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Daily Archives: October 27, 2017

Stifling social media

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A PALL is descending on digital spaces, and threatening every citizen’s democratic right to free speech with real-life consequences. It comes as no reassurance, then, that while Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal insisted people would be allowed to air their political opinions on social media, he also announced that the FIA would spearhead the creation of […]


Threats to journalists

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AFTER a brief period of comparative calm, recent events have served as a reminder of the mortal dangers that journalists in Pakistan face. On Sunday morning in Haripur, Bakhshish Ilahi, the bureau chief of an Urdu newspaper, was gunned down while on his way to work. Journalists in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have demanded that the provincial […]


SC seeks details of ‘missing persons’

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ISLAMABAD: The top court has sought complete details of ‘missing’ persons who are detained in internment centres. The internment centres are set up in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) under the Action in Aid of Civil Power Regulations, which allows the civil government to confine persons accused of terrorist activities.  At least 45 […]


Anwar Maqsood is a bigger and better writer than Woody Allen: Sajid Hasan

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As previously reported, the man behind Anwar Maqsood’s most acclaimed theatre play in the recent years Siachen, Dawar Mehmood is set to return with a new play titled Hua Kuch Yoon, starting November 22. The play will tour seven cities, starting Peshawar and then ending up in Karachi by March next year. This time around though, the play […]


2,000 forest kanals given to power project in land-for-land deal

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LAHORE: The government has handed over 2,000 kanals of the forest area of Punjab to a Chinese company for the construction of the 720MW Karot Hydropower Project. The project, part of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, is being executed by the China Three Gorges, by the Karot Power Company (private) Limited and the Private Power and […]


Pakistan’s Publishers body condemns cancellation of publishing licenses of two newspapers the capital city

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The administration of Islamabad, Pakistan’s capital city, cancelled the publication licenses or ‘declarations’ of Urdu the dailies “Sahafat” and “Dopahr” on October 20, 2017. Khushnood Ali Khan, editor in chief of both newspapers, said the order was given when he submitted a request to upgrade his printing press and to change the printers.  When he […]


Pakistan: Investigative Journalist Injured in Attack

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On October 27, 2017, Ahmad Noorani, an investigative journalist of the English-language daily “The News International” was assaulted by unidentified men in broad daylight at the busy intersection of Islamabad, the capital city of Pakistan. Noorani’s car was intercepted by six assailants riding on three motorbikes.  They severely beat up Noorani and his driver with […]