A doctored screenshot of a Dawn story on the catastrophic floods in Pakistan has been making rounds on social media. The original Dawn report with the headline ‘Army called in as KP faces flood threat’ was published in the newspaper on August 27 and appeared on Dawn.com the same day. The doctored screenshot, however, features […]
ISLAMABAD—as the ban on ARY News Television continued, its CEO Salman Iqbal said he was “sad today” and asked why the channel was being sabotaged. He took to twitter to express his feelings: “My family I have worked day and night for Pakistan. Always stood in front of the enemies of state. Fought hard, tried […]
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Fawad Chaudhry on Tuesday said that PTI is fighting against the worst media censorship and conspiracies on the judicial and legal fronts. Taking to Twitter, former Information Minister said that resources of billions of dollars are being spent to eliminate PTI Chairman and former Prime Minister Imran Khan, […]
QUETTA – General Manager PTCL Shaukat Khaaja Khel on Tuesday said that the torrential rains and flash flood have damaged the fiber optic cable and internet services were suspended in 80 percent area of the province. Voice and data services have badly been affected after heavy downpour and floods. In Balochistan, 2 out of 3 […]
KARACHI -Sindh Chief Secretary Dr Muhammad Sohail Rajpoot on Tuesday said that under the Benazir Bhutto Shaheed Human Resource and Research Board, more than 470,000 youth had been trained in the province since 2008. He said this during a certificate distribution ceremony held at Institute of Business Management, Korangi. Through the Benazir Bhutto Shaheed Human […]
KHANEWAL, (APP – UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 29th Aug, 2022 ) :An alleged drugs dealer along with his accomplice on Monday attacked the car showroom of a local journalist and burnt 11 vehicles worth Rs 15 million, besides injuring his manager. According to police sources, journalist Shakil Saadi had been releasing news against […]
ISLAMABAD—On Monday, the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) began a protest campaign to press for the resumption of ARY News’ transmission. The union and the Rawalpindi-Islamabad Union of Journalists (RIUJ) set up a protest camp outside the regulator PEMRA’s Islamabad headquarters. The unions saw the ARY ban as ‘illegal and unjust’ and slammed PEMRA […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Monday called upon India to immediately reverse the blockage of Twitter accounts of Pakistan’s diplomatic missions and Radio Pakistan to adhere to the established international norms and standards of freedom of expression as espoused by the United Nations, and desist from employing subterfuges to control the global Internet domain. Islamabad’s demand came […]
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday suspended the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority’s (Pemra) orders to ban the live telecast of PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s speeches. IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah, after taking up the matter on an application filed by the former prime minister today, observed that the watchdog had “exceeded its authority” […]
Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb has urged the media to use only verified twitter handles and not attribute statements to PML-N Vice President Marriyum Nawaz Sharif from unverified twitter handles. In a tweet on Friday, the Minister said the statement attributed to Maryam Nawaz Sharif regarding climate change is fake. She said it […]
Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) is alarmed by the registration of a blasphemy case against Waqqar Satti over a video he posted on his Twitter account with his personal views. This is an alarming trend to troll journalists and their families on social media platform by well-organized social media wings of political parties. On Aug 27, […]
ISLAMABAD—Azam Chaudhry, President of Lahore Press Club, found a bullet lying on his desk as he arrived at his work desk Saturday. He said whosoever had done this cowardly act should instead have come face to face to attack him. “I have dedicated myself to protecting the rights of journalists,” he said on Twitter. Press […]
SUKKUR: Federal Minister for Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety Shazia Atta Marri has strongly condemned the case registered against the senior journalist Waqar Satti in Rawalpindi, following the accusations of blasphemy leveled by the PTI leadership. In her tweet, Shazia Marri said lodging an FIR against the Geo News senior journalist Waqar Satti is highly […]
Rawalpindi police have registered a case against journalist Waqar Satti on allegations of attributing “disrespectful” statements “not based on facts” about Islam to PTI chairperson Imran Khan. The case was registered at RA Bazar police station on Saturday on the complaint of a cable operator, Chaudhry Nasir Qayyum, under Sections 295-A (deliberate and malicious acts […]
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