KARACHI: The people of Pakistan and Bangladesh have had their melancholies before and after the emergence of the latter on the world map, but it is time to usher into an era of social and economic development – based on bilateralism – by forgetting what we have gone through. This is what speakers reckoned on […]
In an open letter, Reporters Without Borders calls on the president Pervez Musharraf to ensure that the full facts are uncovered about the killing of Daniel Pearl. His Honourable Pervez Musharraf President of the Republic Islamabad – Pakistan Paris, July 15, 2004 Dear Mr. President, It is two years to the day since Ahmad Omar […]
LAHORE – South Asia continues to be one of the most dangerous regions in the world for journalists where they are threatened by attacks from gangsters, religious fundamentalists and terrorists and intimidated and harassed by police and security agents. This is the overview of the second annual press freedom report of the International Federation of […]
Date: March 4, 2004 Location: Karachi As a part of struggle for genuine democracy in society, at large and in media institutions in particular, UNESCO’s theme for year 2004, calls for equality of women in media as in all other spheres. Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) organized a seminar, “Media are not truly free unless women […]
Karachi – Protesters demonstrating against a private TV channel attacked the Karachi Press Club(KPC) on the night of February 29 night, wounding seriously a watchman and damaging property of the press club. According press reports hundreds of protesters gathered outside the KPC chanting slogans against a programme aired by private TV channel “Geo”, which reportedly […]
Protesters demonstrating against a private television station attacked the Karachi Press Club (KPC)on February 29, 2004, seriously wounding a guard and damaging the club’s property. According to media reports, hundreds of protesters gathered outside the KPC’s premises and chanted slogans against a programme aired by Geo television station, which had reportedly offended the Shiite Muslim […]
ISLAMABAD- Arif Nizami, the Editor of daily The Nation said that media in Pakistan is, and had always been, exposed to a number of curbs and pressures from not only the government but from the society as well. Mr Nizami was speaking at a seminar on ‘Conflict Reporting’ organised by the British High Commission at […]
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