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K-P bans live broadcast of Chitral’s FM channel

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ISLAMABAD: The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government, acting on the complaint of a minority community, has banned the live broadcast of a local FM channel in Chitral for airing provocative speeches. The Supreme Court was apprised about this by the secretary to Malakand’s commissioner, who submitted a two-page report in the court — a copy of which is […]


FM radio broadcasting provocative programmes in Chitral

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CHITRAL: The representatives of the Agha Khani Ismailis and Kalash community have criticised the government for its failure to take action against the operators of an FM radio station in Chitral, which, they alleged, was broadcasting provocative programmes. Elders of Ismaili sect and Kalash communities held separate meetings with the Commissioner Malakand Division Afsar Khan […]


Minorities’ rights: Top court takes notice of threats to Kalash

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ISLAMABAD: A three-judge bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani on Thursday took suo motu notice of news reports that the Taliban have warned members of the indigenous Kalash community to convert to Islam or face death. The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government revealed before the Supreme Court that the nearly 3,500 inhabitants […]