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Daily Archives: April 22, 2021

‘Social media used to destroy peace in Pakistan’

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ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Interior Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said on Wednesday that social media was the major weapon used in the past few days with an aim to destroy peace in Pakistan. Addressing a presser in context of the agreement signed between the government and Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), he said the interior ministry held a […]


FIR registered in journalist attack case

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ISLAMABAD: An FIR has been registered in senior journalist and former Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority chairman Absar Alam attack case in Shalimar Police Station. The other day, a gunman fired at Mr Alam when he was walking in a Park in F-11/2 near his house. The case was registered against the unidentified person in […]


PTV to be run on modern lines, says Fawad

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ISLAMABAD: Information Minister Fawad Hussain Chaudhry said on Wednesday that he had resumed the process of reforms in his ministry that he had begun in 2018. The measures include the revamping and modernisation of the state-run Pakistan Television (PTV). The minister said in a series of tweets the PTV News had been given a deadline […]


Protecting Journalists

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The attack on Absar Alam, a senior journalist and former chairman of Pakistan Electronic Media Authority (Pemra) was an alarming event that has alerted the journalist community, civil society and law enforcement officials alike. It is extremely relieving that the senior journalist has survived the attack and is out of danger now. However, this by […]


Hyderabad Union of Journalists (HUJ) delegation calls on Sindh Governor

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KARACHI – Sindh Governor Imran Ismail has said that all possible steps will be taken to solve the problems faced by the journalist community and the present government has always worked for the welfare of journalists and will continue to do so. He said this while talking to a five-member delegation of Hyderabad Union of […]


US calls on Pakistan authorities to nab culprits behind attack on journalist Absar Alam

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Washington: The United States on Thursday expressed grave concerns over the attack of Pakistan’s leading journalist Absar Alam in Islamabad and called on local authorities to apprehend the culprits.In a tweet, the US Department of State: the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs (SCA) said freedom of the press and the protection of journalists […]


SC seeks Justice Isa’s response on three financial questions

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ISLAMABAD: While hearing a review petition of a sitting judge of the Supreme Court (SC), Justice Qazi Faez Isa, against a smaller bench’s ruling on the presidential reference against him on Tuesday, a larger bench asked him to respond to three questions in the matter. Heading a 10-member larger bench Justice Umer Ata Bandial asked […]