July 19, 2005

Film producers’ registration law opposed

LAHORE, July 19 2005: The All Pakistan Film Directors Association has termed movie producers’ registration law as a ‘black law’ and demanded its immediate abrogation. Founder Chairman of the Film

IFJ demands job security for Pakistani journalists

KARACHI, July 19 2005: A regional conference of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) held recently in Taiwan has demanded job security for journalists working in Asia, saying it believes

Editors, hawkers arrested

On July 16, police in the city of Karachi arrested the chief editor, and reporter of a fundamentalist Urdu language weekly “Zarb-i-Islam” and six newspaper vendors for spreading “hate literature”.

Pemra awards FM radio licence to BZU

ISLAMABAD, July 19 2005: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has awarded FM Radio Broadcasting Licence to Bahauddin Zakria University (BZU) Multan. The Pemra Chairman, Iftikhar Rashid, while awarding

SunTV to carry STAR channels

KARACHI, July 19 2005: Dubai Marine Establishment (Pvt) Limited (DME), the exclusive distributor of STAR channels in Pakistan, and Southern Networks Limited (SunTV) announced on Monday that they have reached

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