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Daily Archives: September 1, 2016

PPF Weekly Content Monitoring Report 22-28 August

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MQM workers attack media houses in Karachi Violent protesters of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) attacked two media houses – ARY News and Neo News – in Karachi, injuring three media workers. A Samaa TV DSNG van was also attacked, while a police van and a traffic police official’s motorcyle were reportedly set on fire. The […]


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Attack on ARY: MQM leaders, workers sent to jail

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KARACHI: The anti-terrorism courts’ (ATC) administrative judge sought on Wednesday the charge sheet against three leaders and around 40 activists of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) who have been held for allegedly attacking the offices of ARY News, while sending them to prison on judicial remand. The police presented MQM leaders MNA Kanwar Naveed Jameel, […]


Hamid Khan pens book on history of Pakistan’s judiciary

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KARACHI: The book, which portrays a lawyer’s account of how superior courts have functioned since the country’s existence, is not only informative but also revealing in many aspects, said former Supreme Court justice Wajihuddin Ahmed. He said this at the launch of advocate Hamid Khan’s book ‘A history of the judiciary in Pakistan’ at Karachi […]


Unification Committee explains failure to unite PFUJ

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ISLAMABAD: Having finally reached to the conclusion that the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) unification process instead of unifying the two factions, one led by Rana Azeem and the other by Afzal Butt, would only end up further widening the gap between the two, the now defunct PFUJ Unification Committee (UC) dissolved itself on […]


Pemra crackdown on Indian DTH, airing of excessive foreign content

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ISLAMABAD: With the Pakistani DTH (direct-to-home) service set to be introduced in the coming months, the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) announced on Wednesday that it would launch a crackdown on the illegal Indian DTH and airing of excessive foreign content by TV channels and cable operators. “Adequate time is being given to the […]


Media urged to discourage breaking news trend

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QUETTA: The adviser to the Balochistan chief minis­ter on information, Sardar Raza Baraich, said on Wed­nesday that TV channels must end the rating and breaking news trend since it had caused security threats to journalists. He was addressing a media workshop on security of journalists organised by Individualland. Mr Baraich said that a number of […]


Seven held for hunting endangered markhor

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QUETTA: Seven poachers, including two Levies officials, were arrested by officials of the forest and wildlife department for their involvement in illegally hunting markhor, an endangered species of wild goats, in the Suleiman mountain range. According to official sources, a team from the forest and wildlife department, along with members of the community, on Wednesday […]


Warning letter to Hamza Abbasi for ‘rumour-mongering’

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LAHORE: The Punjab government has issued a warning letter to actor Hamza Ali Abbasi for spreading rumours regarding missing children and creating a sense of insecurity in the general public through social media. Stating that the actor did not verify the information before posting on his Facebook on Aug 3, the Punjab Public Prosecution Department […]