• March 22, 2014
• Freedom of Expression, Front Page

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly sub-committee of the Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting and National Heritage has recommended the government arrest the nominated accused of journalists’ killing across the country. The committee expressed serious reservations over non-arrest of the killers of journalists, which creates further uncertainty among the journalists’ community. Police officials from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa […]

• March 22, 2014
• General News

KARACHI: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has urged the chief justice of Pakistan to protect over-150-year-old Hindu temple that is threatened by under-construction underpasses and flyover in Clifton. In a letter to the chief justice on Friday, HRCP chief Zohra Yusuf noted that business interests in complicity with Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) officials had […]

• March 22, 2014
• Freedom of Expression

On March 19, a delegation of the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) met Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to express concerns about the safety of media workers and was assured of the government’s cooperation in this regard. Yet, the very same evening, a bomb was found outside the residence of a senior Peshawar-based journalist. Potential disaster […]

• March 22, 2014
• General News

ISLAMABAD: The Special Court hearing treason case against former president Pervez Musharraf Friday summoned Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police Jan Muhammad for torturing a journalist on the court premises. According to details, policemen tortured the journalist of a private TV channel, reportedly on the orders of the DIG.On this, journalists boycotted the court proceedings […]