KARACHI/ MULTAN: Office-bearers of the Joint Action Committee of Pakistan’s media met Pakistan People’s Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari here at Bilawal House on Friday to share their concerns about the draconian laws being promulgated by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government to gag social, electronic and all media through the Prevention of Electronic Crime Act (PECA) […]
KARACHI: Police on Saturday claimed to have arrested a man allegedly involved in the murder of journalist Athar Mateen. They said that Mateen, senior news producer of Samaa TV, was shot dead by held suspect Mohammed Ashraf and his accomplice in North Nazimabad on Feb 18 as he resisted their robbery bid. A police spokesperson […]
KARACHI: A delegation of the Joint Action Committee (JAC) in a meeting with the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan leadership on Saturday termed the recent amendment to the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA) via an ordinance “a curb on the fundamental right to freedom of expression”. The JAC of media organisations called on MQM-P convener Dr […]
A court in Islamabad granted post-arrest bail to Journalist Mohsin Jameel Baig in a case pertaining to the possession of unlicensed arms. Judicial Magistrate Waqar Gondal conducted hearing on Friday in the bail petition filed by the counsel for Mohsin Baig. The counsel pleaded the court to grant bail to his client. The court accepted […]
Nine months after leading Pakistani TV journalist and commentator Hamid Mir was forced off the air, Reporters without Borders (RSF) and its local partner, Freedom Network Pakistan (FNPK), urge the government to end its silence about this censorship and tell Geo News he can resume hosting his show. Pakistani citizens were deprived of one of […]
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain on Friday expressed deep grief and sorrow over the demise of senior journalist and Group Editor of Daily “Nai Baat” Atta Ur Rehman. In a condolence message, he prayed to the Almighty to rest the departed soul in eternal peace and grant courage to the deceased’s […]
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) on Friday announced that it would observe a ‘Black Day’ on February 28 (Monday) in protest against the Pakistan Electronic Crimes Act (PECA) Ordinance 2022, deeming it a “draconian law” intended to restrain media freedom and stifle dissent. In a statement, PFUJ President Shahzada Zulfiqar and Secretary […]
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court Chief Justice Athar Minallah on Thursday described the Pakistan Electronic Crimes Act (Peca) Ordinance 2022 as “oppressive and draconian”. The court also extended its order to refrain the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) from directly arresting anyone without the complete implementation of its standard operating procedures (SOPs) till March 10 – the […]
Attorney General of Pakistan (AGP), Khalid Javed Khan on Friday said that Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI) government has no intention to restrict social media ISLAMABAD: Attorney General of Pakistan (AGP), Khalid Javed Khan on Friday said that Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI) government has no intention to restrict social media. We have made the […]
The office-bearers of the Joint Action Committee (JAC) of the media organisations on Friday met with Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari in Karachi to share their concerns over the recent amendments to the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA) 2016. According to the JAC office-bearers, the recent amendments to the PECA severely […]
MUZAFFARGARH: A Rajanpur-based ‘journalist’ arrested by FIA for allegedly blackmailing a businessman for extorting money from him will be produced before a court in Multan on Friday. A case against Qadeer Ahmad Qazi and his accomplice was registered by FIA (Multan circle) on Monday last under sections 13, 14, 20, 24, PECA 2016 R/w 384, […]
ISLAMABAD: The government seems to have woken up to the fact that promulgation of a controversial presidential ordinance amending the cybercrime law was ill-timed, as it sought time from the Islamabad High Court (IHC) to check the abuse of power of arrests by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA). IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah resumed hearing […]
Senior journalist Shahid Hussain Shah was mugged at gunpoint in District Korangi on Thursday. The incident took place near Nasir Jump within the limits of the Zaman Town police station at around 7:20am. “I was going on my motorcycle to the LRBT hospital when two armed assailants on a motorcycle, who were wearing pants and […]
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC), Thursday, termed the powers given to the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) under the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (Amendment) Ordinance, 2022 as “draconian”. A single bench of IHC comprising Chief Justice of IHC Justice Athar Minallah said this, while hearing identical petitions challenging the recently-promulgated Prevention of Electronic Crimes […]
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