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Daily Archives: September 24, 2020

Journalist looted

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Islamabad: Two gun-toting robbers snatched cash amount worth Rs. 800,000 from a senior journalist here on Wednesday in Sector I-8/1 when he reached the parking lot of his residential flat after withdrawing money from a nearby bank. Ishtiaq Rao, working with Associated Press of Pakistan since 2007 as a journalist and covering the Prime Minister’s […]


IHC seeks report about police’s manhandling of journalist

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ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court (IHC) Chief Justice Athar Minallah on Wednesday took notice of an incident of alleged manhandling a court reporter by the police and sought a report from the IGP. Justice Minallah directed the IHC registrar to submit a report into the incident and issued directions to facilitate journalists, assigned to cover hearings […]


TikTok sets up council to allay concerns over content control

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ISLAMABAD: Amid concerns in Pakistan and some other Asian countries over lack of content regulations at its platform, TikTok has established a regional Safety Advisory Council to advise its management on content moderation policies and safety issues specific to Asia Pacific. One of the leading short video platforms, TikTok has introduced its Asia Pacific (APAC) […]