercise was countrywide. A senior […]
KARACHI- Annual elections of Karachi Union of journalists (KUJ), completed with the elections of Treasures, seven members of executive council and 30 delegates for Biennial Delegates Meeting (BDM) of Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ). According to the final list issued by the chairman of the election committee, Sajid Ali Sajid, Sarfraz Ahmed and Tahir […]
KARACHI- Tariq Jamil, Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Police, Karachi, has said that they are making serious efforts for arresting the accused of bomb blast at Guru Mandir office of Nawa-i-Waqt and The Nation. He said investigation is under way. We have arrested one suspect in this regard and interrogations are being conducted,” said the DIG, […]
KARACHI- Executive Committee of the APNS has formed a fact-finding commission to probe into the issue of publication of a blasphemous letter in daily The Frontier Post, Peshawar, stated a press release of the APNS issued Thursday. Mr. Arshad A. Zuberi, Secretary General of the APNS has stated that the executive committee at its emergency […]
WASHINGTON- The International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA) has recommended United States Trade Representative (USTR) Robert Zoellick to place Pakistan on the “Watch List” for copyright piracy and market access issues. India would be on high priority watch list for massive piracy and copyright, violation. The report released and submitted to USTR, said that piracy levels […]
ISLAMABAD- Data Management Systems (PDMS) has developed the software to be used in the training and the subsequent development of Urdu websites. Now it is possible to create Urdu websites on Internet and there is a need to promote and develop web pages of Pakistani origin. Realizing the paucity of local content on Internet, especially […]
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