March 22, 2011

Pakistan: Journalist abducted for four hours

Muhammad Rafique Balouch, reporter of Urdu language daily “Ummat” and Vice President, Karachi Union of Journalists (KUJ), was abducted by four unidentified people in plain clothes on March 21, 2011

Veteran actor backs screening of Indian movies

By Peerzada Salman KARACH: Mustafa Qureshi has supported the screening of Indian movies in Pakistan, arguing that that was the small income the otherwise moribund cinema industry needed for its

Pemra Balochistan chief seeks suo motu SC action

Ahmad Noorani ISLAMABAD: Pemra Regional General Manager Balochistan Gul Muhammad Kakar has moved an application in the Supreme Court of Pakistan requesting Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry to take suo

Employees condemn move against Geo, Jang Group

Khalid Iqbal RAWALPINDI: The employees of Daily Jang and The News staged a protest rally here on Monday to condemn move against the Geo network and stoppage of advertisements to

Pemra caught red handed: now what?

It is rare that top executives in Pakistan blow the whistle while they are in government service but the Regional General Manager of Pemra in Balochistan has dared to take

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