BRUSSELS, FEBRUARY 19: The International Federation of journalists, the world’s largest press organisation, has voiced growing concern at Pakistani government attempts to muzzle press freedom. In a letter sent to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, the Brussels-based IFJ calls for an end to the government’s anti-press policies, saying it is disturbed by “attacks against journalists in […]
ISLAMABAD (APP): A meeting of the subcommittee of National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Information and Media Development was held under the convenership of Tariq Aziz MNA here on Monday to examine the present policies of PTC and PBC and to make proposals for their betterment. The sub-committee appreciated the role of Pakistan Television and Radio […]
LONDON, FEBRUARY 15: Labour Party MPs have moved an Early Day Motion (EDM) in the House of Commons expressing their “grave concern” over Pakistan government’s assault on the freedom of the press and urged the British government to raise its concern with the Pakistan government immediately, it is learnt. The Early Day Motion has been […]
THATTA: Various government agencies have initiated enquiry against fake press reporters engaged in yellow journalism and blackmailing tactics in rural Sindh. A drive to clean the profession of black sheep and vested interests. There are several government servants, specially teachers, who have made fake press cards of various newspapers and agencies, said sources. These persons […]
ISLAMABAD, FEBRUARY 13: Three persons, including Senator Abdul Hayee Baloch and a lady worker from Lahore, were injured when the police baton-charged, used water cannons and threw bricks on a peaceful procession of the Pakistan Awami Ittehad at Jinnah Avenue in front of the parliament house here on Saturday. The march, organized by the PAI […]
KARACHI, FEBRUARY 12: The Karachi Union of Journalists called off its indefinite strike on Friday following assurances by Mir Shakilur Rehman of Jang Group that the demands of the journalists had been accepted and a formal announcement in this respect would be made on Saturday. According to a KUJ press release, Mir Shakil while visiting […]
KARACHI: In a landmark judgement, Mr. justice Sabihuddin Ahmed of the Sindh High Court has said that Pakistani press functions under no law. The judgement was delivered on February 1,1999 in an appeal filed by Yunus Riaz, publisher of daily Anjam’, against two orders of Deputy Commissioner, Karachi South prohibiting him from publishing the daily […]
LAHORE: Journalist community of the provincial metropolis, through a resolution adopted unanimously at the Lahore Press Club (LPG), on Friday demanded of the government to allow the duty-free import of paper and other inputs of the newspaper industry. The resolution was moved at the hunger strikers, camp at the LPC in connection with the Freedom […]
KARACHI: The writ jurisdiction of Sindh High Court was on Friday invoked on the issue of the alleged illegal actions of Chairman Ehtesab Bureau Senator Saifur Rehman against the Jang Group and its proprietors. The petition of Haider lqbal Wahniwal, a constitutional lawyer, hinges on the main contention that under Section 1(2) of the Ehtesab […]
A settlement has come out of the ongoing talks between the government and the Jang Group of Newspapers after nearly two months of hostility. The government has released the newsprint, unfrozen the frozen bank accounts and removed the FIA personnel from the Group’s offices. The talks took place between Jang Chief Executive Mir Shakil ur […]
PESHAWAR, FEBRUARY 11: The Khyber Union of journalists called off its hunger strike on Thursday, but pledged to continue its struggle for the freedom of the press. The strike was observed for five days at the Peshawar Press Club. The KHUJ president, Shaukat Yusafzai, called upon the government to abolish the information ministry, unshackle the […]
KARACHI: Hamid Zubairi, 87, one of the founding members of the Karachi Union of journalists (KUJ) sat along with other journalists on hunger strike for a few hours on Thursday as the campaign calling for press freedom and attainment of the press workers’ rights entered its fourth day at the Karachi Press Club (KPC). Hamid […]
ISLAMABAD: Terming the on-going negotiations with the government as encouraging, a spokesman of the Jang Group – Pakistan’s largest group of newspapers – said on Tuesday that all controversial matters would be resolved amicably. In a statement issued on the outcome of the government-Jang Group negotiations, the spokesman said that the government had released the […]
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Tuesday adjourned proceedings sine die on the petitions filed by Jang Group of newspapers in its row with the government over alleged nonpayment of taxes and duties by the group in the import of newsprint. . Counsel for the group, Sharifuddin Pirzada, argued with the court that since […]
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