Tag: Press

SAFMA to hold press seminar today

South Asian Free Media Association (SAFMA) is organising a seminar at the South Asian Media Center to mark the ‘freedom of press day’ on...

Mourinho refuses to talk to press

MADRID - Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho turned up at a press conference Friday on the eve of his side's league clash against arch-rivals Barcelona but refused to speak, leaving it up to assistant coach Aitor Karanka to field reporters' questions.
"Jose Mourinho will not answer any question," a club spokesman said at the start of the news conference, causing many journalists to abandon Real's press centre in protest.

Gulf states press Saleh to quit

SANAA - Gulf states heaped pressure on Yemen's embattled President Ali Abdullah Saleh on Thursday, announcing they expect him to quit after more than two months of bloody protests.
Members of the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council "hope to reach a deal with the Yemeni president to step down," said Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem al-Thani. Saleh had on Wednesday welcomed Gulf mediation, according to a statement on Saba state news agency, which said he "affirmed the

Sri Lankan press slams selectors for defeat

COLOMBO - Sri Lanka's defeated cricket team returned home Sunday to calls from state-run media demanding a probe into blunders right from the start. "Who picked the final XI of the Sri Lanka team for the World Cup final against India?" the Sunday Observer asked.
It questioned the dropping of spinner Ajantha Mendis in favour of Suraj Randiv who failed to impress after only joining the squad as an injury replacement on Friday.
The Observer also questioned the wisdom of playing

Jordan protesters vow to press on despite attack

AMMAN - Jordanian students on Friday vowed to press on with their pro-reform sit-in protest, undeterred by stone attacks blamed on government supporters, as thousands expressed allegiance to King Abdullah II.
"They are trying to push us to leave," Saddam Basrawi, a 21-year-old university student, told AFP."Last night, they attacked us with stones, but we will endure and we will not budge no matter what happens."Around 500 youths from different movements, including the powerful

Women’s Day – Vigil held at Lahore Press Club to mark...

LAHORE - A vigil was held outside the Lahore Press Club (LPC) on Monday to mark the Women's Day. Kashf Foundation staff and clients from low income groups gathered outside the LPC to express solidarity with women all around the world. Talking to journalists outside the LPC, Kashf Foundation Internal Audit Head Ghulam Haider Chaudhry said that Pakistan could have economic development by investing in women entrepreneurship.
A real socio-economic change is possible only if families

Gaddafi’s son welcomes foreign press

TRIPOLI - The son of Libyan leader Moamer Gaddafi said on Thursday foreign journalists were welcome to enter the country, a day after a senior official said those who entered without permission would be considered outlaws. "We say to the world that we have opened the country to journalists from all over the world," Seif al-Islam said in remarks on his Allibiya television channel reported by state news agency Jana.
He said journalists and diplomats were welcome to verify for

Federal govt teachers stage sit-in to press their demands

ISLAMABAD - Extending their protest from the schools premises to roads, hundreds of teachers affiliated with Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) on Monday staged a sit-in at the D Chowk near the Parliament House, demanding regularisation and revision of their service structure.
Carrying placards in their hands, more than 3,000 teachers marched from the Press Club to the culmination point as they expressed their anger against the government for not fulfilling their demands.

British press despondent over Murray failure

LONDON - The British press Monday doubted whether their number one tennis hope Andy Murray would ever win a major title after the Scot lost the Australian Open final against Serbia's Novak Djokovic.
The nation was hopeful going into Sunday's final that Murray could become the first British man to win a grand-slam title in 75 years but the 23-year-old was blown away in straight sets by the in-form Djokovic. "When he needed to keep his nerve on the biggest stage of all, he was once

Namoos-e-Risalat seminar held at Lahore Press Club

LAHORE - Mashaikh-e-Ahlesunnat Pakistan hosted a Tahafuz-e-Namoos-i-Risalat seminar at the Lahore Press Club on Saturday. Jamia Naeemia Principal Dr Raghib Naeemi, Prof Ashraf Asif Jalali, Sardar Mohmmad Khan Laghari, Syed Shahid Gardaizi among others spoke on the occasion.
The speakers believed that conspiracies were being made for the blasphemy laws' repeal but the 'slaves' of the Prophet (PBUH) will fight back conspiracies. "Namoos-e-Risalat is not a political issue; it is the

WALI KHAN BABAR’S ASSASINATION – Press Club sombre but defiant: journalists...

KARACHI - The Karachi Press Club (KPC) presented a sombre but defiant picture on Friday, as the targeted assassination of 28-year-old journalist Wali Khan Babar reverberated among his friends and colleagues.
The KPC may be split along ideological lines, but all differences were cast aside as journalists from both the print and electronic media recalled the insecurity and uncertainty braved by media personnel in the execution of their jobs.
It was all too familiar for many

WikiLeaks’ Assange says he’s innocent, he’ll press on

LONDON: WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange, freed on bail on Thursday after nine days in a London jail over alleged sexual offences, said he wanted to press on with his work releasing US cables and that he was innocent.
"I hope to continue my work and continue to protest my innocence in this matter and to reveal as we get it, which we have not yet, the evidence from these allegations," he said in a brief statement on the steps of the High Court in London.

Mirpurkhas Press Club president shot dead

MIRPURKHAS: Mirpurkhas Press Club president Sultan Mehmood Chandio was shot dead outside his house in Al-Imran Town on Sunday. He was 40.
Police said Chandio was rushed to Civil Hospital Mirpurkhas, where he died of his injuries. Journalists from Mirpurkhas, including members of the National Press Club and Mirpurkhas Press Club reached the hospital and protested against Chandio's assassination.
President Asif Ali Zardari expressed great sorrow over the incident and directed

Anne advised Zardari not to press for UN probe into BB...

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari told US diplomats in May 2008 that the fall of Benazir Bhutto's second government was financed by Osama bin Laden.
He also claimed she and her father Zulfikar Ali Bhutto were assassinated by religious extremists. Zardari, who was then only co-chairman of the PPP, leveled these charges while talking to US Representatives Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Allyson Schwartz (D-PA) on May 26, 2008.
The memo was sent by former US ambassador Anne

US urges China to press North Korea to return to nuclear...

HANOI: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Saturday urged Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi to use his government's clout to get North Korea to return to nuclear disarmament talks.
During discussions on the sidelines of the East Asia Summit in Hanoi, Clinton also urged Yang to have China pressure North Korea to smooth the way for the Group of 20 summit in South Korea and improve ties with Seoul, a senior US State Department official told reporters.
"We conveyed today

Exporters press home the advantage on devaluation

KARACHI
Pakistan exporters have recorded a 16 percent jump in earnings from exports Rs 23 billion in terms of Pakistani currency exports exhibited 21 percent growth, showing five percent impact of the devaluation. These figures reflect an improvement in income of Rs 23 billion.
Details obtained by Pakistan Today showed that in the first quarter of this fiscal year, exports rose to 5.18 billion dollars compared to 4.43 billion dollars in the same period last year.
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