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Daily Archives: March 25, 2023

Lahore High Court (LHC) Orders Complete Disclosure of Toshakhana Record

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LAHORE: Justice Asim Hafeez of the Lahore High Court has ordered the government to make the complete record of Toshakhana from 1990 to 2001 public, despite opposition from the government. The high court has directed the authorities to release all the records, including the name of the friendly country who gifted the items, saying nothing […]


APNS hails conferment of civil awards on Nizami, Shami

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ISLAMABAD: The APNS Friday expressed its pleasure over the conferring of Hilal-e-Imtiaz upon its two former presidents, late Arif Nizami and Mujib-ur-Rehman Shami, and Altaf Hasan Qureshi, member emeritus, and Pride of Performance on Tikka Khan, Secretary General All Pakistan Akhbar Farosh Federation. In a statement, Ms. Nazafreen Saigol Lakhani, President and Sarmad Ali, Secretary […]


Pemra’s censorship

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A REGULATOR that is supposed to be independent continues to play its biased role of censoring political voices that fall out of favour with the establishment. Whereas the role of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority is to regulate media independently under the Pemra Ordinance 2002 as amended by the Pemra Amendment Act 2007, what […]


Radio Pakistan asked to release pending salaries, pensions by Ramazan 20

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ISLAMABAD: Directions have been issued to the Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation (PBC) to release the pending dues of employees before Ramazan 20. A Senate committee on Friday also suggested that vehicle owners should be charged up to Rs5,000 for subscription to Radio Pakistan because the national broadcaster needed to be steered out of a financial crises. […]


Pakistan expresses concern over arrest of IIOJK journalist, HR defenders

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Pakistan has expressed concern over the arrest and about the safety of senior journalist and human rights defender, Irfan Meraj and dozens of other Kashmiri journalists and human rights activists, including Khurrum Perviaz, languishing in prisons across India and Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir. Foreign Office Spokesperson, Mumtaz Zahra Baloch, at her weekly press […]