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Daily Archives: May 8, 2022

Sharjeel says remaining 700 Karachi Press Club members, too, will get plots

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KARACHI: Sindh Minister for Information and Transport, Sharjeel Inam Memon has announced to provide plots to 700 remaining members of Karachi Press Club so as to resolve their residential problems. While visiting KPC after assuming the charge of Information Minister, Memon said that a summary would be moved in this regard so that the remaining […]


FIA’s petition in SC to restore section 20 in PECA withdrawn, announces Marriyum Aurangzeb

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ISLAMABAD: Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb on Saturday announced that the plea filed by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) for the restoration of section 20 in the PECA Act 2016 has been “withdrawn immediately”. The FIA had approached the Supreme Court to restore section 20 in the PECA Act 2016, however, it was later withdrawn after […]


Journalist Khalid Hameed Farooqui passes away

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BRUSSELS: Khalid Hameed Farooqui, a senior journalist, passed away on Saturday due to a heart attack. According to reports, the veteran journalist suffered a heart attack in Brussels after arriving from London. Khalid Hameed Farooqui belonged to Karachi; he later settled in Europe. He is survived by a son and a daughter. Prime Minister Shehbaz […]


The Federal Investigation Agency challenges the Islamabad High Court order against PECA Section 20 in Supreme Court

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ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) challenged on Saturday the Islamabad High Court’s (IHC) order, declaring the Pakistan Electronic Crimes Act (PECA) Section 20 as unconstitutional, in the Supreme Court. The FIA contended that the IHC provided the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) relief “without legal justification”, claiming that the high court had misinterpreted […]