KARACHI: There are four criminal cases against Aftab Virk Advocate, who approached Additional and Sessions Judge Lahore Ghulam Abbas Sail to file case against the administration of Jang and Geo. Aftab Virk belongs to Noorpur Dakka, village of Sadhpura and all the four cases have been filed against him in this district.The first case of […]
LONDON: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s London chapter has distanced itself from a man posing as “senior advisor to chairman Imran Khan on foreign trade, investment & development from Europe in KPK”. PTI’s newly elected body in London led by Asim Khan on Wednesday said that the elected body had nothing to do with a scandalous news spread […]
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday admitted a petition filed by political analyst Zaid Hamid seeking a treason trial against well-known journalists and the South Asia Free Media Association (SAFMA) for allegedly undermining the Two Nation Theory and glory of Islam. The petition has also nominated director general of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), minister for […]
Karachi: “Female journalists continue to face an ongoing dilemma: how to combine masculine traits — being aggressive, self-reliant, curious, tough and ambitious — with feminine traits of being compassionate, caring, loving and maternal so she can compete with her male counterparts, but maintain the characteristics society expects from her,” writes Joe Saltzman in his essay […]
LAHORE: Awami Workers Party (AWP) General Secretary Farooq Tariq on Wednesday condemned anti-Geo and Jang Group protests in the country and said any ban on Geo TV is unacceptable. In a press statement issued he said the extent to which people are supporting the ‘angels’ in their crackdown on Geo and Jang Group is worrying. […]
MULTAN: Senior lawyer Rashid Rehman Khan, Special Task Force Coordinator of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, was killed and two other people were injured in an attack at the HRCP office near Kutchery Chowk on Wednesday night. Mr Khan was in the office along with a colleague, Advocate Nadeem Parvaz, and assistant Afzal Hussain […]
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday issued notices to Secretary Establishment Division, Secretary Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and Managing Director (MD) Pakistan Television Network in response to a petition filed against the appointment of Muhammad Malick as MD PTV. A single-member bench of Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui heard the petition filed by former […]
Lahore: The Lahore Bar Association (LBA) unanimously passed a requisition moved by advocate Sardar Aftav Virk to curb transmission of Geo and to register a treason case against Mir Shakill-ur-Rehman, the news editors, Amir Mir, and all analysts for ‘damaging the repute of the respectable institution ISI’. The requisition contained more than 100 signatures of […]
LAHORE: Renowned Pakistani nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan has said that rigging allegations of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan against Jang and Geo are childish. Talking to this correspondent, he said that the media initially, across the world, announces unconfirmed and unofficial results during the elections and the Geo had done the same. […]
DERA GHAZI KHAN: The Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief, Maulana Fazlur Rehman, said on Wednesday that tension between the media and the state institutions was not good. Talking to the media here, Fazlur Rehman said both the media and state institutions went beyond their limits to show action and reaction. He said the state and its […]
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has approved appointment of Kamaluddin Tipu, a grade-20 officer of the Police Service of Pakistan, as executive member of Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra). A spokesman for the Prime Minister House said that approval of appointment of Kamaluddin Tipu as Pemra executive member has been given but formal notification […]
ISLAMABAD: All Pakistan Newspaper Employees Confederation (Apnec), Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) and Council of Pakistan Press Clubs (CPPC) have announced to observe Youm-e-Dua across the country on Friday to pray for the recovery of renowned journalist and Geo News anchorperson Hamid Mir. In a joint statement, Apnec Chairman Shafiuddin Ashraf and Secretary Ikraam […]
ISLAMABAD: The Pemra committee that has heard the complaint of the defence ministry against the Geo TV is under immense pressure from some ‘angels’ and is set to send a unique and funny proposal to the Pemra authority that the channel’s license may be suspended, while an opinion be sought from the attorney general whether […]
HYDERABAD: Business Recorder reporter Qaseem Qureshi was robbed by two unknown armed persons here in the jurisdiction of Latifabad A-Section Police Station on Tuesday night. Qureshi along with his friend Yasir was returning home last night. As he reached near his residence, two armed men who were on motorbike intercepted them on gun point. They […]
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