August 21, 2004

Bill to amend cross media laws

ISLAMABAD – Information and Broadcasting Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on August 20 said that the government will soon present a draft bill in the National Assembly to amend cross media

APNS rejects ads linkage with Wage Award

KARACHI – The APNS has strongly rejected the linkage of government advertisements with the implementation of Wage Board Award, stated a press spokesman of the Society. The Executive Committee of

Probe ordered into journalists’ manhandling

MIRPURKHAS – Two parallel enquiries have been ordered against Rangers officials, who confined two journalists and damaged their cameras, and films near Mithi on the occasion of Tharparkar’s by-election. Two

Rubab Raza ends fifth, but creates history

ATHENS Greece – Pakistan’s teenage swimmer Rubab Raza made history here at the Aquatic Centre even as she barely managed to finish fifth in her qualifying heat on August 20.

New defamation law

Despite protests from the opposition, the media and the legal profession, the ruling party has pushed through the National Assembly a defamation law that serves to curb freedom of the

Quick Links