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March 19, 2013

Journalists vow not to give in to threats

LAHORE: Journalist bodies, trade unions and civil society organisations on Monday took out a procession against “threats to the press club and some individual journalists” by outlawed Lashker-i-Jhangvi. Carrying placards, they condemned life threats to senior photographer Azhar Jafri and his family as well as to the Lahore Press Club (LPC). The pointed that alleged Harbanspura unit of LJ had

Life threats force media men to go into hiding

PESHAWAR – Peshawar based Afghan journalist Pir Rahamdil Shah disappeared in the wake of frequent threats to anonymous telephonic calls and letters from unknown persons. A son of Pir Rahamdil Shah told journalists that his father became target of militants when he had assisted a journalist from Jalalabad a couple of years back. After getting the first threat, the family

Safety, first-aid training in PPF

Karachi: Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) started a ‘Safety and first-aid’ training course for its staff members here on Tuesday evening. The training course was aimed to enable the trainees to give first-aid to an injured in case of emergency. The proper use of the first-aid kit was also included in the training course, moderated by Dur-e-Shahwar, FOE Coordinator of PPF.