May 27, 2004

TV for live coverage of NA proceedings

ISLAMABAD – National Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Amir Hussain on May 26 said a separate television channel would be set up for live coverage of proceedings of the Assembly. He said

13 companies to easbalish TV channles

KARACHI – Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Shaikh Rasheed Ahmed has said that the coming three to six months period would be a highly revolutionary one for media in

Rights abuses on the rise in Pakistan: AI

AMNESTY International has expressed concern at, what it said, increasing human rights abuses in Pakistan. This was stated in Amnesty’s 2003 report released on May 26. In Pakistan, the report

Mediamen injured in bomb blast

KARACHI – A police guard was killed and at least 33 people, including police personnel and media men, were wounded when two car bombs exploded in succession near the Pak-American

Five local newspapers banned

KARACHI – The Sindh government has banned five Karachi newspapers for 30 days for allegedly publishing obscene photographs and vulgar stories. The newspapers banned are the daily Morning Special, the

Rashid announces Rs2.5m grant for MCD, KU

KARACHI – National conference on Urdu journalism has urged the government to free press from all sorts of restrictions so that it could function independently as the fourth pillar of

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