HYDERABAD, Nov 5: Journalists on Monday condemned imposition of emergency in the country, raids on the offices of TV channels and curbs on electronic and print media. The governing body meeting of the Hyderabad press club chaired by the press club president, Khalid Khokhar, stressed that with the imposition of emergency, Pakistani nation had been pushed back into the Stone Age.

The meeting termed restrictions on print and electronic media as a black law, which the journalists never accept. Journalists vowed to fully participate in any movement launched by the journalist community and decided to convene another general body meeting of the club on Nov 6 to chalk out future course of action.

The meeting appealed to all the press clubs of the interior of Sindh to hold general body meetings and stage demonstrations against new restrictions on the print and electronic media.

The meeting expressed its resolve to spare no sacrifices for the restoration of fundamental rights of people and independence of print and electronic media. A black flag was also hoisted on the building of the press club.

LUMHS: The Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences announced on Monday that the “Day One” ceremony for the students of first year MBBS/BDS for 2007-08 session would be held on Nov 12 at 9:30am at Latif Hall Jamshoro.