The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government on Thursday explained its position on the upcoming “Aurat [woman] March”, saying that a ‘handful of elements will not be allowed to hold the society hostage, as a parliamentary panel directed the PEMRA to immediately stop media channels from telecasting slogans such as “Mera Jism, Meri Marzi” ‘to prevent nation […]
ISLAMABAD – An Anti Terrorism Court (ATC) in Islamabad on Thursday adjourned the hearing of a case pertaining attack on Parliament and PTV buildings during the 2014 sit-in against alleged rigging in general elections. The hearing was adjourned without any further proceedings due to the leave of ATC judge Raja Jawad Abbas Hassan. During the […]
KARACHI: The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called upon Pakistani authorities to stop withholding government advertisements to the Dawn and Jang media groups and grant ads to media outlets “without regard for their editorial stances”. Citing news reports and information from the All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS), the CPJ noted in a statement on […]
KARACHI: Hasan Mansoor, a senior reporter at Dawn, passed away on Thursday. He was 54. His family sources said Hasan suffered a heart attack which proved fatal. Survived by a widow, a son and a daughter, Hasan remained associated with Dawn twice. He first joined the newspaper in 2006 and left for a foreign wire […]
WASHINGTON: United States Department of State on Wednesday announced the recipients of the International Women of Courage Award (IWCA) for the year 2020 to honour twelve women across the world. Pakistani human rights activist and lawyer Jalila Haider is also on the list. According to a statement uploaded on their official website, the award recognises […]
WASHINGTON: Pakistani authorities should grant government advertising to outlets without regard for their editorial stances, and should lift the suspension of advertising in the Dawn and Jang media groups, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has said. Since January, the country’s federal government and the provincial governments of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab have suspended the […]
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Information Technology on Wednesday decried the performance of Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) and Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) in controlling growing abuse at social media platforms and sought their annual performance reports. The Senate committee meeting, which was chaired by Pakistan Peoples Party Senator Rubina Khalid, expressed concern over the […]
ISLAMABAD: Rights activists, lawyers, journalists, politicians representing different political parties at a conference held here on Wednesday expressed the resolve to resist and challenge government move to restrict social media freedom. They demanded review of rules framed under the Prevention of Electronic Crime Act 2016 and approved a declaration stating that such “black laws will […]
ISLAMABAD: Media and lawyers organisations, civil society, political parties and other stakeholders Wednesday resolved to resist attempts to curb the freedom of speech and expression in the country. According to a press release, the conference jointly organised by Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), APNS, CPNE, PBC, Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), Pakistan Bar […]
Announcing support for the Aurat March, the Sindh Commission on the Status of Women (SCSW) has urged the police to ensure public order and safety of the participants of a women’s rally to be staged on Sunday. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the SCSW, a government-mandated body formed to protect women’s rights, said that […]
The Arts Council of Pakistan will be hosting a two-day conference on women on March 6 and 7 to look into the issues of women and come up their solutions. Addressing a news conference in this regard on Wednesday, Arts Council President Ahmed Shah said extremist slogans from both the sides were a conspiracy to […]
From Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah to Ms Rana Liaquat Ali Khan and up to Benazir Bhutto, prominent women leaders faced all kinds of opposition from those who felt challenged by their role in power politics, but the people still voted for women leaders even in the direct elections and also elected a woman as the Prime […]
HYDERABAD: The organisers of the Aurat Azadi March in Sukkur announced on Wednesday their 12-point agenda, which they will reiterate in the rally scheduled for March 8. Prof Arfana Mallah and Prof Amar Sindhu of the University of Sindh, who are organising the rally, told media persons that they expected the event to remain peaceful. “We […]
Indian authorities on Wednesday lifted the ban on access to social media websites in occupied Kashmir. People in the region will now be allowed unrestricted 2G internet access. In addition, internet services will also be available on landline connections. However, this permission will be granted after verification. According to a notification, internet speed shall be […]
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