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Monthly Archives: June 2017

PPF seeks justice for Croatian journalist

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Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) in a letter to Andrej Plenkovic, Prime Minister of Republic of Croatia express a serious concerned over the brutal assault on investigative journalist Dušan Miljuš, nearly a decade ago, remains unsolved. Civil rights group pursuing it, the Partnership for Social Development, trying to reopen his attempted murder case. PPF Secretary General […]


PPF seeks justice to Croatian journalist

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Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) in a letter to Andrej Plenkovic, Prime Minister of Republic of Croatia express a serious concerned over the brutal assault on investigative journalist Dušan Miljuš, nearly a decade ago, remains unsolved. Civil rights group pursuing it, the Partnership for Social Development, trying to reopen his attempted murder case. PPF Secretary General […]


PEMRA asks Geo tv to stop airing ICC Trophy footages

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ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV Sports) lodged a complaint with the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) on Saturday against Geo Super and Geo News for illegally using footages from PTV Sports, thereby infringing legitimate rights of PTVC – as PTV Sports has obtained rights for the ICC Champions Trophy. In response, PEMRA issued a […]


PTA prepares draft law on mobile devices

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The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has drafted the Mobile Devices Identification, Registration and Blocking Regulations, 2017 to ensure that stolen phones, blocked phones, and phones with no duplicate or non-standard identifiers are blocked from use in Pakistan. It will further ensure that mobile licensees actively identify such phones on their networks and maintain and update industry-wide […]


My last conversation with Aamir Zaki

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KARACHI: It’s a small bunglow in Gulshan-e-Iqbal. A new music venture is about to be launched and all the key players are waiting for the proceedings to begin. But they can’t – not until the man of the hour shows up. No one wants to say that Aamir Zaki is in dire straits and that his […]


Journalists condemn bid to kidnap reporter

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RAWALPINDI: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) and a number of senior journalists held a rally at the Rawalpindi Press Club on Saturday to protest an attempt by some unknown persons to kidnap Geo News reporter Azaz Syed. They urged the interior ministry to arrest the culprits and provide security to journalists. Senior politician […]


Ex-major denied bail in cybercrime case

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PESHAWAR: A single-member Peshawar High Court bench on Friday dismissed the bail petition of a former army officer charged under the cybercrime law for allegedly uploading fake objectionable pictures of a woman MPA on social media. Justice Waqar Ahmad Seth pronounced that the suspect, retired major Mohammad Tahir Khan, was not entitled to be set […]


Bid to kidnap journalist foiled

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ISLAMABAD: Unidentified people riding in a car and a motorbike attempted to kidnap senior journalist Azaz Syed Friday night. The suspects including a masked bike-rider intercepted Azaz Syed at Park Road near Banigala police station and stopped his car. The suspects asked him to come out of the car but Azaz accelerated his car and […]


Marriyum calls for promoting country’s soft image abroad

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ISLAMABAD – Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb has stressed the need for taking concrete measures to promote soft image of Pakistan around the world. She stated this while chairing a meeting of all allied departments of the ministry on Friday. She directed all allied departments of the ministry, including Radio Pakistan, […]


Pemra suspends action against TV channels

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ISLAMABAD: In compliance with the orders of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has suspended action on violations of Ramazan guidelines by some TV channels. The apex court while hearing a petition of the Pakistan Broadcasters Association (PBA), that had challenged the Ramazan guidelines, had directed Pemra not to take […]


PPF concerned the intimidation against netizens in Indonesia

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Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) in a letter to JokoWidodo, President of Indonesia expressed serious concern over the threats to netizens by the members of Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) for posting their opinion against Rizieq Shihab, the grand mufti of FPI. PPF Secretary General Owais Aslam Ali in his letter condemns the intimidations, violence and terror […]


PPF demands to access journalist in Papua, Indonesia

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Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) in a letter to JokoWidodo, President of Indonesia expressed serious concern over more cases of violence against journalists in Papua and remains restricted for foreign journalists to enter the province. PPF Secretary General Owais Aslam Ali in his letter demanded to honor your promise to allow local and international media access […]


Guitarist Aamir Zaki passes away at 49

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KARACHI: One of Pakistan’s top guitar virtuosos, Aamir Zaki, died due to heart failure on Friday, his family and friends confirmed. He was 49. According to brother Shahid Zaki, he had been suffering from prolonged illness for quite some time. Playing guitar since the age of 14, Zaki was best known for a short stint with […]


Climate change deal

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IN withdrawing from the Paris Agreement on climate change, President Donald Trump has in fact walked away from the role of global leadership that the United States has held since the end of the Second World War. Out of the 197 countries that had signed the agreement last year, 147 have already ratified it, meaning […]