• November 17, 2022
• General News

NAIROBI: Expressing disappointment in Pakistan’s justice system as well as the government, the bereaved mother of slain journalist Arshad Sharif has raised questions over her son’s torture before he was killed by Kenyan police in inexplicable circumstances. In an interview with CNN International, Sharif’s aggrieved mother, Riffat Ara Alvi, said: “They tortured him.” The interview […]

• November 17, 2022
• Views and Opinion

Freedom of expression is a fundamental human right, besides a fundamental human faculty to subsist in the world. Freedom of expression comes with four dimensions. The first dimension is that freedom of expression gives liberty, though under certain reasonable restraints, to express oneself by speaking or writing. The availability of freedom of expression nudges one […]

• November 17, 2022
• Arts and Entertainment

LAHORE: Joyland, a Pakistani film portraying romance between a married man and a transgender woman, was cleared for domestic screenings on Wednesday, officials said, reversing a government ban. Lauded by critics, awarded the Jury Prize at Cannes, and nominated as Pakistan’s entry for next year’s Academy Awards, the movie was set to open in cinemas […]

• November 17, 2022
• General News

ISLAMABAD: Geo News anchor Shahzeb Khanzada Wednesday welcomed PTI chief Imran Khan’s threat to move to court against him and Geo over the Toshakhana transactions, saying he would be happy to reply to him in the court as well. Welcoming Imran’s statement, Shahzeb tweeted, “Thank you Khan Sb for taking the legal route for once. […]

• November 17, 2022
• Freedom of Expression

KARACHI: The Sindh government on Wednesday announced the formation of a 14-member commission for protection of journalists and media practitioners. Information Secretary Abdul Rasheed Solangi briefed the provincial cabinet about the commission and said Sindh was the only province where protection had been given to media persons. “The commission will promote, protect and effectively ensure […]

• November 17, 2022
• General News

ISLAMABAD: Mother of slain journalist Arshad Sharif, in a written letter to the Human Rights Cell of the Supreme Court (SC), has pointed out that she was unaware of any ongoing investigation on the murder of her son. Riffat Ara Alvi, in the letter written to the cell’s director general, states: “I am a housewife […]

• November 17, 2022
• General News

Provincial Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Environment Protection and Cooperatives Muhammad Basharat Raja has directed that the media should be provided with all possible facilities for the coverage of the long march. “Matters related to the media should be left to the organizers of the long march instead of the police and district administration”. While presiding […]

• November 17, 2022
• General News

The family of slain journalist Arshad Sharif has called for an independent investigation overseen by the UN Human Rights Office into the murder of renowned journalist in Kenya. International media outlet CNN has spoken to the widow and mother of Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif who was shot dead in Kenya on Oct. 24 in unclear […]

• November 17, 2022
• Arts and Entertainment

The critically acclaimed film ‘Joy land’, Paki­stan’s official entry to Oscars 2023, which was all set to release in Pakistan this month, has been banned in Pakistan. The movie that re­ceived global awards was prohibited from re­leasing here when religious groups and oth­ers protested its objectionable storyline where a middle-class man falls in love with […]