• February 7, 2021
• Social Media

Lahore High Court (LHC) Chief Justice (CJ) Judge Muhammad Qasim Khan on Saturday ordered the district judiciary to stop spreading content with reference to judiciary through their social media. In this regard, a notification issued on Saturday stated, “While observing the prevailing practice in district judiciary where the judges use WhatsApp, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook etc […]

• February 7, 2021
• Broadcasting

Cable operators are receiving threats from Chairman Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) Mirza Saleem Baig. Petitioner Babar Dogar has once again exposed chairman PEMRA. Petitioner Babar Dogar talked to BOL News show ‘Bas Boht Hogaya’. During the conversation, he said that Chairman PEMRA violated High Court’s order. Petitioner Babar Dogar has once again highlighted […]

• February 7, 2021
• General News

KARACHI: Federal and provincial ministers, leaders of different political parties, senior journalists and civil society representatives came together to discuss the state of press freedom and the present media crisis in the country at a seminar here on Saturday. The programme, which was organized by the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) in collaboration with […]

• February 7, 2021
• Freedom of Expression

KARACHI: The Sindh government on Saturday moved Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, the prime accused in the 2002 killing of American journalist Daniel Pearl, and his four associates from jail to a newly-built facility inside the prison, sources privy to the development said. The move came in line with the Supreme Court’s orders last week that […]

• February 7, 2021
• Freedom of Expression

KARACHI: Leaders of various political parties, rights groups and journalists fraternity during a seminar on Saturday expressed serious concerns over harassment of journalists, unannounced censorship through financial curbs on media houses, threats to owners and journalists by anti-media forces to compel them to toe the official line or face government’s wrath. They demanded of the […]

• February 7, 2021
• General News

Speaking at an event to mark the third death anniversary of renowned journalist Siddiq Baloch on Saturday, speakers lamented that the government was taking steps against the media at the time when it was going through an ‘unprecedented crisis’. The Karachi Press Club (KPC) had organized a seminar, titled ‘Freedom of Expression’, at the club’s […]