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Monthly Archives: February 2022

Attock press club building issue to be resolved soon

Deputy Commissioner (DC) Attock Imran Hamid Sheikh has said that public welfare and resolving the problems being faced by journalist community is his top priority. The issue of press club building will be resolved soon. He said this during a meeting with journalists at his office. Deputy Director Public Relations Shahzad Niaz Khokhar was also […]


TikTok partners with Zindagi Trust to create digital safety awareness

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ISLAMABAD: TikTok, the leading short-form video platform, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Zindagi Trust for an awareness campaign around safe usage of the internet. This partnership was announced on Safer Internet Day which is celebrated globally on February 8 every year. Through this partnership, a series of workshops will be conducted for […]


TikTok tests age-rated content restrictions

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TikTok is working on ways to rate and restrict content by age in order to prevent adult content from reaching teenage users, the company said at a news briefing. TikTok, which has exploded in popularity among teens in recent years, said it was running a small test for how adult-rated content could be restricted from […]


No one authorized to declare any citizen as traitor: Islamabad High Court

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ISLAMABAD – Chief Justice of Islamabad High Court (IHC) Justice Athar Minallah on Monday observed that no one was authorized to declare any citizen as traitor until the state prove it with solid evidences. He gave these remarks during hearing a petition of ‘Labaik Company’ against the fine imposed by Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority […]


PPF remembers Chishti Mujahid — Slain in 2008, no progress on investigation yet

Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) remembers the work of a photojournalist and columnist for the Urdu-language weekly Akbar-e-Jehan Dr Abdus Samad Chishti Mujahid, was fatally shot by a gunman in Quetta, the capital of the Balochistan province on February 9, 2008. Mujahid’s murder was the result of a headline — a headline he had not himself […]


Documentary released on Karachi Press Club, Pakistan’s oldest

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Karachi: A documentary was released to recognize the role of Karachi Press Club (KPC), the oldest in Pakistan, to celebrate its role in promoting democracy and the right to free speech in the country. This is the first-ever documentary on the KPC, which was established in 1958 as the first press club of the United […]


PPF remembers Allah Noor and Amir Nawab – journalists murdered in the line of duty

On 7 February 2005 Allah Noor, reporter of Khyber TV, and Amir Nawab, correspondent of Associated Press Television News were killed when men armed with AK-47 machine guns opened fire on them in a van near the town of Wana, South Waziristan, KPK. 4 prominent Journalists of the area including Allah Noor, Amir Nawab, Anwar Shakir, […]


پی پی ایف دورانِ ڈیوٹی قتل ہوئے والے صحافیوں اللہ نور اور عامر نواب کو یاد کررہی ہے

فروری7، 2005 کو خیبر ٹی وی کے رپورٹر اللہ نور اور ایسوسی ایٹڈ پریس ٹیلی ویژن نیوز کے نمائندے عامر نواب اس وقت ہلاک ہو گئے تھے جب اے کے 47 مشین گنوں سے مسلح افراد نے فاٹا کے جنوبی وزیرستان کے علاقے وانا کے قریب ایک وین میں ان پر فائرنگ کی۔ علاقے کے […]


Secretary National Press Club lodges FIR against Waheed Dogar, others

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ISLAMABAD—Khalil Ahmed Raja, newly-elected secretary of National Press Club, lodged an FIR against Waheed Dogar and other unidentified non-members for attacking President National Press Club Anwar Raza February 3. According to the FIR, there was a reception ceremony in honor of newly-elected office-bearers of the press club when Dogar, accompanied by unknown individuals, entered the […]


Government Wants To Resolve Journalists Problems, Says Barrister Saif

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PESHAWAR: A delegation of Khyber Union of Journalists called on Special Assistant to the Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Information and Public Relation Barrister Muhammad Ali Saif and discussed in detail matters pertaining to journalists’ welfare. The Special Assistant for Information expressed these views during a meeting with a delegation of Khyber Union of Journalists […]


‘Access to information to increase transparency’

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QUETTA: Parliamentary Secretary for Law and Parliamentary Affairs Dr Rubaba Khan Buledi has said that the Access to Information Act in Balochistan will help in transparency and good governance and every citizen will be acquainted with measures related to public interest and government affairs. “Strive for effective and comprehensive legislation to protect women’s rights and […]


Court gives judicial aides more time to submit reports in social media rules case

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Islamabad High Court Chief Justice Athar Minallah on Thursday discouraged making provocative or hate speeches “under the garb of freedom of speech”. The IHC CJ, while hearing petitions regarding social media rules and the ban on TikTok, allowed more time to judicial assistants to submit their respective reports, adjourning the hearing till March 7. “The […]


‘90 per cent of cybercrimes start with misuse of social media’

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SARGODHA – A seminar on ‘Cyber Laws in Pakistan’ was organised by the Law College of Sargodha University, here on Thursday. The event was attended by Advocate High Court and Cyber Law Expert Zain Ali Qureshi, Dean Faculty of Arts and Humanities Prof. Dr Ghulam Abbas Gondal, Principal Law College Dr. Ateka Lohani, Resident Officer […]


Prosecution says Muttahida Qaumi Movement founder asked followers to march on TV channels

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LONDON: The Crown Prosecutor has told a jury that the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Altaf Hussain asked his followers to march towards officers of Geo News and two other channels during his 22nd August 2016 speech with the ultimate objective to shut down the transmissions of channels because these channels were censoring his speeches […]