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Daily Archives: June 14, 2011

Memon assures to provide protection to journalists

Karachi, Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon while condemning the killing of Chief Editor of a local newspaper, directed concerned authorities to arrest the murderers at the earliest. He also slammed the attack on President Gambat Press Club Shafeeq Khuhro and his brother in a statement issued on Monday. Memon said present democratic setup believes […]


Journalist`s murder: probe panel formed

ISLAMABAD: The government formed on Monday a commission headed by Federal Sharif Court Chief Justice Agha Muhammad Rafique to investigate the mysterious killing of journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad. According to sources in the interior and information ministries, the mandate of the commission will be decided after the appointment of other members, including some journalists. Interior […]


FSC CJ to head Saleem Shahzad’s murder probe team

ISLAMABAD: Federal Shariat Cout Chief Justice Agha Rafiq has been appointed chairman of the commission to probe the murder of journalist Saleem Shahzad. Federal Minister for Information Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan, while talking to state-run TV, said the appointment of a judge as the chairman of the probe commission was a long-standing demand of the […]


Journalist reveals ordeal suffered at the hands of spy agency

A Pakistani journalist Waqar Kiani has revealed that the intelligence agencies had tortured him in July 2008, accusing him of being a British agent, reported the Guardian. According to the newspaper, Kiani says he was driving out of Islamabad just after sunset when two vehicles ran him off the road and two men bundled him […]


Securing journalists: IFJ raises alarm over deaths

‘Five journalists have died in Pakistan so far this year’. FAISALABAD: The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has raised an alarm over the lack of security for Pakistani journalists. The statement comes two days after a journalist died in twin bombings in Peshawar. The death of Asfandyar Khan, according to the IFJ, is the fifth […]


PFUJ, KhUJ hold dialogue: Journalists for SOPs implementation

PESHAWAR: Senior journalists at a dialogue Monday stressed the need for adoption and implementation of standard operation procedures (SOPs) at media outlets and proper safety training for the media persons working in the troubled regions. The dialogue was arranged here under the aegis of Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) and Khyber Union of Journalists […]


Memon assures to provide protection to journalists

Karachi, Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon while condemning the killing of Chief Editor of a local newspaper, directed concerned authorities to arrest the murderers at the earliest. He also slammed the attack on President Gambat Press Club Shafeeq Khuhro and his brother in a statement issued on Monday. Memon said present democratic setup believes […]


Journalist`s murder: probe panel formed

ISLAMABAD: The government formed on Monday a commission headed by Federal Sharif Court Chief Justice Agha Muhammad Rafique to investigate the mysterious killing of journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad. According to sources in the interior and information ministries, the mandate of the commission will be decided after the appointment of other members, including some journalists. Interior […]


FSC CJ to head Saleem Shahzad’s murder probe team

ISLAMABAD: Federal Shariat Cout Chief Justice Agha Rafiq has been appointed chairman of the commission to probe the murder of journalist Saleem Shahzad. Federal Minister for Information Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan, while talking to state-run TV, said the appointment of a judge as the chairman of the probe commission was a long-standing demand of the […]