ISLAMABAD— the violent death of journalist Arshad Sharif in Kenya has shocked the media community, as condolences and condemnations poured in after his wife confirmed the news early Monday. Javeria Siddique, in a tweet, said she has lost a “friend, husband and my favourite journalist [Arshad Sharif] today, as per police he was shot in […]
Application seeks investigation into circumstances surrounding senior journalist’s sudden death in Kenya The Islamabad High Court (IHC) ordered the secretaries for interior and foreign ministries on Monday to immediately meet senior journalist and anchorperson Arshad Sharif’s family, slain in a gun attack in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi last night. An application seeking a probe […]
A minister urged the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) member states to “optimally utilise” opportunities offered by digital platforms and social media to help improve the image of Islam and Muslims. “The media’s role in this regard, while critical, would only be meaningful if it is given a common sense of direction,” said Marriyum Aurangzeb, […]
ISLAMABAD/NAIROBI: Senior journalist and former ARY News anchor Arshad Sharif embraced martyrdom after an accident in the outskirts of Kenya’s Nairobi city, ARY News reported on Monday. Police in Kenya have confirmed his death and have opened an investigation into the accident which likely involved a gun attack. A seasoned journalist, Arshad Sharif was one […]
LAHORE: Journalists and rights activists called for an urgent need to check organised trolling which was pointed out as an ugly activity on social media, gaining ground in the absence of effective laws to check the practice. There were two sessions on Onslaught on civil society in South Asia on the 2nd day of the […]
KARACHI: Sifting fact from fiction in the digital age, changing algorithms, start-up investments and hiring for growth within the start-up environment were some of the things on the minds of experts during the two-day innovation conference titled ‘+92Disrupt’ organised by Katalyst Labs, which concluded at a local hotel here on Sunday. Using the right words […]
LAHORE: Award-winning journalist and columnist Hamid Mir said on Sunday the media in Pakistan continued to face oppression in one form or another. “The government has changed but the situation (state of media) remains the same,” he emphatically said at a session — Media under Siege in India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan — on the […]
To reduce the rate of impunity for crimes against journalists in the province, Punjab should enact a journalist protection act as soon as possible, similar to that in Sindh, journalists from different press clubs of Punjab stressed during two-day workshop on Monitoring and Reporting attacks on Journalists organized by the Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) in […]
ISLAMABAD—The Baluchistan Union of Journalists (BUJ) has strongly condemned the remarks against senior journalist and analyst Saleem Safi and anchor Gharidah Farooqi. The condemnation came from the President of the BUJ, Irfan Saeed, General Secretary Manzoor Ahmad, and members at a meeting with the officials of the Rawalpindi-Islamabad Union of Journalists (RIUJ) and the National […]
Journalist Rana Abrar says the PTI intimidated, threatened and got him fired from his job for investigating the Toshakhana case. PTI Got Me Fired for Investigating Imran Khan’s Toshakhana, Says Journalist Rana Abrar Journalist Rana Abrar, who lit the fuse of the Toshakhana case that saw former prime minister Imran Khan getting disqualified yesterday, has […]
karachi: Interned Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) MPA Jam Awais, who, along with his servants, is facing charges of murdering Nazim Jokhio, was not produced before a sessions court on Saturday for a fourth consecutive hearing. As Additional District and Sessions Judge-I (Malir) Faraz Ahmed Chandio resumed the hearing of the case, the held accused– Meer […]
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday instructed the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to present recommendations to the parliament for protection of journalists’ rights, after holding consultations with journalists’ bodies. Chief Justice Attar Minilab heard the petitions filed by International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and Islamabad High Court Journalists Association (IHCJA). At the outset […]
ISLAMABAD: PTI Chairman Imran Khan on Thursday filed a plea in the Supreme Court for the formation of a joint investigation team (JIT) or a judicial commission to probe the PM House audio leaks. “Declare that the impugned actions, in particular, the illegal surveillance of the PMO and PMH and the release of the surveillance […]
Foreign journalist and member of a leading media watchdog, Steven Butler was allowed entry into Pakistan on Thursday after eight hours of questioning at the Lahore airport. Buttler, the Asia programme coordinator of Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is in Pakistan to attend the Asma Jahangir Conference–Roadmap for Human Rights in Pakistan, an event named […]
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