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Daily Archives: October 18, 2021

Mr Minister! It’s Nepra report, not Geo News that raises questions

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ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Energy has contradicted a State of Industrial Report 2021, published by the regulator, National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra), in his tweets and in his limited interaction with the media. Interestingly, he is not offering any other version, but just relying on the denial of the content of the report and […]


Two Dera journalists pass way

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DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Two senior journalists died here on Sunday. Latifur Rehman, former president and chief patron of Dera Ismail Khan Press Club, and Mohammad Farid Leghari, were suffering from kidney disease, but they had also tested positive for coronavirus. Mr Leghari’s funeral prayers were offered at the Kutcheri Funeral Home on Saturday night. He […]


Speakers liken Pakistan Media Develop­ment Authority ordinance to ‘martial law on media’

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HYDERABAD: The Pakis­tan Media Develop­ment Authority (PMDA) ordinance is a black law aimed at imposing a sort of “martial law” on the media, speakers at a seminar, organised by the Hyderabad Union of Journalists at the Press Club, concluded on Saturday. They said the new law amounted to robbing journalists of fundamental rights guaranteed in […]


PPF pays tribute to journalist Muhammad Arif killed in the 2007 Karsaz blasts

On October 18, 2007, twin suicide bomb blasts rocked a crowded procession to welcome former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto upon her return to Karachi, Pakistan after eight years of self imposed exile. The explosions killed at least 200 people and injured over 500 others. ARY One World television channel cameraman Muhammad Arif was amongst those […]


پی پی ایف 2007 کے کارساز دھماکوں میں ہلاک ہونے والے صحافی محمد عارف کو خراج تحسین پیش کرتی ہے

اکتوبر 18، 2007 کو ، کراچی میں دو خودکش بم دھماکوں نے سابق وزیر اعظم بے نظیر بھٹو کی آٹھ سالہ خود ساختہ جلاوطنی کے بعد کراچی ، پاکستان واپسی پر ان کے استقبال کے لیے آنے والے ایک پُرہجوم جلوس کو دہلادیا۔ دھماکوں میں کم از کم 200 افراد  ہلاک اور 500 سے زائد […]