ISLAMABAD—Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has hailed the quashing of presidential reference against Justice Qazi Faez Isa. The union termed the reference “mala fide and an attempt to tarnish the image of a judge of the apex court.” In a joint statement, PFUJ President Shahzada Zulfiqar and Secretary-General Nasir Zaidi said that PFUJ […]
ISLAMABAD—As the Supreme Court on Friday quashed the presidential reference against Justice Qazi Faez Isa, journalists took to Twitter to criticize the PTI government. In a tweet, former Dawn journalist Cyril Almeida asked: “Heads will roll?” In a tweet Urdu, Mansoor Ali Khan of Express-News statistically said: “I also did not get good judiciary,” hitting […]
KARACHI: Hameed Haroon, President, Sarmad Ali, Secretary General, All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) on behalf of the office bearers and members of the Society have expressed profound grief over the sad demise of Chaudhry Nazir Ahmed, President, Akhbar Farosh Union, Lahore. He played a very important role for the development of newspaper industry and particularly […]
PESHAWAR: A local Journalist S.K Sami, recovered from coronavirus after battling with the pandemic disease for 18 days. Talking to APP on Thursday, S.K Sami said that his wife and two children had also got affected by the disease but rather getting admitted in a hospital he preferred to consult his private family doctor for […]
FAISALABAD: Senior journalist Khalid Abbas Saif, bureau chief daily Business Recorder, passed away, here on Thursday morning. He was 70. He was laid to rest at Ghulam Muhammad Abad graveyard. A large number of people belonging to all walks of life including media persons, traders, industrialists and political figures participated in the funeral prayer. Khalid […]
ISLAMABAD: A Lahore-based journalist, Anisur Rehman, who had gone missing on June 10 under mysterious circumstances, was recovered from a locality in Islamabad on Thursday night. This was stated by the secretary general of the Rawalpindi Islamabad Union of Journalists (RIUJ), Asif Bhatti, in a statement. Mr. Bhatti said that he and other office-bearers of […]
KARACHI: In order to clear the dues of different newspapers, the finance department of the Sindh government has allowed further payment against 66 bills amounting to Rs43,410,772, according to a press release. The statement said the finance department had given permission through a written letter to the Sindh Accountant General, dated June 18, 2020. The […]
A sessions court on Wednesday granted bail to Adil Zaman, the co-accused for the murders of anchorperson Mureed Abbas and his friend Khizar Hayat, in a case pertaining to unlawful use of a firearm. The additional district and sessions judge south, Aurangzeb Shah, ordered Adil to submit a surety bond of Rs50,000 with the court […]
LAHORE: A Lahore High Court division bench on Wednesday adjourned the hearing of a bail petition of Jang/Geo Group Editor-in-Chief Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman in a 34-year-old land property case. Justice Aalia Neelum, head of the bench, noted that the bench received the files of the case late. Therefore, she observed that the bench will hear the […]
ISLAMABAD—As Islamabad Police continued to dilly dally on registering an FIR for missing journalist Anis-ur-Rehman, his close friend spoke to JournalismPakistan.com on Wednesday and narrated the sequence of events. Sajid Shah said that he, along with Rehman, an editor of the magazine Nada-e-Millat, left Lahore for Islamabad on the morning of June 10. The Saudi Embassy had […]
EDITORIAL: Sindh Information Minister Nasir Shah held a special press conference on Monday to announce that “the killer of journalist Wali Khan Babar has been arrested.” The accused was identified as Sheikh Mohammad Karmran alias Zeeshan. It may be recalled that the young broadcast journalist, Wali Babar, was gunned down in January 2011 while on […]
LAHORE: In an era of grandeur and gimmicks, the glory of grace seems to be lost – and the man who brought that grace to Pakistani television has now left the world too. Tariq Aziz was the man of firsts, the first male television anchor, the first Pakistani game show host, the first to represent our […]
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar Tuesday handed over a cheque worth Rs. 54 million to Director General Multan Development Authority Muhammad Ali Abbas for development works at the Multan Journalists Housing Society. Speaking on the occasion, the CM said that the amount would be utilised for development works, so that 534 allottees could […]
Islamabad: Communication Research Strategies (CRS) has launched the Islamabad series of ‘Police Media Sath Sath’ Webinars focused on maturing the relationship between police and media and paving the way for police reform in Pakistan, says a press release. Zafarullah Khan, an expert in sociology of Internet and a well-known trainer on civic issues, moderated the […]
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