The killers of Abdul Haq Baloch, correspondent of ARY News television channel remain free even after four years of his murder in Khuzdar, Balochistan . Abdul Haq Baloch, who was also general secretary of Khuzdar Press Club was murdered by unidentified men on 29th September, 2012 in Khuzdar. He was shot multiple times while on […]
ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Tuesday sought the help of armed forces and parliamentarians from Fata to gain access to the tribal regions and areas bordering Afghanistan to spread telecomunications infrastructure there. “One of the main reasons for the widespread use of Afghan SIMs in these areas is the absence of the local mobile cellular […]
LAHORE: The Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has launched a programme to engage media for ‘climate change mitigation/adaptation project’ on Tuesday. The objective of the programme is to create awareness amongst the media persons about climate change impact and dissemination of awareness among public, politicians […]
Islamabad: The National Assembly (NA) on Monday unanimously passed The Hindu Marriage Bill, The Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Bill and three other bills within a span of few minutes. The object of the Hindu Marriage Bill, 2016 would provide for solemnization of marriages by Hindu families. The object of the legislation is to codify the law for […]
KARACHI: Sindh Assembly adopted a resolution to declare Sindhi as a national language however, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) lawmakers walked out after they were not allowed to speak on the resolution. On Tuesday, Pakistan Muslim League-Functional (PML-F) MPA Nand Kumar moved a resolution requesting to declare ‘Sindhi’ as a national language in Pakistan. In his speech, […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on Tuesday sought help of the federal, provincial and AJK governments besides others including State Bank of Pakistan, Federal Board of Revenue and Federal Investigation Agency against illegal Indian Direct to Home (DTH) system being sold in the country. Pemra also sought help from the Customs Intelligence, inspector […]
KARACHI: Escalation on the India-Pakistan border might still be a long shot, but escalation on social media has certainly taken a hilarious turn. With war hysteria giving ‘journalists’ and trolls in both countries something new to talk about, there are some who in hopes of getting attention, have begun to call for the heads of Pakistani […]
As the world celebrates the 14th International Right to Know day today, it is appropriate to discuss the role of legislation, political parties, regulatory bodies and international best practices in protecting the right to information, freedom of expression and other human rights both off-line and in digital spaces. The significance of correlation between the right […]
PEMRA warned TV channels against airing foreign content PEMRA has issued a notice to television channels to remind them of the limit of telecasting Indian and foreign content on daily basis. Capital TV and News One aired tickers on September 24 while The Nation and Amn on September 25 reported that according to PEMRA rules, […]
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly on Monday passed a landmark bill, which seeks to address key issues of the Hindu community, including matters relating to the registration of marriages, divorce and forced conversions After much delay and inaction, the lower house of parliament voted for the Hindu Marriage Bill-2016. Minister for Human Rights Kamran Michael presented the […]
LAHORE: Police frequently resort to extrajudicial killings, torture, arbitrary arrest and ill-treatment of people in custody, and those from marginalised groups — refugees, the poor, religious minorities and the landless — are particularly at the risk of violent abuse of powers by the force. This is the crux of the Human Rights Watch (HRW)’s 102-page […]
Fishermen trained by WWF-Pakistan released a diamondback squid in offshore waters of Ras Kachari, about 76 nautical miles west of Karachi, along the Balochistan coast earlier this week, the wildlife protection authority announced in a press release issued on Monday. The giant squid had been entangled in the gillnet of a tuna fishing vessel skippered […]
The Administrative Judge of Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Monday accepted the charge sheet (challan) submitted by the police in two cases pertaining to sedition, riots and attack on media houses on 22nd August 2016. According to the charge sheet, as many as 50 accused, including Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s deputy convenor Shahid Pasha, MNA Kanwar Naveed […]
The media war waged by India in the wake of PM Nawaz Sharif’s speech at the UN General Assembly on September 21 highlighting Indian brutalities in Kashmir provoked the terms nuclear strikes, surgical strikes and Cold Start. Cold Start doctrine is an offensive military doctrine developed by India in 2004 to conduct offensive operations by […]
” 
” 
” 
” 
” 
