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Daily Archives: June 16, 2007

Cop kills alleged blasphemer in lock-up, injures another

GUJRAT/LALAMUSA: A police killed an alleged blasphemer and injured another in the Kharian Cantonment police limits on Friday. Gujrat B-Division police booked four people under Section 295-C of the PPC, including the author and composers of two books, which allegedly contained derogatory remarks about Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) and other prophets. Police […]


Pemra Ordinance: LHC seeks comments from chairman

LAHORE: A full bench of the Lahore High Court on Friday, hearing two petitions challenging the Pemra (Amended) Ordinance 2007, again issued a notice to the Pemra chairman to file para-wise comments within a week. The court also issued instructions to the chairman to provide the copies of his comments to the petitioners. During the […]


Father not allowed to speak against Khyber journalist

PESHAWAR: Peshawar Press Club management on Friday barred a tribal journalist’s father from addressing a press conference against his son Nasarullah Afridi. The press club management suspected the father of acting on the directives of Khyber Agency-based religious group Lashkar-e-Islami and refused to host an event against the journalist. Nasarullah Afridi, a correspondent for a […]


‘Global Action Day’ for Pakistani press freedom: Govt urged to probe violence against journalists

PESHAWAR: In over 100 countries of the world, journalists marked Friday as ‘Global Action Day’ to express solidarity with their Pakistani counterparts, pressing the government in Islamabad to “safeguard press freedom” and to conduct inquiries into violence against journalists. The International Federation of Journalists – with over 500,000 members across the world – and the […]