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Daily Archives: September 12, 2020

Pakistan: Journalist arrested for social media posts

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Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) is concerned over the registration of a case against a journalist for his allegedly “highly provocative” social media posts. We join calls for an inquiry into the case as well as the arrest of English-language daily The Express Tribune News Editor, Bilal Farooqi. The use of criminal complaints against journalists is […]


PEMRA fines Bol News Network for airing defamatory content without evidence

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The council of complaints (CoC) at Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) on Friday issued a Rs300,000 fine on Labaik Pvt Limited after finding it guilty of violating Section 20 of the PEMRA Ordinance 2002. “The CoC heard the case two times but [Labaik Pvt Limited] does not appear to take the case seriously,” said […]


SHC directs PTA to block blasphemous material

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KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Friday directed the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to block all the websites in Pakistan carrying offended, obscene and blasphemous material and submit the report. The SHC’s direction has just come after a petition of Syed Iqbal against publication of blasphemous material on the websites was heard. The petitioner […]


Journalist Bilal Farooqi released following social media outcry

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KARACHI: Bilal Farooqi, News Editor at The Express Tribune, was released in the wee hours of Saturday, hours after he was picked up by police from outside his home in Karachi on Friday evening. Bilal was detained in relation to an FIR registered against him two days ago. According to the FIR, Farooqi has been […]


Journalist Bilal arrested for ‘objectionable’ posts

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KARACHI: Bilal Faroo­qui, a journalist associated with English daily Express Tribune, was detained from his home in Defence Housing Society by police on Friday evening, according to his family, friends and official sources. The chief of Karachi police, Additional IG Ghulam Nabi Memon, confirmed that the Station Investigation Officer of the Defence police station had […]