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Daily Archives: August 28, 2022

Restore ARY: Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) to set up protest camps outside PEMRA offices

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ISLAMABAD—The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) will set up protest camps outside regulator PEMRA’s Islamabad headquarters and regional offices to press for restoring ARY News transmission. The channel remains off cable networks since August 8 for airing a controversial statement by PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s chief of staff Shahbaz Gill. PEMRA has not lifted […]


Sindh High Court (SHC) disposes of plea against ban on Imran live speeches

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The Sindh High Court (SHC) has disposed of a petition against a ban imposed by the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) on the live telecast of the speeches of former prime minister Imran Khan. The SHC disposed of a petition against the ban imposed on the live telecast of the speeches of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf […]


PTI to move Islamabad High Court (IHC) seeking live-telecast of Imran’s telethon for flood donations

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The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) has decided to approach Islamabad High Court (IHC) for the live-telecast of former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s international telethon for flood victims, scheduled to be held on Monday night (today). The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) last week had imposed a ban on broadcasting live speeches of PTI Chairman Imran […]


Publisher, rights activist ‘taken away from Urdu Bazaar’

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KARACHI: A publisher of books and magazine and human rights activist was taken away by four unidentified men in civvies along with some uniformed policemen, from his book shop in Urdu Bazaar, his friends and rights activists said on Saturday. They said that Fahim Habib Baloch was sitting at his book shop, Ilm-u-Adab Publishers, on […]


Haripur police book man for threatening journalist

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HARIPUR: The police on Saturday registered a case against a man for intimidating and harassing a local journalist as media bodies demanded early arrest of the suspect. Waqar Ali, reporter of an Urdu daily, lodged a complaint with the police, stating that he received a phone call from a man during early hours of Saturday, […]


Journalist shot dead in Shorkot

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TOBA TEK SINGH: Shorkot Press Club president and senior journalist Muhammad Younis was shot dead by unidentified assailants on Saturday. As per police, the deceased journalist, who was a correspondent of Urdu language daily newspaper Express, was on his way to his farmland at Mouza Manganwala on his motorcycle when two men hiding in a […]


Website stealing Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) data blocked

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ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP), Saturday, managed to shut down the illegal website which had stolen companies’ data from the SECP’s website and gave free access to everybody through the said website. Sources told Business Recorder here on Saturday that the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has taken action on the complaint […]