Tag: Media

LONDON - British Prime Minister David Cameron began looking for a new media chief on Saturday to replace Andy Coulson after he quit over a tabloid phone-hacking row, in a test for the nine-month-old government.
"So far, our worst day in government," a senior Cameron aide told The Guardian newspaper after Coulson quit Friday, bowing to pressure over what he knew about hacking at the News of the World (NOTW) when he was its editor.
The dramatic development also renewed

MELBOURNE - World number one Caroline Wozniacki humbled media with a hilarious rebuke Friday after being told reporters thought she was "boring". Following her win over Slovakia's Dominika Cibulkova in the Australian Open third round, the 20-year-old did not ask for questions but decided she would do the media's job for them. "Yesterday (I was told) my press conferences were kind of boring, that I always gave the same answers," she said. "I find it quite funny because I always get the

LAHORE - Media Times, a media group, on Friday fired more than 200 employees from its two organisations; Urdu newspaper Daily Aaj Kal and its satellite TV channel Business Plus. The group had been facing extreme financial constrains; employees were not getting salaries; there was at least a four months lag.
Aaj Kal Editor Khalid Chaudhry was also shown the door, Pakistan Today has learnt. More than 150 employees of Aaj Kal and Business Plus were sacked from their Karachi office,

BEIJING - China's state media trumpeted President Hu Jintao's state visit to the United States as "a historic masterstroke" of "global significance" but ordinary Chinese seemed rather less enthusiastic.
The official Xinhua news agency gave the glowing praise after the elaborate welcome Hu received at the White House on Wednesday and his Oval Office talks with US President Barack Obama.
"History will remember this unusual day," the People's Daily, mouthpiece of the ruling

LAHORE - The Pakistan Cricket Board has issued a notice to the national team coach Waqar Younis for giving a media statement regarding the announcement of captain for the World Cup. The former pacer had expressed surprise over PCB's decision to withhold the name of the captain for the World Cup starting next month. A PCB official said that the board had taken notice of Waqar's statement regarding the captaincy issue.
"We have asked him to explain his comments on the captaincy

KARACHI - The government is preparing a code of conduct for the media as it believes in freedom of expression but that does not mean it could be misused, PPP Central Information Secretary Fauzia Wahab said on Wednesday.
Speaking at a press conference in the PPP Media Cell, she complained that baseless stories about President Asif Ali Zardari were still being carried by the media.
"Political opponents, after their failure in damaging the government and democracy through

LAHORE - Pakistan Today clinched the Khayaban-e-Amin Media Cup Cricket Tournament in style here on Monday. The team was in-form and literally obliterated every team in the event, especially the tournament favourites Nawa-i-Waqt in the semi-final.
No team in the entire tournament was able to put up even the semblance of a challenge against the talented Pakistan Today outfit. Buoyed by their comprehensive win against title-favourites Nawa-i-Waqt in the semi-final earlier in the

LAHORE - As many as eight matches in the first round of the Khayaban-e-Amin Media Cup Cricket Tournament were played on Saturday. The event resumed after a day of protest against the killing of journalist Baber Wali Khan in Karachi, who was shot dead on Thursday. On Saturday, Value TV, Jinnah, News Five, Dawn, Ausaf and Aaj registered wins.
Value TV first got walk over against Jang in the previous days match and later in the day beat APP by seven wickets. They achieved the score

KARACHI - Media personnel boycotted the Sindh Assembly (SA) session on Friday, refusing to report on the happenings inside the house, in protest against the murder of Wali Khan Babar.
Babar, a reporter associated with the Geo News, was gunned down in Liaquatabad on Thursday evening, in what is believed to be a targeted killing incident.
The journalists gathered at the staircase near the assembly's main entrance and staged a protest sit-in. They chanted slogans demanding the

LAHORE - A Pakistan Electric Power Company (PEPCO) spokesman seemed displeased with the various reports in the print and electronic media, which attempted to paint a gloomy power scenario, and termed these reports based on half truths, incorrect information and lack of understanding of the complexity of the power sector.
The spokesman said that media reports of electricity shortfall of over 4500 MW are speculative, misleading and devoid of facts. "Computation of electricity

LAHORE - Another six matches were played on day two of the Khayaban-e-Amin Media Cup Cricket Tournament on Thursday. ATV, CNBC, APP, Waqt News and ARY won their matches to move to the second round.
The second day of the tournament started with an exhibition match between Punjab Assembly XI and Sponsors XI. Parliamentarians made 73 runs Allah Rakha 33 and Imran 23 were the prominent batsmen. Khayaban-e-Amin, in reply could manage 68 runs. The Parliamentarians in their second

LAHORE - Pakistan Today launched its Khayaban-e-Amin Media Cup Cricket Tournament campaign with thumping nine-wicket win in the opening match of the event here on Wednesday.
Pakistan Today bowlers first restricted Khabrain to 26 for seven in five overs, and then reached the target in the third over for loss of just one wicket. Ibrahim, Shoaib, Yasir and Moneeb were notable performers.
In the other matches, Pakistan beat KTN by three runs, Duniya (77) defeated Samaa (53) by

LAHORE - As many as six matches will be played on the opening day of the Khaban-e-Amin Media cricket Cup on the opening day here at the Khaban-e-Amin ground on Wednesday (today). A total number of 32 teams from electronic and print media organisation are participating in the tournament to be played on knock-out basis. Each team will bowl five overs in an innings. The PCB-qualified umpires will supervise the matches.
The schedule for the first day is as follows.
Pakistan

LAHORE - The Khayaban-i-Aman Media Cup Cricket Tournament will roll into action from Wednesday.
Addressing a press conference here on Monday, Punjab Union of Journalists secretary Rana Azeem, organizing committee president Ehtishamul Haq and secretary Aqeel Ahmed informed that 32 teams of print and electronic media have been divided into four groups and the tournament will be played on knock out basis while some of the matches will be played under lights. Rana informed that an

KAMPALA - A Ugandan judge ruled on Monday in favour of a petition to stop media companies from outing homosexuals, a lawyer told AFP. The judge ruled that publishing the identities of people perceived to be homosexual violated Uganda's constitutional right to privacy, said John Francis Onyango, who represented three gay rights campaigners.
"The judge granted a permanent injunction against (the anti-gay tabloid) Rolling Stone from publishing these names," Onyango said. "But the

LAHORE: Hearing of a petition challenging the pardon granted by President Asif Ali Zardari to Interior Minister Rehman Malik was adjourned to December 24 by a full bench of Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday. Earlier, Deputy Attorney General Naveed Inayat Malik had requested adjournment on behalf of the federation, citing Rehman's pending adjudication in Supreme Court as an excuse.
Barrister Farooq Hassan, representing the petitioner, opposed the request saying the government was

KARACHI - While Sindh Home Minister Dr Zulfiqar Mirza roared at a press conference on Saturday that he stood by his statement of target killers' association with political parties, including the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), Senior Education and Literacy Minister Pir Mazharul Haq accused the media of creating a rift between coalition partners.
Addressing a press conference at the PPP Media Cell, Haq claimed that there was no serious difference between the PPP and the MQM. In