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Daily Archives: January 24, 2023

Nasir Butt wins £90,000 defamation case against TV channel

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LONDON: One of the leading Pakistani news channels has apologised and given £90000 in damages and almost the same amount in legal costs to PMLN’s senior leader Nasir Butt over defamatory allegations, linking him with the Italian Sicilian Mafia, the western Italian Godfather mafia, Kasur rape scandal, corruption, bribes, blackmailing and threats to the late […]


Bara Press Club office-bearers sworn in

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BARA: The office-bearers of the Bara Press Club took oath here on Monday. Al-Sayed Star Marketing chief executive Sher Ali Khan Afridi administered oath to the office-bearers. Political workers, traders, representatives of the local governments and tribal elders attended the ceremony. Speaking on the occasion, Bara Press Club President Munir Khan Afridi said tribal journalists […]


Four Pakistani journalists killed in 2022: CPNE report

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KARACHI – January 22, 2023: The Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) has issued the “Pakistan Press Freedom Report 2022”. According to the report, freedom of media in Pakistan faced exacerbating scenarios of jeopardy in 2022 whereas freedom of speech was continuously suppressed and sabotaged. According to CPNE’s “Pakistan Media Freedom Report 2022”, four media […]


Special persons’ media access act to cater information needs

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The Access to the Media (Deaf) Persons Act, 2022, a long-awaited step will ensure provision of information, knowledge, and entertainment to the special persons. Talking to APP here on Monday, Development Director at Family Educational Services Foundation (FESF) Sarah Shaikh said the government had taken a step in the right direction to add Pakistan Sign […]