• January 16, 2023
• Freedom of Expression

Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) strongly condemns the arrest of Bol News journalist Shahid Aslam in connection with a Fact Focus investigative story on the assets of former army chief General (retired) Qamar Javed Bajwa. As stated in court Aslam was asked to share his laptop password. This is a blatant violation of the recently enacted […]

• January 16, 2023
• advertising

KARACHI: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) took notice of the advertisement running on media by the Sindh government during LG polls in Karachi and Hyderabad today. The ECP has contacted Chief Secretary Sindh and Chairman PEMRA in this regard and termed the running of the advertisement as a violation of the code of conduct. […]

• January 16, 2023
• Obituaries

LAHORE: Senior journalist Khalid Chaudhry breathed his last here on Sunday morning. He was 79. His funeral prayers will be offered at Jamia Masjid, T-Block of Phase-II of DHA after Zuhr prayers on Monday (today). His body will be laid to rest in Miani Sahib Graveyard. Chaudhry has left behind two daughters and a son. […]

• January 16, 2023
• General News

LAHORE: Journalist bodies have condemned the arrest of Lahore-based newsman Shahid Aslam by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) for his alleged involvement in the release of tax records of former army chief. The FIA shifted the journalist to Islamabad, where a court remanded him to custody for two days on Saturday. At the time of […]