ISLAMABAD—Veteran journalist Ayaz Amir Monday said he was threatened and forewarned by an intelligence agency official before the attack on him in Lahore last week. Speaking on Hamid Mir’s talk show—Capital Talk—Amir narrated how he was approached by the official and asked to be moderate in his criticism. “Last week, a guest, who took a […]
LAHORE: Inspector General of Police Rao Sardar Ali Khan on Monday chaired a meeting of the information technology (IT) wing and directed the officials to make access to all the initiatives and programmes easy for the citizens. He said modern policing and all mobile apps designed for the convenience of people should be integrated. The […]
ISLAMABAD: Meta, in collaboration with the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), has launched an educational series, “Chai Chats” to create awareness among young Pakistani Facebook users on digital literacy and social cohesion through improved digital experiences. The series features a close-knit group of university friends encountering difficult online situations which they overcome with grace, friendship, and […]
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 3 (ANI): A new alleged audio clip of former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan’s wife Bushra Bibi has emerged in which she is instructing the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI’s) social media head, Dr Arsalan Khalid, to run trends declaring people who oppose PTI as traitors. Bushra Bibi could be heard telling Dr […]
A special investigation team has been formed in the case of slain journalist Iftikhar Ahmad who was gunned down in Shabqadar, Charsadda district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) on Saturday evening. Iftikhar was laid to rest in Fatima Khel, Shabqadar on Sunday. His funeral was attended journalists and family members. After the funeral local journalists staged a […]
PESHAWAR—Local police have claimed to arrest three suspects allegedly involved in the murder of journalist Iftikhar Ahmed. Reportedly, no one has claimed responsibility for the killing. However, the police suspect that personal enmity may have been the reason. Police have registered a case under Section 302 and have formed an investigation team on the orders […]
Judicial Magistrate Malir’s court has postponed its decision on whether to accept the challan in the murder case of Nazim Jokhio. The murder case of Nazim Jokhio was heard before the JM. The court postponed the verdict on the challan submitted by the police. It remarked that the decision on whether to accept the challan […]
LAHORE: Police on Saturday registered a case against five to six unidentified persons for attacking senior journalist Ayaz Amir a day earlier. The case was registered with Qila Gujjar Singh Police Station under sections 147, 149, 506 and 382 of the Pakistan Penal Code on the complaint of the driver of Ayaz Amir. The journalist […]
ANOTHER day, another citizen roughed up for speaking his mind. The assault on veteran journalist Ayaz Amir by unidentified men in Lahore late Friday night is just the latest reminder that speaking the bitter truth never goes unpunished by those who have been allowed to run amok in this land of the pure. What was […]
Journalist Iftikhar Ahmed was shot dead in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s Charsadda district on Saturday. Iftikhar, hailing from Shabqadar area of Charsadda, was associated with Express News channel and Urdu newspaper — daily express. A first information report (FIR) of the incident has been registered against the unidentified accused on the complaint of his brother Hazrat Bilal, police […]
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday chaired a meeting on increasing the potential of Information Technology (IT) related exports from the $2.5 billion to $15 billion. The meeting also attended by Junaid Qureshi, President of Silicone Valley, California an organization of Pakistani businessmen, the prime minister expressed satisfaction over the volume of IT exports and […]
Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb said on Friday that a special committee, comprising representatives from the ministries and media organizations concerned, had been formed to finalize the Journalist and Media Professionals Protection (Amendment) Bill 2022. She informed the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalist’s (Dastoor) delegation, which was called on her, about the committee […]
Pakistan has issued a strong demarche to the Indian government for blocking access to content of 80 accounts on Twitter, including those of diplomatic missions in Iran, Turkey, Egypt, UN-New York and national broadcaster Radio Pakistan by activating geo-blocking and censorship laws. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the Indian charge d’affaires in Islamabad and […]
Senior journalist and columnist Ayaz Amir was allegedly attacked by unidentified assailants in Lahore on Friday night. Ayaz, associated with a local TV channel, came under attack when he was returning home from his office in the provincial capital. The attackers manhandled the senior columnist and also took away his belongings including mobile phone. Unidentified […]
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