Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) is alarmed at the armed attack on journalist and blogger Asad Ali Toor in his home on May 23, 2021 in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad . PPF urges the authorities to investigate the attack on Toor and to ensure that those behind it are held accountable. The attack on Toor provides yet […]
KARACHI: The Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) has reiterated its commitment to meet the new challenges facing the media and said that all kinds of political, state, non-state and economic pressures on the media and freedom of the press would not be tolerated. Measures like new PEMRA directives, the forcible removal of newspaper stalls, […]
A day after the Karachi police roughed up some journalists as the Sindh government began imposing stricter restrictions to curb the spread of Covid-19, the city police chief directed his department to treat all journalists as well as other citizens with the utmost courtesy. “Implementation of the SOPs [standard operating procedures] issued by the provincial […]
ISLAMABAD: A journalist and YouTuber, Asad Ali Toor, was severely beaten up by unidentified assailants outside his residence in Sector F-10 late on Tuesday night. A police official told Dawn that some people came outside Mr Toor’s residence located in an apartment building. A scuffle took place between him and these people who fled from […]
PESHAWAR: Following in the footsteps of the centre, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has also decided to table a journalist’s protection bill in the provincial assembly. The federal government had on Friday last tabled the much-awaited Protection of Journalists and Media Professionals Bill, 2021, in the National Assembly aimed at protecting journalists and media professionals. In […]
PESHAWAR: TikTok, a popular video-sharing app, has blocked around eight million objectionable videos and around 400,000 accounts for uploading those videos in the country, the Peshawar High Court was told on Tuesday. Counsel for Pakistan Telecommunication Authority Jehanzeb Mehsud and its director technical told Chief Justice Qaiser Rashid Khan and Justice Syed Arshad Ali that […]
LAHORE: PCB has asked players and officials not to post any comment on social media during PSL-6 quarantine period, warning them that violation of this will result in their separation from their teams. Sources said that a message has also been sent to the franchises and others stating that nothing should be posted under the […]
KARACHI – The Station House Officer (SHO) Saudabad police station has been removed from his position and ordered to report at the police headquarter over his involvement in beating a journalist. The Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police, East, Karachi, took notice of the incident partnering to mishandling of a journalist, Waseem, associated with a […]
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