• November 21, 2021
• General News

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Saturday rubbished Indian media reports claiming seizure of possible radioactive material by Indian port authorities from shipping containers of a commercial vessel loaded from the Karachi Port.Responding to questions, the FO spokesperson said: “We have noted the reports in the Indian media about seizure of possible radioactive material’ by Indian port authorities […]

• November 20, 2021
• General News

Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry on Friday congratulated “working journalists” on the Senate’s approval of the Journalist Protection Act. “Congratulations to working journalists. Today, the Journalist Protection Act was also passed by the Senate,” said Fawad. Journalists in Pakistan for the “first time” will enjoy rights that they only got in developed societies, he claimed. The […]

• November 20, 2021
• General News

PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister Kamran Khan Bangash has said that the approval of the Working Journalists Protection Bill by the Senate was a historic step that would help the journalists to get their due rights. He said approval of the bill is the fulfillment of Prime Minister Imran Khan’s commitment for the freedom of press […]

• November 20, 2021
• Obituaries

KARACHI: Mirza Ismail, a former staff member of Dawn, died in New York last week after a long illness following a stroke last year on his birthday. He was showing signs of improvement, but the death of his wife a month and a half ago came as a blow to him. He was 80. Mirza […]

• November 20, 2021
• Social Media

The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has restored the services of TikTok on assurances of the popular video-sharing platform to control “immoral/indecent content” after nearly a five-month suspension. “Subsequent to imposition of ban on 20 July 2021, PTA remained in communications with the TikTok management. As a result of continuous engagement, senior management of the platform […]

• November 20, 2021
• Obituaries

KARACHI   –  Veteran journalist and former Bureau Chief of Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) Karachi, Masood Sattar died in a road accident here on Friday in the age of 68.  According to his family members, the deceased succumbed to his injuries he received after being hit by a rickshaw at Drigh Road. He was rushed […]

• November 20, 2021
• Freedom of Expression

The upper house of parliament on Friday passed four bills, including the Protection of Journalists and Media Professionals Bill 2021 and the National Accountability Amendment Bill 2021, amidst protests from the opposition benches. The development comes after the government managed in getting through a record number of 33 bills, including the controversial bill on electronic […]

• November 19, 2021
• General News

On November 15, this newspaper broke the news of a signed and notarised affidavit by former CJ of Gilgit-Baltistan Rana Shamim wherein he had accused former CJP Saqib Nisar of judicial misconduct. Subsequently, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) issued show-cause notices to the editor-in-chief, editor and reporter of this newspaper. Since the matter is sub-judice, […]

• November 19, 2021
• General News

KARACHI: The officials of the Quaidabad police station have arrested seven fake journalists who were allegedly demanding extortion from a doctor in Karachi, ARY News reported on Thursday. Police officials told the media that the arrested men posing as journalists were demanding extortion money from a doctor. The gang of the fake journalists were caught […]

• November 19, 2021
• General News

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Thursday suspended a decision by the Islamabad High Court (IHC) to remand a defamation case against the ARY Network’s chief executive back to the trial court. On March 20, 2018, the trial court had dismissed a private complaint by Mir Shakilur Rehman, the chief executive of Independent Media Corporation — […]

• November 18, 2021
• General News

KARACHI: The police team formed to investigate the Nazim Jokhio murder case was on Tuesday replaced with a new three-member team on the request of the victim’s brother. Young Nazim Jokhio was brutally tortured to death allegedly at the behest of influential lawmakers and others after he tried to prevent their foreign guests from hunting […]

• November 18, 2021
• Social Media

LAHORE: Punjab Environment Protection Minister Muhammad Rizwan has asked the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to take action against those spreading fake/unauthorised data of Air Quality Index on social media and internet. In a letter written to the FIA on Wednesday, the minister said that Environment Protection Department (EPD) was administering the Punjab Environmental Protection Act […]

• November 18, 2021
• General News

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Vice President Maryam Nawaz, Wednesday, while condemning media censorship in the country has said that media restrictions are tantamount to suffocating Pakistan. Addressing an event organised by the Pakistan Union of Journalists (PFUJ) here, she said that today every common citizen was aware of the problems being faced by the […]

• November 18, 2021
• General News

KARACHI: Sindh’s Information and Labour Minister Saeed Ghani on Wednesday said that all possible steps should be taken to improve the performance of the information department so as to effectively highlight public welfare projects through the print and electronic media. Saeed Ghani said this during a meeting with Information Secretary Abdul Rashid Solangi. Press Information […]