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Daily Archives: October 29, 2022

Training session held for sports journalists

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PESHAWAR: A training session was organized for the young sports reporters here on Friday. It was organized by Pakistan Sports Writers Association in collaboration with Sports Writers Association, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Speaking on the occasion, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Secretary Information Arshad Khan said journalists were playing an important role in country’s development, and that was the reason […]


Investigators find ‘bullet’ in Arshad Sharif’s body

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ISLAMABAD: Those close to the investigations in the brutal killing of senior TV anchorperson Arshad Sharif in Kenya and the members of the medical board that conducted the autopsy of the slain journalist at a Islamabad hospital were surprised to find a “piece of metal”, later declared as a bullet, from the body that had […]


Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) bans live coverage of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) long march

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The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) has prohibited all news media channels from live coverage of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) long march, ARY News reported. Any channel that violates the PEMRA directions would face legal action, the PEMRA notice said. According to detiasl, PEMRA has directed all channels to not broadcast live speeches of any […]


Arshad Sharif’s murder: Ahmed Jawad steps down as Prime Minister’s (PM) digital media focal person

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ISLAMABAD: Disheartened by the assassination of senior anchorperson Arshad Sharif in Kenya, Prime Minister’s Focal Person for Digital Media Ahmed Jawad on Friday tendered his resignation from his post “on the voice of his conscience”. His resignation comes on the day the PTI launched its long march towards the federal capital, demanding early elections amid […]


Not coming to Pakistan for Arshad Sharif’s murder probe: ARY’s Salman Iqbal

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ARY News Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Salman Iqbal has declined to return to Pakistan to cooperate in the investigation into the murder of renowned investigative journalist Arshad Sharif for a lack of trust in the incumbent coalition government. In a statement issued on social media, Salman Iqbal said he doesn’t trust any “independent” commission investigating […]


Anchor Chaudhry Ghulam Hussain sent to jail on judicial remand for 14 days in bank fraud case

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A Lahore district and sessions court on Friday sent ARY anchorperson Chaudhry Ghulam Hussain to jail on judicial remand for 14 days in a case pertaining to bank fraud. Hussain was arrested from Lahore’s Gulberg by the Federal Investigation Agency on Friday. According to a press release issued by the agency, Hussain took a Rs57 […]