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Daily Archives: October 28, 2022

ISI chief appears in media, responded to allegations and criticism

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ISLAMABAD—Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) head made an unexpected appearance in the media for the first time in national history. He held a joint press conference in Rawalpindi with the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) spokesperson, Lt. Gen. Babar Iftikhar. Director General ISI, Lt. Gen. Nadeem Anjum (pictured), responded to allegations and criticism of his agency over […]


ARY Network announces lifelong support for Arshad Sharif’s Shaheed’s family

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ISLAMABAD/KARACHI: Chairman ARY Digital Network Haji Muhammad Iqbal on Wednesday announced lifelong support for Arshad Sharif Shaheed’s family and the late news anchor’s children till they become self-reliant adults. Arshad Sharif, a senior journalist and former ARY News anchor, was killed in Kenya where he was living in self-exile. Kenyan police first said that Arshad […]


Septuagenarian TV anchor Ch Ghulam Hussain arrested in Lahore

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Anchorperson Chaudhry Ghulam Hussain was taken into custody from a coffee shop in Lahore by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Thursday, ARY NEWS reported. “My father was sitting in a coffee shop with friends when an FIA team comprising 30 to 40 officers came and took him into custody, probably in an old case,” […]


Journalist Fawad Khurshid passes away

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ISLAMABAD—senior journalist and Director of News of Public TV Fawad Khurshid passed away after a prolonged illness. “The most shocking, unbelievable and distressing news is that @fawadkhurshid Sb is no longer with us. He was a very sophisticated and beautiful person. I met him for the first time in Islamabad Public News office,” Ruhma Irfan […]


Arshad Sharif laid to rest as hundreds attend funeral prayers

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ISLAMABAD: Senior journalist Arshad Sharif was laid to rest on Thursday at Islamabad’s H11 graveyard with hundreds of people in attendance. Sharif’s funeral prayers were held at the Faisal Mosque at 2 PM amid tight security. Prior to the prayers, security around the area was put on high alert with a heavy contingent of Islamabad […]


Government has failed to identify perpetrators of torture on media persons: Justice Minallah

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ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) Chief Justice Athar Minallah on Thursday expressed displeasure over federal government’s failure to identify the perpetrators of torture on journalists. He was taking up a petition against human rights violations. Earlier on May 21, Justice Minallah has highlighted grave violations of human rights, such as in the cases of […]


Concern expressed over backtracking on ‘digital Pakistan’ commitments

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is diverting away from its earlier commitments for ‘digital Pakistan’ and there is an urgent need to connect more people for a resilient digital society, GSMA Asia Pacific head Julian Gorman said on Thursday. GSMA, an association of global mobile network operators, had been expressing concern over policy shifts by the government regarding […]


No convictions in 96 percentage of journalist killings in Pakistan: report

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ISLAMABAD: There have been no convictions in 96pc of murder cases of journalists in Pakistan between 2012 and 2022, according to Freedom Network’s Annual Impunity 2022 report released on Thursday. The report “The killing fields: no justice for Pakistan’s murdered journalists” was launched ahead of the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, […]


Punjab Assembly (PA) demands transparent judicial probe in to journalist order

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Punjab Assembly unanimously passed a resolution condemning the murder of senior journalist Arshad Sharif in Kenya and demanding transparent judicial inquiry into the incident to bring the culprits to the book. Speaker Sibtain Khan who chaired the proceedings refused to lift ban on 18 PML-N members and allowing them to sit in the house, on […]


PPF mourns loss of senior journalist Arshad Sharif; calls for investigation into reasons for his exile from Pakistan

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Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) mourns the loss of senior journalist Arshad Sharif who was shot dead while traveling in a car in Kenya on October 24. We join calls for an investigation into his death and for a thorough investigation into the causes behind Sharif’s initial decision to leave Pakistan in August. There were initially […]