KARACHI—several journalists, including women reporters, were harassed by PTI supporters during Imran Khan’s rally Saturday at Bagh-e-Jinnah. Zam Zam Saeed, a female reporter with Samaa TV, uploaded footage of the incident on her Twitter account. According to her, PTI workers abused the TV crew and used sticks and stones. Other journalists, including three women journalists, […]
ISLAMABAD—Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has strongly condemned threats to television presenters Hamid Mir and Asma Sherazi besides planned protests by PTI workers outside their homes. PFUJ President Shahzada Zulfiqar and Secretary-General Nasir Zaidi said that it was unfortunate that PTI is suppressing and threatening journalists to drag them into controversy. “Arranging protest at […]
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has called upon Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to play a priority role in line with his commitment in his inaugural speech in the National Assembly as the new premier, in resolving myriad of problems being faced by the journalist community. In a statement issued here on Friday, […]
Islamabad – Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has given go ahead for changing heads of the state media. Credible sources told The Nation that Federal Secretary Information, Principal Information Officer, MD APP, DG Radio Pakistan, MD Pakistan Television are going to be changed. Three names have been sent to the Prime Minister for appointment of new […]
ISLAMABAD: Speaker National Assembly Raja Pervaiz Ashraf on Saturday ordered to reopen “Media Corner” here at the Parliament House on the request of Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) leader Marriyum Aurangzeb for facilitation of media persons. On a point of order in the National Assembly, Marriyum Aurangzeb requested the newly elected Speaker Assembly Raja Pervaiz […]
ISLAMABAD: Social media platforms have emerged as the new battleground for the new government and the former PTI-led administration, as the social media team of former Prime Minister Imran Khan has archived the official Twitter account of the Prime Minister’s Office. The bureaucracy and political leadership of the new government are rushing to gain control […]
On April 8, in a historic order, the Islamabad High Court struck down the draconian Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (Peca) Amendment Ordinance 2022, introduced by the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government, and also the criminal defamation part of Section 20 of the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act 2016 passed by the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) […]
PESHAWAR: A local court has turned down the bail petition of a retired army officer arrested by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) over derogatory social media posts against the army chief and Supreme Court judges. Judicial magistrate Sher Hassan Khan observed that petitioner Mohammad Raza, a resident of Karak district, was an educated man and […]
ISLAMABAD—prominent television presenter Saleem Safi has urged the newly-elected Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif not to give any government positions to media persons. In an open letter to the PM Sharif published in Daily Jang, he wrote: “Instead of controlling the media, just regulate it in consultation with the media organizations to stop the spread of […]
KARACHI: An antiterrorism court (ATC) on Friday issued notices for April 21 to the prosecution, accused and others to advance their arguments about the fate of the final charge sheet in the Nazim Jokhio murder case. The ATC-XV judge directed lawyers for all the parties concerned to assist the court regarding the acceptance of the […]
Amnesty International has urged Pakistani authorities to immediately release eight people arrested by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) for “criticizing the state” on Twitter. “The Pakistani authorities must stop using the draconian Pakistan Electronic Crimes Act (Peca) to punish people who are simply exercising their right to freedom of expression online,” Dinushika Dissanayake, the human […]
SUKKUR: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has urged Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to act positively to fulfill his commitment made in his inaugural speech in the National Assembly to resolve problems, being faced by the journalists’ fraternity. In a statement on Friday, PFUJ President Shahzada Zulfiqar, Vice-President Lala Asad Pathan and Secretary General […]
KARACHI: Five journalists and a renowned writer were declared innocent by an Additional Sessions Court, Sukkur, in a case registered against them by the Sukkur police under the sections of waging war against the country and the Anti-Terrorism Act. In March, 2021, the Sukkur Police had registered the said case against journalists, writers and political […]
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday instructed the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) not to harass social media activists and disposed of a Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf petition. IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah heard the case filed by the PTI, challenging FIA action against its workers. The court instructed the director, Anti-Cyber Crime Wing FIA, to […]
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