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Journalist Ali Hamza dies

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KARACHI: Senior journalist and former president of Karachi Union of Journalists (Dastoor) Ali Hamza Khan passed away on Friday. He was 86. Famously known as “Biradar” in journalist and legal fraternity, Ali Hamza Khan remain associated with Jang newspaper for more than two decades as a special correspondent. He was considered as an institution for […]


1,360 social media influencers recruited in KP

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PESHAWAR: The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa provincial government has recruited around 1,360 social media influencers (SMIs). The newly recruited SMIs will counter fake news and negative propaganda against the PTI-led provincial government. They will also create awareness at grassroots level about the reforms being carried out by the government in the public interest. An amount of Rs736 million […]


PTA registers Hong Kong-based ‘social media company’

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The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on Thursday announced the social media company under the government’s vision to boost the digital economy of the country. According to a statement released by the telecommunication authority, the representatives of MICO World Limited attended the event held at the PTA headquarters and completed the registration process. It added that […]


Notices to respondents in Jokhio murder case

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KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Thursday issued notices to the prosecutor general of Sindh and others on a criminal revision application filed against the order of an anti-terrorism court for transferring Nazim Jokhio murder case to a regular court for trial. A two-judge bench headed by Justice Mohammad Junaid Ghaffar also put all suspects, […]


Government to take action against PTI for attacking PTV and Parliamentary house

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ISLAMABAD: During PTI protest back in 2014, PTI protesters attacked on PTV and parliamentary house. PML (N) is planning to file a case against President Arif Alvi and 79 other PTI protesters. According to media reports one of government official had revealed that the tenure of filing a case in anti-terrorism court has been expired […]


Call for capacity building of media on health issues

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Considering media as the 4th pillar of state regarding transfer of information and opinion making, experts at a consultative workshop have called for capacity building of media persons especially on health issues including provision of emergency healthcare services. Healthcare professionals, representatives from media regulators, media experts and academicians attended the consultative workshop which was organized […]


Government duty-bound to ensure journalists’ protection: Raja

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Speaker National Assembly Raja Pervaiz Ashraf on Wednesday observed that the government was duty bound to ensure protection of journalists so that they could perform their professional duties without any fear. He made this observation after journalists walked out of the press gallery of National Assembly in protesting of different incidents including target killing of […]


President for adopting Information Technology (IT) tools by youth for accelerated development

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President Dr Arif Alvi on Wednesday urged the need to accelerate the pace of adopting emerging Information Technology tools for rapid socio-economic development of the country. Addressing the 10th convocation ceremony of the Karakoram International University (KIU), the president said by focusing on the human resource development of youth and equipping them with marketable skills, […]


Sharjeel Memon Hands Over Cheque of Rs. 5m Grant to Karachi Union of Journalists (KUJ)

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KARACHI – Sindh Minister for Information and Transport, Sharjeel Inam Memon on Wednesday, handed over a cheque for a grant of Rs.5 million to Karachi Union of Journalists. According to a press release issued here Sharjeel Inam Memon handed over the cheque as grant in aid to President Karachi Union of Journalists Ijaz Ahmed and […]


Sindh High Court (SHC) moved against transfer of Jokhio murder trial

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KARACHI: Another criminal revision application was filed in the Sindh High Court against the May 23 order of an antiterrorism court through which it transferred the Nazim Jokhio murder case to a regular court for trial. Advocate Mazhar Ali Junejo, who was a close friend of the victim and also a prosecution witness in the […]


Why is free expression being criminalized, asks Justice Isa

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The Supreme Court has raised several questions regarding the interpretation of Section 20 of the Prevention of Electronic Crimes (Amended) Ordinance (PECA) that criminalized defamation. Headed by Justice Qazi Faez Isa, a two-judge bench, while granting leave to appeal against the March 9 LHC rejection of a plea seeking to quash the FIR lodged by […]


Freedom of speech to nourish democracy

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The expressions of Voltaire “I disapprove of what you say, but I’ll defend to the death your right to say it” signifies the importance of the principle of freedom of speech. In this quest, thinkers like John Locke and JS Mill have also voiced for freedom of speech being as essential component of individual liberty. […]


Journalist’s disappearance

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THAT journalist Nafees Naeem’s abduction was a brief one does not dilute the gravity of the crime committed against him. The senior assignment editor of Aaj TV channel was reportedly picked up on Monday afternoon near his Karachi residence by men in plainclothes travelling in a Vigo, a pattern repeated in so many cases of […]


Pakistan: PPF welcome safe return of Aaj News Assignment Editor Nafees Naeem; urge investigation into his abduction

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Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) welcomes the safe return of Aaj News Assignment Editor Nafees Naeem, a day after he was abducted by unidentified individuals in plain clothes. The circumstances of his abduction and return remain unclear. We urge the authorities to conduct an investigation and to provide clarity on Naeem’s case including why he was […]