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PPF organizes workshop on ‘Monitoring and Reporting Attacks on Journalists’

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ISLAMABAD: PPF organized a workshop on Monitoring and Reporting Attacks on Journalists to reduce the rate of impunity for crimes against journalists in the capital territory, Islamabad. Implementation of the “Protection of Journalists and Media Professionals Act, 2021” and the formation of commission required under the Act was stressed during the two-day workshop organized by […]


Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) hands over post-mortem report to Arshad Sharif’s family, mentions torture

LONDON/NAIROBI: A post-mortem report, handed over to the family of journalist Arshad Sharif and to the Kenyan authorities, mentions that there were torture signs on journalist Arshad Sharif’s body at the time of post-mortem in Pakistan, it has been reliably learnt. It can be confirmed that Arshad Sharif’s post-mortem report has now been handed over […]


Share of Nazim Jokhio’s children in blood money deposited with court nazir

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karachi: A sessions court in Malir was informed on Saturday that the share of slain Nazim Jokhio’s children in Diyat (blood money) has been deposited by PPP lawmaker Jam Awais and five other accused with its nazir (court treasurer). Additional District and Sessions Judge Faraz Ahmed Chandio resumed the hearing of the murder case as […]


Ammad Yousaf , TV director to be indicted on 22nd

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ISLAMABAD: A local court of Islamabad on Saturday distributed the copies of challan among Shahbaz Gill and Ammad Yousaf — Director News of private TV channel — and decided to indict them on Nov 22 in a case related to inciting mutiny among the armed forces. Additional District and Sessions Judge (ADSJ) Tahir Abbas Sipra […]


Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) committee summons officials over leak of Arshad Sharif’s autopsy pictures

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ISLAMABAD: At least a dozen officials of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) have been summoned by the inquiry committee formed to probe the leak of the autopsy pictures of slain journalist Arshad Sharif which were featured in a TV show on a private media outlet. The Pims management has also decided to approach […]


Minister accuses hosts of role in Arshad Sharif’s killing

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Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah on Friday accused the two brothers who hosted Arshad Sharif in Kenya of being in cahoots with Kenyan police over the journalist’s murder. Speaking on the Geo Pakistan show, the minister termed Mr Sharif’s murder a “target killing” and said that this was not a case of “mistaken identity”. He alleged […]


Kenyan police dismiss torture claims in Pakistani journalist murder

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Those handling the probe said they are not aware of claims Sharif was brutally tortured for hours before being shot dead. He was shot and killed on October 23, 2022 at a police roadblock in an incident that has sparked speculations and blame game. Kenyan authorities say the probe into the killing of Pakistani journalist […]


Government Committed To Provide Justice to Arshad’s Family: Senator Afnan

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ISLAMABAD, (APP – Urdu Point / Pakistan Point News – 12th Nov, 2022): Pakistan Muslim League-N, Senator Afnan ullah on Friday said that the government is making all-out efforts to provide justice to Arshad’s family who was killed by unknown outlaws in Kenyan territory. Talking to a private television channel, he said the two officers […]


Arshad Sharif case Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) become party, forms five-member committee

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Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has decided to become a party in the senior journalist Arshad Sharif’s assassination case and formed a committee, private news channel reported on Friday. After the leaking of graphic photos of Arshad Sharif’s body and post-mortem reports, the PFUJ has decided to become a party in the assassination case. […]


First batch of Pakistan Information Commission (PIC) Commissioners retired

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ISLAMABAD: First batch of Information Commissioners of Pakistan Information Commission had completed their tenure on Tuesday November 07, 2022. Pakistan Information Commission’s first Chief Information Commissioner Mohammad Azam and Information Commissioner Fawad Malik has retired from his post. He has served as Chief Information Commissioner for four years, earlier this he also worked as Federal […]


Kenya police authority assure complete probe into Arshad Sharif’s murder to find facts

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NAIROBI: The chairperson of Kenya’s Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) has said that Arshad Sharif’s murder at the hands of Kenya’s police is being fully investigated to establish the facts surrounding the shooting. In an interview with Geo, IPOA Chairperson Anne Makori said the independent body has started a “full and thorough investigation to establish […]


Shocking revelations of Arshad Sharif’s assassination come to light

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LAHORE (Dunya News) – New shocking revelations have come to light in the murder case of senior Pakistani journalist and anchor person Arshad Sharif, who was brutally martyred in Kenya. The revelations were made by senior journalist Kamran Shahid in his program “On the Front” on Dunya News. Unearthing shocking details of regarding the cold-blooded […]


Speakers at Centre for Peace and Development Initiatives (CPDI) Conference urge Baluchistan Government to establish Information Commission immediately

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Quetta: Speakers of the conference demanded Establishment of Balochistan Information Commission immediately by appointing the Chief Information Commissioner and Information Commissioners in line with the criterion mentioned in Section 18 of the Balochistan RTI Act 2021. Accessing government information remains a challenge in Balochistan due to flawed implementation of the Right to Information (RTI) Act […]


Suspension of broadcast licenses

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ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court declares that the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) chairman cannot be given the sole and unfettered powers to suspend broadcast licenses. A three-judge bench, headed by Justice Ijazul Ahsan and comprising Justice Munib Akhtar and Justice Sayyed Mazhar Ali Akbar Naqvi on Thursday heard the appeal against the Sindh High […]