LAHORE (Dunya News) – Punjab Chief Minister Parvez Elahi on Saturday approved the grant of 700 kanal for the construction of the Phase II of the journalists housing society. A piece of land would be granted by the Ravi Urban Development Authority (Ruda). The members of the Lahore Press Club (LPC) would be granted five-marla […]
LAHORE: Lahore Press Club President Azam Chaudhry and Secretary General Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) Rana Azeem met with Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi at the CM’s office here on Saturday. The CM announced a mega gift for the journalists and accorded approval to allot land for the Journalists Colony Phase-II in Lahore. He […]
It would not have been possible with Imran Khan, or his information minister. Media freedom was an anathema to the entire PTI lot; they tried to crush all opposing voices as happens in an authoritarian regime. And so the Islamabad Journalist Safety Forum held on Dec 6, 2022 in Islamabad did not miss Imran Khan […]
December 10 is observed as International Human Rights Day in most countries of the world. Human rights organizations and human rights defenders work tirelessly through the year to highlight the way states treat their citizens in terms of their fundamental freedoms. Pakistan is a country where human rights have never been on the priority list […]
An additional district and sessions court on Saturday indicted Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) MPA Jam Awais and eight other suspects in the Nazim Jokhio murder case. PPP MPA Jam Awais, who, along with his servants, is facing charges of murdering Nazim Jokhio. As per details, the additional District and Sessions Judge-I (Malir) Faraz Ahmed Chandio […]
Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Parvez Elahi has expressed his deep sense of sorrow and grief over the death of a senior journalist and Life Member of Lahore Press Club GR Awan. In his condolence message, the CM expressed his heartfelt sympathy and condolence with the bereaved family. He prayed that may Allah Almighty rest the […]
HARIPUR: Speakers at an awareness session here the other day stressed the need for formulating rules for social media to control spread of fake news and disinformation. They said that disinformation was fabricated and shared online or by other means to harm others and manipulate facts. They said that both misinformation and disinformation made it […]
The Arshad Sharif case is becoming murkier by the day as investigators have hinted at the transnational roles of characters in Dubai, Kenya, and Pakistan. As more discrepancies in the statements of the Kenyan police are coming to the fore, the Supreme Court has asked the government to form a special joint investigation team. The […]
The Sindh High Court has issued a written order on the second petition against the release of Saim Sadiq’s film ‘Joyland’. According to a two-member bench headed by Chief Justice Sindh High Court Justice Ahmad Ali Sheikh, the petitioner claimed that the film promoted homosexuality. PM Shehbaz, N-leadership say IK’s propaganda exposed after Daily Mail […]
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan’s famous televangelist and journalist Aftab Iqbal’s show has been taken off the air days after performers mimicked a top official of a state institution. Without specifying an exact reason for the ban, Aftab Iqbal — a known critic of the Sharif-led government — took to Twitter on Friday to announce that his […]
ISLAMABAD: Despite the directions of Sindh Information Commission (SIC), the Sindh Police is reluctant to make release information regarding police encounters in Sindh. On September 06 last, Citizen Syed Raza Ali filed an information request to the Inspector General of Sindh Police requesting information regarding police encounters that had taken place in Sindh since January […]
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court asked the Special Joint Investigation Team (SJIT) to file the first interim report of the investigation, conducted by them, in the Court within first week of January 2023. The five-member SJIT comprised Awais Ahmed DIG Police Headquarters, Islamabad, Muhammad Aslam from Inter-Services Intelligence, Murtaza Afzal from Military Intelligence, WaqarudDin Syed from […]
After the release of Saim Sadiq directorial debut Joyland, another petition has been filed against the movie for promoting homosexuality. The petitioner Samira Mohammadi filed a case against Pakistan’s this year’s Oscar nomination. Her application stated that The film Joyland is made to promote homosexuality which Islam prohibits. It also said that Article 19-A of […]
Local news fixers and freelance journalists are finding it difficult to work with the international journalists in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Many local new fixers have faced to threats, violence and intimidation while working with international journalists since 2008. Sohail Khan, a freelancer from Swat, told TNN that Taliban detained him while he was fixing with […]
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