Articles by Pakistan Press Foundation
Another victim of bomb blast at newspaper office in Karachi dies
(PPF/IFEX) – The following is a 12 November 2000 PPF news flash: Karachi: Another victim of the bomb explosion in the offices of the Nawa-i-Waqt group on November 6 died in a hospital in Karachi on Saturday, November 11. Sajid Mehmood, a computer operator in the advertisement department, was critically wounded in the blast, with […]
Bomb explodes in newspaper’s office
(PPF/IFEX) – The following is a PPF news flash: Bomb blast in Pakistan newspaper office Karachi, Nov. 6: Three people have been killed and at least three others were wounded by a bomb blast inside the offices of the Nawa-e-Waqt group, which publishes the Urdu-language daily Nawa-i-Waqt, the daily Nation and a number of other […]
Weekly banned
ISLAMABAD – The district magistrate of Skardu, in the northern area of Pakistan, has revoked the declaration and publication licence of the weekly paper “K-2” for “promoting anti-Pakistan feelings and advocating curtailment of territories within the boundaries of the state.” The newspaper was printed in Rawalpindi. The newspaper’s declaration has been revoked by the district […]
Newspaper’s offices raided
(PPF/IFEX) – The following is a PPF news flash: KARACHI: An army monitoring team consisting of six fully armed army personnel, three engineers of the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation (KESC) and a representative of the Electrical Inspector, government of Sindh, arrived Wednesday, without prior notice, at the headquarters of the Pakistan Herald Publications, publishers of […]
Draft of Freedom of Information Act released for comments
(PPF/IFEX) – The following is the draft text of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, released fro comments by Pakistan’s federal minister of information and media development. Comments should be received no later than 28 September 2000: DRAFT OF FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ORDINANCE – 2000 AN ORDINANCE to provide for transparency and freedom of information. […]
Newspaper’s licence cancelled
(PPF/IFEX) – On Sunday 6 August 2000, the declaration, or publishing licence, of the “Daily Inquilab” was cancelled by the district magistrate of the city of Quetta, in the Balochistan province of Pakistan. According to press reports, the reason given for the cancellation of the declaration was the paper’s alleged 4 June publication of “false […]
Family appeals for journalist’s release
(PPF/IFEX) – The following is a 24 June 2000 PPF press release: Family appeals for journalist’s release Peshawar: The family of Saeed Zaman Afridi, a correspondent of The News, has appealed to the military authorities to release him on humanitarian grounds. According to press reports, Mr. Afridi was arrested last week in Khyber Agency, after […]
Cable TV networks go to court over closure
(PPF/IFEX) – The following is a 24 June 2000 PPF press release: Cable networks go to court over closure Peshawar: The confusion over the closure of cable networks continued as eight cable networks filed a legal petition in the Peshawar High Court to overturn the sudden closure of the networks last week. The authorities had […]