• October 11, 2020
• Social Media

ISLAMABAD: The short video-sharing app, TikTok has approached the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) and expressed willingness on further negotiations to comply with instructions for development of an effective mechanism for proactive moderation of unlawful online content. This was confirmed by PTA spokesperson Khurram Mehran, while talking to Business Recorder, Saturday. When asked about reasons behind […]

• October 11, 2020
• General News

KARACHI: A sessions’ court on Saturday reissued warrant for arrest of a suspect absconding in a case pertaining to murder of television anchorperson Mureed Abbas and another person over alleged shady investments worth billions of rupees. Atif Zaman and his brother Adil have been booked for murdering his business partners Mureed Abbas and Khizar Hayat […]

• October 11, 2020
• Freedom of Expression

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) — mother institution that regulates the affairs of the legal fraternity — on Saturday included more lawyers in the “Journalistic Defence Committee” it has constituted to provide legal assistance to and defend journalists. Through a notification the PBC further said that 12 lawyers in addition to seven lawyers had […]