August 12, 2004

CII plans to review Hudood laws

LAHORE – The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) plans to review the Hudood Ordinance of 1979, senior federal government officials told Daily Times on August 11. The CII holds its

Attack on newsman flayed

SIALKOT – A meeting of Sialkot-based journalists was, held in Sialkot on August 11 to condemn the murder attempt on a local journalist, Habib-ur-Rehman Sheikh. Saleem Ahmed Awan Sheikh, S.

Defamation law changes to be taken back

ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain said on August 11 that the proposed amendments to the Defamation Ordinance 2002 would be withdrawn. He told a delegation of the All

Case registered against former PTV MD

KARACHI – The Boat Basin Police registered a fraud case against former Managing Director of Pakistan Television Yusuf Baig Mirza on complain of his former wife Ayesha Sana. According to

PFUJ, Apnec to launch campaign from Aug 13

ISLAMABAD – The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) and the All Pakistan Newspaper Employees Confederation (APNEC) have announced that they would launch a countrywide protest campaign from August 13

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