ISLAMABAD (APP): Information Ministry and All Newspapers Society Wednesday decided to work closely to set up working groups to ensure possible deletion of dummy publications both from APNS and central media list. The decision was taken at a meeting of APNS executive committee, which was attended by Information and Culture Minister Mushahid Hussain. The meeting […]
HYDERABAD: Two journalists of Golarchi have alleged that they were assaulted and their houses ransacked by police at the behest of a provincial minister. Meharuddin, a reporter of daily Sindhi newspaper “Kawish” and Sarwar Jamali, a reporter of daily Sindhi newspaper “Koshish”, told a press conference at the Hyderabad Press Club that they were beaten […]
ISLAMABAD, MARCH 23: Journalists covering the National Assembly proceedings staged a walkout from the press gallery in protest against the kidnapping of a press photographer, Ishaq Chaudhry. Deputy opposition leader Syed Khurshid Shah, on a point of order raised the issue in the house when all the journalists walked out from the press gallery. He […]
ISLAMABAD: In recognition of his national services in the field of journalism in Pakistan President Rafiq Ahmed Tarar Tuesday conferred the highest civilian award on Editor-in-chief of Nawa-e-Waqt Majid Nizami in a ceremony at the Presidency. The ceremony was held in connection with the Pakistan Day, March 23, where the President conferred awards on Pakistanis […]
KARACHI: The Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd. (PTCL) has decided to further reduce long distance and international call charges in near future, Nasim S. Mirza, the Chairman of PTCL informed the business community on Monday. Speaking at a meeting of Karachi Chamber of commerce and Industry (KCCI), he claimed that PTCL local call charges were the […]
FAISALABAD (APP): Federal Minister for Communication Raja Nadir Pervaiz has stressed the need for the expansion of rural telecommunication network so as to catalyze the process of socio-economic uplift in far flung under developed areas and strengthen the agricultural base of Pakistan. Addressing a briefing in Chak Jhumra Telephone Exchange here Sunday, he said that […]
LAHORE (PPI)-Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd (PTCL) has to collect Rs. 1,000 from, each subscriber who got connection after 7-1-98, says an official notification. After this decision, PTCL will be able to collect millions of rupees as revenue. The amount will be collected through bills. Source: Nation Date:3/22/1999
KARACHI, March 20, (PPI): Speakers at the concluding session of a media training workshop titled “Women and Children in news” on Friday called for special attention to the issues relating to women and children in Pakistan. The thrust of the arguments was that there was much room for the print media to highlight the role […]
KARACHI, JANUARY 18: Intel Corporation on Thursday unveiled its Pentium M Xeon processor family, extending Intel’s products further into e-commerce and high-end computing solutions. A press release issued by Intel Pakistan Corporation on Thursday said that the company also outlined its strategy to provide a foundation for the Internet via powerful Intel architecture-based servers and […]
PARIS: Reporters Sans Frontiers, an independent organisation which works to defend press freedom worldwide, in a fax to the prime minister, has expressed its concern over the death threats received by a Pakistani journalist. It said according to our information, Iftikhar Mushwani, a journalist with the Urdu daily Pakistan, based in Islamabad, said he was […]
RAWALPINDI, JANUARY 14 (NNI): Information Minister Mushahid Hussein Syed on Sunday said Pakistan is the only country having no press council. Addressing a reception hosted y the co-ordinator Muslim league Youth Wing, Reza Khan in honour of the office-bearers of the Press Club here on Sunday, he said, the government wants he establishment of the […]
PESHAWAR, JANUARY 13 (APP): The NWFP Chief Minister Sardar Mahtab has declared computerisation of the entire government activities by next year. He said that all the major provincial departments are in the process of shifting over to this technology during the current financial year while the major revenue collection system including vehicle registration, property tax […]
MULTAN, MARCH 12: Members of the Multan Press Club staged a demonstration on Friday afternoon against the attack on a local Urdu daily, “Sang-i-Meel”, and ransacking of its offices by a dozen people. The protest meeting was addressed by MPC members demanded immediate arrest of the attackers and institution of a case against them. A […]
SIALKOT: Renowned local journalist of The News (Lahore) Ilyas Ahmad Awan died of heart attack on Wednesday here. He was 58. During his lifetime Ilyas worked for the welfare of journalist community and for the promotion of free journalism. Meanwhile, people belonging to different walks of life including the journalist community of Sialkot have condoled […]
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