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Daily Archives: February 13, 2020

Media bodies slam harassing calls to Majid Bhatti, Shoaib Jutt

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KARACHI: Several journalists’ organisations have strongly condemned the threatening phone calls made to senior sports Jang/Geo News reporter Abdul Majid Bhatti and Shoaib Jutt, a reporter of a local TV channel, terming it an attack on the freedom of expression. Abdul Majid Bhatti and Shoaib Jutt received two threatening phone calls, warning them of grave […]


Govt okays rules to regulate social media

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ISLAMABAD: The federal government has approved a set of rules to regulate social media in the country, under which social media companies will be obliged to disclose any information or data to a designated investigation agency, when sought, and failure to abide by any of the provision will entail a fine of up to Rs500 […]


Journalists Seek Early Passage of Protection of Journalists and Media Professionals Bill 2020

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ISLAMABAD: The ‘Protection of Journalists and Media Professionals Bill 2020′ is a step forward towards ensuring security to journalists and media workers, said Nasir Malik, former Secretary Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists here on Thursday. While commenting on the bill Nasir said that present journalists’ protection bill was a far better version of the bill […]