RAWALPINDI: A 10-year-old child who was hospitalised after being sexually assaulted and beaten, allegedly by two fellow students, is struggling to recover at the Benazir Bhutto Hospital (BBH). The child was hospitalised on Friday night after he brought his father to BBH because his father had suffered from a stroke and was paralysed. The child’s […]
ISLAMABAD: Opposition parties have prepared a list of questions they want Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to answer when he will attend the ongoing session of the National Assembly on Friday. The premier agreed to come to the house after the opposition parties said they would not end their ongoing boycott of both houses of parliament […]
THE act of banning the Urdu movie named Maalik encapsulates the Pakistani leadership’s confusion where the media is concerned. The ban appears to stem from an overwhelming feeling among Pakistan’s politicians that the current media discourse which continuously labels politicians as corrupt, including a film like Maalik, is in reality a conspiracy against democracy. Consequently, […]
Karachi Civil society organisations and concerned individuals in Karachi have strongly condemned activist Khurram Zaki’s killing this past Saturday night. “There is no doubt that he was targeted for his vocal stand against religious extremism, particularly represented by the Taliban, sectarian militant groups, and radical clerics. Both, the fact that he wasn’t provided any protection […]
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has imposed fine of Rs100,000 on Neo TV channel for airing indecent language used by Ms Qandeel Baloch during the programme Ajeeb Sa. According to press release, Pemra has ordered the said channel to tender apology and deposit fine by May 26, 2016 by 4:00pm. In case […]
MULTAN: A veteran Lodhran journalist has been gunned down ostensibly for supporting a couple who married for love. 36-year-old Ajmal Joyia—who had worked for several national newspapers over the past 12 years—was travelling with a friend Ali Hassan on a motorcycle in Kehror Pucca when they were attacked by five armed men on three motorcycles. […]
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has directed the veterinary and wildlife departments to develop close coordination to save the ailing peafowl in Thar. “The peafowl are not only the beauty of the desert but they are like family members of the people of Thar,” he said. The CM presided over a meeting […]
Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) in a letter to Ruhakana Rugunda, Prime Minister of Uganda, expressed concern over the warning issued by the Ugandan authorities to journalists regarding covering of the protests. PPF Secretary General Owais Aslam Ali in his letter urged the government of Uganda to treat protests as a part of the news and […]
Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) in a letter to Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, President of Egypt, expressed concern over the death sentences recommended for three journalists, two Egyptian and one Jordanian. PPF Secretary General Owais Aslam Ali in his letter urged the government of Egypt to not to approve or implement these sentences and look into the […]
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