• October 21, 2017
• Freedom of Expression, Media Safety

Zeenat Shahzadi, the journalist who went missing in Lahore in 2015, has been recovered by security forces, officials said on Friday. Retired Justice Javed Iqbal, head of the missing persons commission, confirmed Shahzadi’s return while speaking to BBC Urdu. She was recovered on Wednesday night from near the Pak-Afghan border, Iqbal said. The newly appointed National Accountability Bureau […]

• October 21, 2017
• General News

Formulated in line with the Sindh High Court’s historic judgement regarding reforms in the provincial police force, civil society representatives on Friday released a charter comprising their respective suggestions. The document was presented by, at a press conference held at the Karachi Press Club, by Nazim F Haji of the Citizens Trust Against Crimes and […]

• October 21, 2017
• Broadcasting, Freedom of Expression, Front Page, Media and Governance, Media Safety, Print Media

Mureed Baloch, spokesperson of the outlawed separatist United Baloch Army (UBA) said Pakistani newspapers were an extension of the “Anti Baloch” policies of the state of Pakistan and gave an ultimatum that unless this changed by October 24, they will take severe action.  He warned journalists to stay away from newspaper offices and press clubs […]

• October 20, 2017
• Arts and Entertainment

LAHORE – Two-time Academy Award winner Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy is set to premiere her first immersive exhibition HOME1947 for the first time in Pakistan at the Heritage Now festival in Lahore. This unique and deeply beautiful exhibition collects stories from people who left their homes and crossed borders during the 1947 partition of the Indian subcontinent. HOME1947will […]

• October 20, 2017
• General News

HYDERABAD: Human rights activist and campaigner for missing persons Punhal Sario, who was himself allegedly subjected to enforced disappearance, returned to his home in Hyderabad on Wednesday. Sario was allegedly whisked away by the police and other law enforcement agencies on August 3 from the road outside Sindh Museum. His family filed a petition in the […]

• October 20, 2017
• Front Page, Media and Governance

ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Standing Committee on Rules of Procedure and Privileges disposed of the issue relating to a list of 37 lawmakers having links with banned organization, allegedly issued by the Intelligence Bureau (IB), and said that Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) should decide about the complaint against the TV channel that aired the […]

• October 20, 2017
• Front Page, Media Ethics

ISLAMABAD – The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on Thursday issued a show cause notice to Bol News for defying the decision of the authority. The Pemra had directed the channel to air apology to viewers for their programme “Aisay Nahi Challay Ga” for casting aspersions against a serving officer of the armed forces but […]

• October 19, 2017
• Arts and Entertainment

Karachi: Rape and revenge is not a new theme to be explored in TV plays or cinema worldwide and Pakistan is not new to the subject either. The issue has been taken up several times on television in plays like Sangat and Bay Khudi but there hasn’t been any film with a similar theme to […]

• October 19, 2017
• Broadcasting, General News, Print Media

While the current information revolution has brought unprecedented benefits, it has also given rise to new issues of human security and public safety. Increasing reliance on the internet has transformed us into cyber citizens and our behaviour is gradually being shaped by our exposure to online content. Due to proliferation of smartphones and TV channels, […]

• October 19, 2017
• Front Page, Social Media

KARACHI: In random tests involving 22 internet service providers (ISPs) it has been found that more than 200 URLs have been blocked in Pakistan, according to a research study carried out by the Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) and Bytes for All Pakistan. The research report released on Wednesday looked at data from 2014 […]

• October 19, 2017
• General News

KARACHI: A 72-year-old prisoner, whom the police booked in a fake case to allegedly take over his property, was ordered to be released by the Sindh High Court (SHC) on Wednesday after setting aside his 15-month sentence. A two-judge bench, headed by Justice Naimatullah Phulpoto, also ordered a Thatta district and sessions judge to conduct an […]

• October 19, 2017
• Information Technology

ISLAMABAD:According to details the convicts were accused of taking money from the complainant of the case, Abdul Jabbar, on the pretext that he has won a lottery of Rs20 million. A Cyber Crime Court in the capital awarded on Wednesday a total of 10 years’ imprisonment to a foreign national and two Pakistanis. Judge Tahir […]

• October 18, 2017
• Arts and Entertainment

Mahira Khan is definitely on a roll. While she continues to spread her charm as the beautiful Lux girl every year, the actor has another feather in her cap aside from acting projects and multiple ad campaigns. She has been announced Pakistan’s first Brand Ambassador of L’Oreal Paris and this was revealed on the final […]

• October 18, 2017
• General News

ISLAMABAD: Senator Farhatullah Babar Tuesday said the government is helpless in solving the issue of missing persons and the Senate Human Rights Committee is equally hapless on this matter. “It is needed that the helpless and hapless should join hands and try to stop those powerful who were involved in missing persons’ case, ‘”he said […]