By: Malik Asad ISLAMABAD: In an unprecedented move, Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui of Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday (today) will take up a petition seeking to restrain the media from airing or publishing news items against the Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) and the superior judiciary. The petitioner, Muhammad Nadeem, who is an advocate […]
By: Raja Asghar ISLAMABAD: After three years of wrangling, the government brought a new accountability bill to the National Assembly on Monday, aimed at creating an independent accountability commission to prosecute corruption by holders of public offices, and another one to authorise the use of modern techniques to investigate crimes like terrorism and against national […]
QUETTA: The Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M) on Saturday staged a protest demonstration outside the Quetta Press Club against target killing of journalists and dumping of mutilated bodies of missing persons. The protesters were holding banners and placards inscribed with anti-government slogans. Addressing the protesters, BNP-M General Secretary Akhtar Hussain Langov alleged that the state institutions […]
By: MUDDASSAR ALAM TAHIRKHELI Here, in Pakistan, we have the Freedom of Information Act under which all public departments are supposed to publish information relevant to their departments. Article 19-A of the 18th constitutional amendment gives every citizen of Pakistan the right to access information from public departments. However, I do not think even a […]
Karachi: The Karachi Union of Journalists (D) held a protest at the press club against the killing of Mushtaq Khand, a journalist killed in firing on a rally in Khairpur on Sunday. The journalists were carrying banners and placards inscribed with slogans in favour of the freedom of press and against the government’s apathy over […]
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