May 11, 2004

Journalists’ endowment fund okayed

PESHAWAR — The NWFP finance department on May 10 sanctioned the establishment of an endowment fund amounting to Rs5 million for he welfare of journalists. According to a handout, NWFP

Clampdown on media

Editorial… IT is ironic that just a week after World Freedom Day was celebrated with pomp and ceremony, and government personalities sermonized on their commitment to this fundamental of democracy,

GST likely to be imposed on IT industry

KARACHI – Pakistan’s IT industry – still allauded to be in its infancy stage – is liable to face an imposition of 15 per cent General Sales Tax (GST) in

CNN producer under house arrest

LAHORE – CNN regional producer Syed Mohsin Naqvi was detained at his residence here on May 10 evening. The police personnel managed their entry into the house of Syed Mohsin

CPJ protests journalist’s detention

In a May 10, 2004, letter to the president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, CPJ expressed concern about the prolonged detention of Newsweek stringer Sami Yousafzai and called on the government to

Woman’s body exhumed from her house

KARACHI – The body of a woman, who was killed by her husband’s elder brother on suspicion of illicit relationship, was exhumed on May 10. The 17-year-old victim, Hafia, was

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