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Daily Archives: October 8, 2022

Journalist Asad murder attack in Islamabad? IV News

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Journalist Asad Ali was allegedly assassinated near Zero Point in Islamabad in which his car was rammed by another vehicle and the accused fled the scene immediately. Senior Journalist Hamid Mir tweeted that there has been a murderous attack on journalists. He further wrote that he was attacked in Islamabad last year as well. Hamid […]


Propaganda against institutions: Government prepares list of 814 social media activists

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ISLAMABAD: The investigation agencies have compiled a list of 814 national and international social media activists, including journalists and bloggers, engaged in propagating against the state institutions and political, government and sensitive personalities, sources told The News. The authorities have scrutinised 580 accounts of such activists and divided them into five basic categories based on […]


Government to auction spectrum to telecom, satellite networks

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ISLAMABAD: In order to launch broadband cellular networks including 5G and other latest voice, data, satellite and other networks, the government has planned to withdraw the fragmented spectrum already available to different public sector organisations including defence and law enforcement agencies and auction that to telecom operators, satellites and other communication networks. This major endeavour […]


Journalist’s murder accused acquitted

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LAHORE: A session’s court on Friday acquitted four accused in the murder case of journalist Hasnain Shah after the complainant and the witnesses resiled from their statements. Shah’s widow Mehwish, who was the complainant in the first information report (FIR), stated before the court that the accused prosecuted by the police had no role in […]


TikTok removes over 15m videos from Pakistan

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ISLAMABAD: TikTok has removed more than 15 million videos from Pakistan and ranked second in the world for the largest volume taken for violating community guidelines in the second quarter (Q2) 2022. TikTok, has released its latest Community Guidelines Enforcement Report for Q2 2022 (April-June 2022), building on its commitment to a multi-pronged approach to […]


Call for filling two posts of information commissioners

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PESHAWAR: Coalition on Right to Information (CRTI) has demanded the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government to fill two vacant seats of information commissioners in the KP Information Commission (KPIC) immediately. A statement issued here said that due to delays in appointment of the information commissioners the citizens’ constitutional right to access information held by public bodies had […]