• July 2, 2022
• Freedom of Expression, Front Page

Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) strongly condemns the violent attack on senior journalist Ayaz Amir. Such brazen acts of violence against journalists are unacceptable and continue to take place with impunity in Pakistan. The assault against Amir is telling of the shrinking space for free expression in the country and the consequences that journalists suffer for […]

• July 2, 2022
• General News

A policeman and his accomplices allegedly murdered a journalist affiliated with a Sindhi newspaper, the daily Chinag and a member of Ranipur Press Club, Ishtiaq Sodhoro, within the limits of Kumbh police station district Khairpur on Friday morning. According to the FIR and Sodhoro’s wife Razia, the culprits attacked her husband outside their home when […]

• July 2, 2022
• Social Media

SWABI: A video about the verbal clash of former speaker of the National Assembly, Asad Qaiser, with a local leader of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) at the recently held gathering in Zaida went viral on social media. Source: The News

• July 2, 2022
• Social Media

LAHORE: Participants in a discussion said on Friday the state should implement social media laws as it is involved in spreading disinformation campaigns on China. The discussion was arranged by ‘Understanding China Forum (UCF)’ on social media trends at a local hotel on Friday. CPEC former special envoy Zafaruddin Mah-mood, columnist Mansoor Afaq, comedian Khalid […]

• July 2, 2022
• General News

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Friday directed the Punjab Police to submit record of the cases registered against anchorperson Imran Riaz Khan. Earlier, a provincial law officer told the court that reports in this regard had been sought from all district police officers (DPOs) in the province. He said the record of the cases […]

• July 1, 2022
• Information Technology

The Sindh government has made the data system of universities, boards and institutes across the province online. In this regard, a meeting on universities and boards was held under the chairmanship of Sindh Minister for Universities and Boards, Ismail Rahu. Secretary Universities and Boards, Muhammad Mureed Rahmon informed the meeting that all the data pertaining […]

• July 1, 2022
• Social Media

A lawyer has approached a session’s court seeking directives for the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to act against social media posts “harming the dignity of animals” by likening corrupt politicians to donkeys. Sarwan Bhatti filed an application naming the additional director and in-charge of the FIA Cyber Crime Circle as official respondents. He stated that […]

• July 1, 2022
• General News

TOBA TEK SINGH: Three cases, one at Gojra and two at Jhang, have been registered against TV anchor and vlogger Imran Riaz Khan on the complaints of three different citizens on the charge of speaking against state institutions. The complaints said the anchor’s act was a major crime and violation of the Constitution as it […]

• July 1, 2022
• Information Technology

ISLAMABAD: The government has approved IT park project of one billion rupees for the University of Balochistan. Federal Minister for Science and Technology Agha Hassan Baloch met with Federal Minister for Information Technology Syed Aminul Haque at his office in the Ministry of Information Technology Islamabad. In the meeting, the IT Park project at the […]

• July 1, 2022
• Information Technology

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has expanded the scope of the definition of IT and IT-enabled services, raised the advance tax rate from two to four percent for commercial importers and reduced the turnover tax for Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) from 0.75 percent to 0.5 percent through amendment in the Finance Bill, 2022. […]