* RSF calls for repealing ordinances on print and broadcast media * Govt rejects RSF report terming it unrealistic and unreasonable PESHAWAR/ISLAMABAD: International media rights group Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF)
Despite President Pervez Musharraf’s reassuring statements, Pakistan’s media are not free to provide proper coverage of the legislative elections scheduled for 18 February because of a climate of censorship that
ISLAMABAD: Journalists continued protest against the media curbs on the 66th consecutive day on Wednesday. The protest started on November 3, when a state of emergency was imposed in the
MINGORA, Jan 9: Security forces on Wednesday pounded with artillery positions occupied by militants in the upper reaches of the Swat valley and claimed to have arrested 18 suspected militants.
DADU, Jan 9: Journalists took out a procession here on Wednesday to protest the registration of cases against eight newsmen. The cases were registered for the journalists’ alleged involvement in
PESHAWAR, Jan 9: Owners of various video centres in the city on Wednesday received threatening letters, asking them to close their businesses. The owner of a video centre in the
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