KARACHI: Senior journalist Muhammad Jami, who passed away on Saturday, was laid to rest on Monday. His son, Imran Jami, told Dawn that his father died after a brief illness. He was 79. The funeral prayers were offered at an area mosque and he was buried at the Scout Colony graveyard in Scheme-33. With an […]
Today, on World Press Freedom Day, it is important to remind state, government and political parties that the concept of a free press is essential to the functioning of any democracy. This becomes all the more important in a country where freedom of the media has existed more in the abstract than in reality, particularly […]
ISLAMABAD: On the eve of World Press Freedom Day, Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has expressed its strong resolve for ensuring freedom of press and expression in the country which remained on sharp decline during the previous regime. PFUJ urged the incumbent government to focus on protection of freedom of speech and expression as no […]
PESHAWAR: The doctors and paramedics have criticized the health department’s move to initiate action against those opposing the government’s policies on social media. However, the health secretary insisted that the department wanted to implement the relevant law to act against those critical of its policy matters. On April 30, the health department issued a notification […]
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