• June 30, 2020
• Freedom of Expression

LAHORE: An accountability court Monday extended judicial remand of Jang/Geo Editor-in-Chief Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman for 22 days, till July 21, in a case pertaining to the purchase of a private piece of land more than 30 years ago. Lahore accountability court duty judge, Jawadul Hassan, heard the Jauhar Town private property purchase case against Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman […]

• June 30, 2020
• Freedom of Expression

ISLAMABAD—Freedom Network on Monday demanded that Press Information Department (PID) take a serious view of a video in which death threats were hurled to television presenters Hamid Mir of Geo News and Muhammad Malick of 92 News. Mir, in a tweet, said that a cleric from Rawalpindi abused some opposition leaders and honorable judges in […]

• June 30, 2020
• Freedom of Expression, Media Ethics

The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority has issued a show cause notice to ARY, Dunya TV, 24 News, Public TV and GTV for airing fake news. According to the authority, the new channels ran news regarding the termination and suspension of Pakistani pilots and engineers working for Kuwait Airways. The channels have been directed to […]