Former PFUJ’s president late Nisar Osmani once said, “Criticising and exposing the policies and performance of the government is always allowed rather encouraged by a democratic society because that way alone can an alternate leadership be organised. In a society, where reporters faced pressure in reporting, is an authoritarian one.” The present government of the […]
SUKKUR: The journalists’ fraternity, including Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (Sukkur), SAFMA and Sukkur Union of Journalists have strongly condemned the arrest of editor-in-chief of Jang Group, Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman, at the Sukkur Press Club and termed it as an attack on the freedom of expression . Sukkur Union of Journalists President Saleem Sahitto, President of […]
ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and other parliamentarians from both sides of the National Assembly Friday raised the issue of the arrest of Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman, terming it an attack on freedom of the media and a violation of the Islamabad High Court’s orders. Speaking on a point of order, the senior PML-N leader […]
ISLAMABAD: Photographing Geo/Jang Editor-in-Chief Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman in the lockup of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) and provision of this picture to a TV channel for its airing amply reflects the vengeance of the anti-graft watchdog against the detainee and his media house. This was done on the very first day of his arrest. NAB had […]
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Senator Pervaiz Rashid, who is a member of the Senate Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting, has written to its Chairman Senator Faisal Javed for summoning an immediate meeting of the committee on the situation, arising out of the arrest of Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman, Editor-in-Chief of Jang/Geo Group. Senator Pervaiz […]
ISLAMABAD: Media bodies, politicians and civil society Friday condemned the arrest of Editor-in-Chief of Geo and Jang Group Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman by the NAB and termed it an attack on the freedom of press and demanded his immediate release. Ex-chairman Senate Mian Raza Rabbani condemned the arrest of Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman and said it is an attack […]
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