The Sindh High Court (SHC) has directed the counsel of a petitioner seeking to move the government to regulate panchayats and jirgas in the country to present any existing laws against the holding of these unofficial dispute resolution councils on record. The SHC on Monday was hearing a petition filed by the Helpline Trust seeking […]
ISLAMABAD: Doctors have discharged Ahmad Noorani, investigative reporter with The News, with an advice for a weekly check-up. State Minister for Information Marriyum Aurangzeb, her predecessor Pervaiz Rashid and others visited Noorani’s house to ask after his health. They said that attack on Noorani is attack on journalism, adding that the attack is being investigated […]
The Karachi Union of Journalists-Dastoor (KUJ-D) has warned the federal government of large-scale protests if the culprits involved in the attack on senior journalist and The News International staffer Ahmad Noorani were not arrested within three days. At a protest demonstration outside the Karachi Press Club (KPC) on Monday, the KUJ-D and representatives of other […]
The Karachi Union of Journalists-Dastoor (KUJ-D) has warned the federal government of large-scale protests if the culprits involved in the attack on senior journalist and The News International staffer Ahmad Noorani were not arrested within three days. At a protest demonstration outside the Karachi Press Club (KPC) on Monday, the KUJ-D and representatives of other […]
ISLAMABAD: A Chinese editor committed suicide in August 2012. Just a few days before death, Xu Huaiqian gave an interview which was a kind of suicide note. “My pain is I dare to think but I don’t dare to speak out; if I dare to speak out, I don’t dare to write it down, and […]
Islamabad: Human rights violations in the India-occupied Jammu and Kashmir is a serious challenge for UN system and global democratic society, said Federal Minister for Human Rights Mumtaz Ahmed Tarar. “The rights abuses in held Kashmir range from mass killings, enforced disappearances, torture, rape and sexual abuse to political repression and suppression of freedom of […]
LAHORE: Journalists, political workers and civil society activists staged demonstrations against an attack on The News senior reporter Ahmed Noorani in various cities on Sunday. They demanded immediate arrest of the culprits. The Life Members Forum (LMF) of the Lahore Press Club set up a protest camp. Addressing the gathering, LMF Chairman Imtiaz Rashid, Allama […]
ISLAMABAD: Chairman of the Senate Standing Committee on Interior Rehman Malik on Sunday announced that the case of journalist Ahmad Noorani would be taken up at the committee. Mr Malik said this during his visit to the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) where the reporter is under treatment. Mr Noorani, who works for The […]
RAHIM YAR KHAN: A sessions judge has sentenced a man to life imprisonment on a charge of posting blasphemous content on social media. Spokesperson for the district police officer Umar Saleem quoted Station House Officer of Saddar police station, Sadiqabad, Abdul Hadi, as saying that a complaint had been lodged in July last year against […]
KARACHI: As the society becomes more conscious of its issues and more people raise their voices against injustice, these issues are slowly being addressed. And television, as much as social media, has a big role to play in it. So, it’s apt that the Pakistani drama industry is addressing these topics and educating people. Express Entertainment, in collaboration […]
ISLAMABAD: Amid indignation and condemnation from all sides, the government on Saturday formed a team to investigate the heinous attack on a journalist in the capital. According to an interior ministry statement, the chief commissioner and the inspector general of Islamabad police have been tasked with investigating the attack on The News reporter Ahmed Noorani, […]
THE open season on journalists shows no sign of abating. And why should it, when there is no semblance of a credible investigation against the perpetrators, and when a supine government has surrendered its duty to protect the fourth estate? On Thursday evening, Ahmed Noorani, a senior journalist at The News, fell victim to a […]
When it comes to commercial theatre, Dawar Mehmood is one person who has consistently delivered. With acclaimed productions like Pawnay 14 August, Sawa 14 August, Aangan Terha, Siachen and the most recent Bananistan under his belt, he has made theatre an entertaining experience for audiences across the country. Those who find it thrilling to watch […]
Civil society groups on Friday expressed concern over the spate of attacks on journalists and ever-increasing restrictions on social media and urged the government to ensure freedom of expression – a fundamental right guaranteed by the Constitution of Pakistan. The Pakistan Institute of Labour Education and Research (PILER) held a meeting on Friday at the […]
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