LAHORE: World Wide Fund for Nature-Pakistan (WWF-Pakistan) has condemned hunting of 2,100 Houbara Bustard in Chagai, Balochistan. Divisional Forest Officer of Balochistan Forest and Wildlife Department, Chagai in Dalbandin highlighted hunting of 2,100 Houbara Bustards. The hunt continued for 21 days with approximately 100 birds hunted each day. In a statement issued on Tuesday, WWF-Pakistan […]
Journalists in Pakistan live under the constant threat of killings, harassment and other violence from all sides, including intelligence services, political parties and armed groups like the Taliban, Amnesty International said in a new report today. ‘A bullet has been chosen for you’: Attacks on journalists in Pakistan, describes how the Pakistani authorities have almost […]
In an evolving democracy such as Pakistan, where the option for defining the boundaries of the freedom of expression is still open, rivalry between its prime intelligence agency and its prime media group comes as no surprise to anyone. There was already an atmosphere of antagonism and mistrust existing in the ISI against Mir. Even […]
The judicial commission comprising three Supreme Court judges set up by the government to probe the attack on Hamid Mir has started its work. Meanwhile, the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) comprising representatives from the ISI, the MI, the IB and other related intelligence agencies has also launched efforts to uncover the hand behind the attack. […]
KARACHI: Tabinda Chinoy is an artist with established credentials. It would be an understatement to say that she knows how to make colours and lines speak like sentient beings. So whenever she comes up with something new, it creates curiosity among art lovers to see what boundaries the artist has now pushed. Chinoy’s latest series […]
KARACHI: The launch of the media commission’s report at a local hotel here on Tuesday assumed considerable significance particularly due to the current debate over the stand-off between a media group and the intelligence services and an intense competition among various media groups to outdo each other in the ratings war. The report was introduced […]
ISLAMABAD: H.E Mr. Sun Viendong, Chinese Ambassador called on Minister of State for IT Mrs. Anusha Rahman at her office. The Chinese Ambassador congratulated the Minister on the successful next generation (3G/4G) spectrum auction which was conducted in an efficient and transparent manner. While talking to the Chinese Ambassador the Minister shared that she had […]
LAHORE: Protesting journalists outside the Lahore Press Club on Tuesday demanded the federal government introduce a journalist protection bill in the Parliament to provide them security. The participants observed a symbolic hunger strike camp outside the LPC against the murder attempt on senior anchorperson Hamid Mir and possible action against Geo News channel. They demanded […]
ISLAMABAD: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rahman Tuesday said an environment of imbalance had been created in the wake of attack on Geo News anchor Hamid Mir, tensing the army, the media, the political parties and the nation at large. In a statement issued by the party spokesperson Jan Achakzai, Fazl said the fist […]
DUBAI: Some people, somewhere, at a level where decisions about the country and the nation are taken, must step out of the arena and sit down quietly and discuss recent and very disturbing issues dispassionately. Away from the din, they must figure out where things are heading, and if in a wrong direction, why. Who […]
ISLAMABAD: A National Assembly committee gets a detailed briefing next Wednesday on investigations into all attacks and killing of media persons over the past three years. The one-point agenda of the sub-committee of the Standing Committee on Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage is: detailed briefing on the investigation of all attacks/martyred/killing on media persons since […]
RAWALPINDI: Lieutenant General (Retd) Hameed Gul, former chief of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), has said that state institutions and media should not cross their limits. Talking to media persons here on Tuesday, he said reforms were need of the hour and every institution should work within its domain. Talking about attack on Hamid Mir, he said, […]
“We will not surrender. We will win this battle too. We are ready to hear your verdict. Do what your masters must have told you to do,” said one of the four journalists before a Military Court officer sentenced them to nine months imprisonment and 10 lashes each on May 13, 1978. These brave journalists […]
LAHORE: Federal Railways Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique has categorically stated that freedom of expression and differences of opinion do not amount to treason. Talking to the media after the 21st passing-out parade here at the Pakistan Railways Academy, Walton, on Tuesday, he said the one who abrogates the Constitution and those who take oath under […]
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