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Daily Archives: April 20, 2016

Police agrees to re-investigate the murder of journalist Shan Dahar

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Sindh police has reopened investigations into the murder of Shan Dahar, bureau chief of Aab Takk television channel in Larkana. Dahar was murdered on 1 January, 2014, in town of Badah in Larkana. Riaz Khushk, brother-in-law of Dahar had on January 1, 2014 registered a criminal complaint (First Information Report or FIR) of his murder. […]


Govt has a change of heart on Panama probe?

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ISLAMABAD – Amid growing consensus among opposition parties to have probe into Panama Papers revelations through a commission directly supervised by Chief Justice of Pakistan, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, in consultation with close political aides and heads of allies, may step back from his announced plan of getting the examination of the whole matter by […]


How far can journalists go?

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As you read this article today, a renowned Australian current affairs journalist is counting days in a Beirut jail, waiting desperately, and optimistically, for the local authorities to give their final verdict in her case. Tara Brown, who works for one of Australia’s biggest television networks channel Nine was arrested along with her crew and […]


Ruling elite, generals, judges, media figures held accountable worldwide

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LAHORE: While ruling elite, Army generals, court judges and media personalities continue to be treated as sacred cows in countries like Pakistan, their counterparts all over the world have been held culpable for committing a wide range of crimes, research shows. Here follow a few precedents where long arm of law had clutched court judges: […]


Dolphin rescued from canal released into River Indus

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SUKKUR: A stranded dolphin calf was rescued on Tuesday by a joint team of the World Wide Fund for Nature-Pakistan (WWF-P) and Sindh wildlife department along with local fishermen at Naulakhi minor irrigation canal in Naushero Feroze district. Weighing around 6kg, the female calf was about 76 centimetres long. From the canal to the spot […]


Guide for journalists launched

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PESHAWAR: Democracy Reporting International (DRI), Pakistan chapter, on Tuesday launched a media guide for working journalists, particularly those working in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Fata, to help them highlight violations of human rights in accordance with the international treaties and conventions. The media guide was unveiled at a news conference at the Peshawar Press Club. On […]