Digital rights campaigner Nighat Dad has decided to take legal action following online attacks on her. She announced on Twitter that “due to recent events that have sparked genuine fears for my physical safety, I have finally decided to take legal action, which is well within my legal rights.” Nighat said that she was no […]
Pakistan Television (PTV) counsel admitted before the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday the process of awarding PSL broadcast rights to ARY was not transparent. A two-member bench comprising Justice Abid Aziz Sheikh and Justice Asim Hafeez fixed October 4 for hearing appeals of Geo Super and Blitz against the verdict of the single bench. […]
The United States voiced alarm over restrictions on the media in Pakistan, citing the silencing of a television network supportive of former Prime Minister Imran Khan. “We continue to be concerned by significant restrictions on media outlets and civil society in Pakistan,” State Department spokesman Ned Price told reporters. “We’re concerned that media and content […]
The Lahore High Court (LHC) has sought a response from the federal government and Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) on the petition against broadcasting the live speech of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Ex-Finance Minister Ishaq Dar. Justice Shahid Waheed of Lahore High Court heard the petition against the live telecast of the […]
The National Assembly Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting on Monday took serious notice of “regular campaigns” being launched against parliamentarians on social media and partly on electronic media. The committee meeting, held under the chairpersonship of MNA Javaria Zafar Aheer, noted that “malicious media campaign” mainly on social media had been launched against elected […]
A constitutional petition was filed in the Supreme Court on Tuesday seeking direction to the government to prepare and implement a specific code of conduct prohibiting defamation against state institutions and officials in line with Article 19 of the constitution. The petition was filed by six individuals belonging to different cities under Article 184 (3) […]
Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon has appealed to the Election Commission of Pakistan and the Chief Justice of Pakistan to take notice of the conspiracy being hatched by the PTI and slap a ban on its social media team. Addressing a press conference, he lamented that flood victims were fighting for their survival while […]
The Second Additional Judicial Magistrate and Civil Judge of Ghotki, Mohammad Ashraf Dehraj, on Monday adjourned the hearing of an alleged extortion case against a journalist until Sept 19. Nasrullah Gaddani, a reporter associated with daily Awami Awaz and senior vice president of the Mirpur Mathelo Press Club was booked vide FIR No. 182/22 at […]
The cable operators have suspended the transmission of ARY News and some other TV channels in different parts of the country during the second telethon of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan. The coalition government issued orders to the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) to suspend transmission of the TV channels airing the second […]
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has noted that the court must exercise restraint and uphold the right of freedom of speech so that the law of contempt operates in a manner least restrictive of the freedom guaranteed by Article 19 of the Constitution. “In striking a balance between the right to freedom of speech and […]
Chief Minister Parvez Elahi on Sunday distributed possession letters for the plots in the F-Block to the family members of the deceased journalists, announcing that the possession process to the allottees of the F-Block of the Lahore Press Club Journalists Housing Society had begun. He gave a cheque of Rs15m to Lahore Press Club President […]
Official appointments made behind closed doors are suspicious because they open the door for potential partisan patronage, ruled Supreme Court of Pakistan (SC) in the verdict of Pemra’s appeal against the ARY Communications Ltd. Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah wrote in the judgment that an open selection procedure prioritizes competition and aids in the discovery […]
Senior reporter Geo News Waqar Satti was granted bail before arrest till Sept 19th by Rawalpindi Additional District Judge, against a fabricated case lodged by the Punjab government. A large number of journalists were present to express solidarity with fellow journalists. Journalist bodies already condemned the religiously motivated case against journalists and termed it a […]
The Nazim Jokhio case took a dramatic turn on Saturday when his mother approached a sessions court and denied having reaching any out-of-court settlement over her son’s murder with an interned Pakistan People’s Party lawmaker Jam Awais Bijar and others. “It is most respectfully prayed in your honor that I did not compromise with the […]
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