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Daily Archives: June 16, 2020

PFUJ Expresses Concern Over Raising COVID – 19 Positive Cases In Media Houses

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KARACHI: Office bearers of Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) have urged the owners of media houses to ensure safety of their workers, both journalists and non journalists, increasingly inflicted with COVID-19. In a joint statement on Monday, President PFUJ, Shahzada Zulfiqar and Secretary General, Nasir Zaidi have urged the owners of both the print […]


Editor’s Note: If you’re not paying for journalism, you’re paying to not have journalism

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This leads to an important question: if, in such a brief period of time, Profit has managed to get on top of the business journalism segment, why didn’t the rest of the news media houses, with decades upon decades of experience in journalism, even try to get in on the game? Granted, they all do […]


PTA asks internet users to register VPNs to avoid ban after June 30

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KARACHI: Internet users in Pakistan will be unable to browse the web using encryption software after June 30, unless they register Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) with the telecom authorities. In a press release dated June 10 and newspaper advertisements, the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has invited customers using VPNs to browse the internet to register […]


Accountability court extends Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman’s judicial remand till June 29

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LAHORE: An accountability court on Monday extended Jang/Geo Media Group’s Editor-in-Chief Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman’s judicial remand till June 29.  Judge Jawad ul Hasan conducted proceedings of the reference against MSR. NAB prosecutor Asim Mumtaz and MSR’s attorney were present during the hearing.  “We have come to know that Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman is ill?” inquired the court.  “Yes, he is […]


Journalists vow to resist demolition of BPC building

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Badin: Union of Journalists, Hyderabad, Awan-e-Sahafat Badin & other journalistic organisations of Sindh have termed the notice from District Council Badin chairman for the evacuation & demolishing of the historical building of Badin Press Club as illegal and vowed to struggle for its protection. According to details, taking immediate notice of the letter written by […]


Geo News reporter Wali Babar murder case: Main hitman arrested after nine years of murder

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KARACHI: The city police chief on Monday claimed to have arrested the main hitman, who allegedly killed the Geo News reporter Wali Khan Babar and evading the law for nearly ten years. The press conference was jointly addressed by Sindh Information Minister Nasir Hussain Shah. Babar, aged 28, was shot dead in the Liaquatabad neighborhood […]