• April 12, 2022
• Freedom of Expression, Front Page

Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) is concerned by the raid at the home of the former focal person on digital of the outgoing ruling party, Dr Arslan Khalid. It is a worrying continuation of a trend used to silence journalists, bloggers, and social media activists in Pakistan by creating an atmosphere of fear, ‘red lines’ and threats. […]

• April 12, 2022
• Freedom of Expression, Front Page

Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) welcomes the ruling of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) to strike down the draconian Pakistan Electronic Crimes (Amendment) Ordinance, 2022. This proposed amendment was a brazen move by the federal government to stifle free speech, intimidate and muzzle the media and to create red lines for them to operate within. The […]

• April 12, 2022
• General News

Karachi: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Monday said that it expects that the investigating officer of the Nazim Jokhio murder case would submit the charge sheet in the anti-terrorism court (ATC) within one week. Hearing the bail applications of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) MNA Jam Abdul Karim and co-accused, a single SHC bench headed […]

• April 12, 2022
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ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday granted a stay on the collection of over Rs50 billion Annual Gross Advertisement Revenue by the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) from television channels. The Pakistan Broadcasters Association (PBA) had approached the high court requesting to declare that Annual Gross Advertisement Revenue imposed by Schedule-B to […]

• April 12, 2022
• General News

Last Friday, Islamabad High Court Chief Justice Athar Minallah gave a momentous judgement in favour of freedom of expression. Hearing petitions filed by the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists, Pakistan Broadcasters Association, and civil society members challenging the controversial Prevention of Electronic Crimes (Amendment) Ordinance, 2022, the honorable Justice declared the ordinance as “unconstitutional, invalid […]

• April 11, 2022
• Freedom of Expression

LAHORE: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has closed nearly 7,000 inquiries/actions initiated countrywide under section 20 of the recently promulgated Prevention of Electronic Crimes (Amendment) Act (Peca) Ordinance of 2022. A majority of these complaints were related to defamation and serious threats the citizens were receiving from the Twitter and Facebook accounts. The decision came […]

• April 10, 2022
• Social Media

The home of Dr Arslan Khalid, recently ousted prime minister Imran Khan’s focal person on digital media, was allegedly raided in Lahore by 11 unidentified men in the wee hours of Sunday, according to Azhar Mashwani, the former focal person for digital media in Punjab. The alleged raid, which took place in the city’s Wapda […]

• April 10, 2022
• General News

The Islamabad High Court has struck down the Prevention of Electronic Crimes (Amendment) Ordinance, 2022, terming it unconstitutional. The honorable declared that criminalization of defamation, protection of individual reputations through arrest and imprisonment and the resultant effect violates the letter of the Constitution and the invalidity thereof is beyond reasonable doubt. It rightly stated that […]

• April 9, 2022
• General News

ISLAMABAD —The Rawalpindi-Islamabad Union of Journalists (RIUJ) and National Press Club Islamabad, in a joint meeting, have shown extreme anger over allegations by Prime Minister Imran Khan that journalists took bribes from the US embassy and were involved in a conspiracy against Pakistan. General Secretary RIUJ Tariq Ali Virk and former President PFUJ Afzal Butt […]

• April 9, 2022
• General News

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday dismissed a case filed by Federal Minister for Communication and Postal Services Murad Saeed against media person Mohsin Baig under Section 20 of the Pakistan Electronic Crimes Act (Peca) ordinance. The high court also dismissed cases against journalist Bilal Ghauri and Absar Alam that were registered under the […]

• April 9, 2022
• General News

KARACHI: The National Commission for Human Rights on Friday filed an application in the Sindh High Court for becoming an intervener in the bail petition of Pakistan People’s Party MNA Jam Abdul Karim in the Nazim Jokhio murder case. Filing an application in the SHC, NCHR’s member Anis Haroon submitted that the government functionaries were […]

• April 9, 2022
• General News

Islamabad: Public News anchor Maleeha Hashmey has been taken off air. The anchor hosted “Power Show” said on Friday she was taken off air for refusing to attack Prime Minister Imran Khan. Maleeha shared the news on her Twitter account. The anchor is known as a staunch supporter of Imran Khan and the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. […]

• April 9, 2022
• General News

Although the anchor has not commented on the reports of his removal, several informed journalists in Islamabad have confirmed his termination. Imran Riaz Khan is known as a staunch supporter of Prime Minister Imran Khan and the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. Samaa TV was recently purchased by former PTI leader Aleem Khan, who recently revolted against Imran […]

• April 9, 2022
• General News

In a major win for journalists, freedom of speech advocates and democrats in the country, the Islamabad Islamabad High Court has struck down the Prevention of Electronic Crimes (Amendment) Ordinance, 2022, stating that the amendments put through via the ordinance were unconstitutional. Not only that, the IHC has also ruled that the offence under section […]