ISLAMABAD – The Supreme Court of Pakistan Wednesday noted that the Sindh government case about kidnapping and killing of Daniel Pearl, Bureau Chief of Wall Street Journal in Pakistan, seems to be weak, as there are many loopholes in it. A three-member bench of the apex court headed by Justice Mushir Alam conducted hearing of […]
Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) with the support of The European Union plans to organize ten three-day holistic security training workshops for bloggers and human rights defenders in different cities. The training will include sessions on physical, digital and psychosocial security. A look at the changing landscape of threats to freedom of expression shows that the […]
ISLAMABAD – The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Tuesday adjourned hearing of a case against acquittal of accused by the Sindh High Court (SHC) in American journalist Daniel Pearl murder case till Wednesday. A three-member special bench of the apex court, headed by Justice Mushir Alam and comprising Justice Sardar Tariq Masood and Justice Yahya […]
A local journalist was shot dead by unidentified persons inside his house in Dera Ismail Khan on Monday night, police said on Tuesday. According to the first information report (FIR), lodged at the Cantt police station today on the complaint of the deceased’s cousin, Qais Javed had entered his house and was in his front […]
The public believes that mainstream media hide or distort the facts, willingly or unwillingly, to fit their content between the unmarked lines that decide if the news or opinion piece is published or if it is binned — which is almost true. Since Urdu is the main language of communication in Pakistan, and journalism is […]
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Cabinet has not approved a summary of Ministry of Information and broadcasting on re-appointment of Members of Council of Complaints (CoC) of PEMRA, Baluchistan, well-informed sources told Business Recorder. Sharing details, sources said, Information & Broadcasting Division on November 24, 2020 informed the Cabinet that according to Section 26 (1) of the […]
Writings and columns of journalist Mazhar Abbas helps the readers understand the complexities of Pakistani politics. Abbas’s colleague and senior journalist Suhail Warraich made this observation as he spoke at the launch of Abbas’s book ‘Aur Phir Yun Hua’ on the third day of the International Urdu Conference under way at the Arts Council of […]
KARACHI: In the first such cross-border media collaboration in South Asia, five news organisations have partnered with The International Press Institute (IPI) — a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists — to investigate and document attacks on journalists in the region, create public awareness and influence policymakers to end impunity for crimes […]
LONDON: Freelance Pakistani reporter Shah Meer Baloch has won the Kurt Schork Freelance Award for his work documenting slave mining, child labour, the Kalahsas and systematic negligence in the national polio vaccination programme. Thomson Reuters Foundation announced three winners honoring brave, yet often unrecognized journalists for their reporting on conflict, corruption and injustice. The prize […]
The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority on Thursday announced that it had issued notices to channels for airing former finance minister Ishaq Dar’s interview. Dar, in an interview on BBC News’ show “HARDtalk”, had spoken on several issues — the National Accountability Bureau, his return, 2018 general elections, former premier Nawaz Sharif’s allegations against the […]
DUBAI: Pakistan’s journalist’s body working in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has vowed to show a “pragmatic, authentic and genuine” image of their homeland and the emirates. The Pakistan Journalists Forum (PJF) arranged a gathering on the premises of the Pakistan Association Dubai to celebrate the 49th National Day of the UAE and welcome the […]
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court Chief Justice Athar Minallah on Friday questioned the framing of rules for social media and observed that such rules would discourage criticism and adversely affect accountability in the country. Taking up a petition filed against the ban on video-sharing social networking service TikTok, the IHC chief justice asked how rules for […]
ISLAMABAD: The Sindh government’s counsel Farooq H. Naek on Thursday cited the testimonies of a taxi driver and a police liaison officer to establish that Wall Street Journal journalist Danial Pearl was indeed kidnapped and later murdered. The counsel argued before a three-judge Supreme Court bench headed by Justice Mushir Alam that Nasir Abbas, the […]
ISLAMABAD: The Sindh government’s counsel Farooq H. Naek on Wednesday tried to convince the Supreme Court that the kidnapping and subsequent cold-blooded murder of US journalist Daniel Pearl was part of events related to international terrorism. To substantiate the claim, he cited the testimony of principal accused Ahmed Omer Saeed Sheikh who, during the recording […]
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