KARACHI: The administrative judge of antiterrorism courts remanded on Tuesday three leaders and 11 workers of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement in police custody in a case pertaining to the attacks on media houses. Police produced MQM leaders Kanwar Naveed Jameel, Qamar Mansoor and Shahid Pasha and 11 party activists — Rao Tariq, Mohammed Saleem, Syed […]
Karachi: Three cameramen of television channels covering the protest of Muttahada Qaumi Movement (MQM) political party were injured when protesters turned violent on August 22, 2016. Those injured included Muhammad Safeer of Samaa News, Rehan Ahmed of NEO News and Usman Shareef of 24 channel. Safeer and Ahmed received injuries in their leg and Shareef […]
PESHAWAR: The Council of Pakistan Newspapers Editors (CPNE) has expressed its grave concern over the issues including cyber crime bill, deteriorating economic condition of newspapers industry and insecurity and sanctions on freedom of journalism, and demanded of the provincial governments to initiate measures for the provision of immediate security to media owners and workers and […]
The Senate Standing Committee on Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage avowed that Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) action against journalist Shahid Masood of ARY channel was a violation of law and code of conduct. The committee chaired by Senator Kamil Ali Agha held on Monday expressed serious concerns over the “restrictions” on freedom of […]
ISLAMABAD: With rising cases of children running away or being kidnapped, an inter-provincial confab has identified an immediate need to make a centralised system on missing kids and runaways. At a consultation on inter-provincial mechanisms for missing children organised by the Ministry of Human Rights on Monday, the findings of a national study showed most […]
KARACHI: Two media houses were ransacked as activists chanting pro-MQM slogans went berserk on Monday evening after listening to the highly provocative speech of their London-based chief Altaf Hussain and resorted to a violent protest, firing and arson that left at least one person dead and a dozen others wounded in an attack reminiscent of […]
In my previous article, ‘Discursive paradigm of resistance’ (August 8) published in these pages I discussed two major approaches of resistance: the coercive approach and the discursive approach. The coercive approach uses force and the discursive approach employs discourse for resistance. The discursive approach makes use of some social institutions including educational institutions and media. […]
Dr.Nadia Khadam – After the advent of 3G and 4G technology in Pakistan, cyberspace seems to be more sensitive area. Cybercrime’s rate in Pakistan is also considerably increasing day by day. To control such crimes, law is the only tool. Even if the issue got attention somewhere in preceding years that also proved to be […]
MULTAN: The district government has planned to launch a One Child, One Tree campaign in the district, in which each child will get a shrub to plant. “The idea is to make Multan beautiful and green,” DCO Nadir Chattha said on Sunday. He was chairing a meeting called to review plans for the plantation campaign. […]
LAHORE: The Police Department has documented 63 incidents in August where those caught and given in police custody on suspicion of involvement in kidnappings were released after preliminary investigations. Operations AIG Shahzada Sultan told The Express Tribune that no evidence was found against these people establishing their involvement in any kidnapping case. Sultan said there […]
ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet is expected to take up the draft of the Right to Information Bill, 2016, in its next meeting. But the information ministry is planning to review the bill as soon as the law ministry returns the draft. Information Minister Pervaiz Rashid told The Express Tribune on Sunday that the ministry is […]
Long-standing issues relating to the marriage, divorce and other crunch questions involving the Hindu community will be regulated under a set of laws that parliament is likely to enact in the coming weeks. The National Assembly’s standing committee on law and justice last week (Aug 17) tabled its report on ‘The Hindu Marriage Bill, 2016’, […]
KARACHI: Driving down Molvi Tamizuddin Khan Road, one cannot but miss the once pleasant and different kinds of graffiti on portions of the walls of the container warehouse there. It wasn’t so long ago when these walls got their new look as part of a cityscape beautification project of an NGO. But weather conditions such […]
Law has a paradoxical character. In the absence of law, civil and political liberties can’t be enjoyed. At the same time, every law places a restriction on liberties. It may be another paradox, but freedom has to be curtailed to make sure it can be experienced by society at large. The only question is: in […]
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