ISLAMABAD: The country is being destroyed in a systematic manner, Justice Qazi Faez Isa remarked during a Supreme Court hearing on local government elections on Thursday. He said he won’t shy away from saying that the media is not free and that it is being controlled. The Supreme Court observed that dissolving local bodies without […]
Labbaik Pvt. Ltd. BOL News has filed a contempt of court petition against PEMRA Chairman Saleem Baig and others. Chairman PEMRA Saleem Baig, DG Distribution, Regional Manager Akram Barkar, Inspector Lahore Mohammad Akram, Inspector PEMRA Lahore Mazhar have been made respondents in the petition. The petition also filed against Mohammad Farooq, Shahrooz Asghar, Asim, Amin […]
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Shibli Faraz on Thursday informed the Senate that the government has prepared a comprehensive plan to revive the state-run television past glory to make it a financially viable institution. Replying to various questions during question hour, the minister said that unfortunately the state-run TV was witnessing decline for the […]
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Senator Shibli Faraz Wednesday said the overriding priority of the current government under the leadership of Prime Minister Imran Khan was to ensure complete freedom of expression as provided in the provisions of the 1973 Constitution. He was responding to the Council of Pakistan Newspapers Editors’ (CPNE) annual report […]
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has issued written order about its February 02 hearing in connection with release of the accused Ahmad Omar Sheikh in Daniel Pearl murder case. It has been said in the written order that facility of comfortable residence in jail be provided to Ahmad Omar Sheikh for two days. All the necessary […]
ISLAMABAD – The Supreme Court of Pakistan Tuesday ordered the Sindh government to shift Ahmed Omer Sheikh and other accused persons of Daniel Pearl murder case from Karachi jail to rest houses. A three-member bench of the apex court headed by Justice Umar Ata Bandial and comprising Justice Sajjad Ali Shah and Justice Muneeb Akhtar […]
ISLAMABAD: Citing tremendous global implication and grave emergency as well as serious consequences, the top government lawyer on Monday requested the Supreme Court to suspend the Dec 24, 2020, Sindh High Court (SHC) order in the murder of Wall Street Journal’s South Asia bureau chief Daniel Pearl. Attorney General (AG) Khalid Jawed Khan appeared before […]
ISLAMABAD: The family of American journalist Daniel Pearl will challenge an order by Supreme Court to release a British-born militant acquitted of masterminding his kidnapping and brutal murder in 2002. The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the acquittal of Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh and three other men last year, triggering outrage from the United States. […]
LANDIKOTAL: The journalists here on Saturday asked the district police officer to provide foolproof security to the Landikotal, Jamrud and Bara press clubs. The demand came at a meeting held in Landikotal. Bara Press Club President Khadim Khan Afridi, Jamrud Press Club President Sajid Ali Kukikhel and Landikotal Press Club President Imran Khan Shinwari and […]
KARACHI: At least 10 Pakistani journalists were murdered and several others threatened, kidnapped, tortured and arrested on trumped-up charges while discharging their professional responsibilities last year, said a report on media freedom in the country on Sunday. While the Covid-19 pandemic posed a big challenge to media in Pakistan, where at least nine journalists died […]
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