• August 29, 2022
• Freedom of Expression

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, […]

• August 29, 2022
• Freedom of Expression

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 […]

• August 29, 2022
• General News

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 […]

• August 29, 2022
• Freedom of Expression

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 […]