Karachi: A delegation of Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) met Governor Sindh Kamran Khan Tesori at Governor House. The delegation was headed by Secretary General of the Council, Amir Mehmood. On this occasion the problems faced by the newspaper industry, non-payment of advertising dues, role of newspapers and magazines and other important matters were […]
PESHAWAR: A Peshawar additional district and session judge has accepted the application of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf social media activist Ikram Khatana for pre-arrest bail. Mr Khatana was named in an FIR registered by the police against him on the charges of insulting state institutions, armed forces and their senior officers. The complaint against him was lodged […]
AFTER years of litigation, redrafts and deliberations with the relevant stakeholders and bureaucracy, Punjab finally enacted the Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities Act in December 2022. This did not come easy, though. In 2017, my friend (advocate Ali Chughtai) and I reunited at a well-known eatery in Lahore. The experience would have been great, but […]
LAHORE: The Rawalpindi bench of the Lahore High Court (LHC) has sought a report from the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) about the whereabouts of PTI social media activist Azhar Mashwani, as police investigators have been clueless for the past five days, despite the registration of an abduction case on a court order a couple of […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan National Heart Association (Panah) has appealed to the electronic media regulator to stop media coverage of former federal minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed as he smokes cigars during press conferences and this can influence the young generation. Moreover, it has demanded from Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) to issue a general instruction not […]
An investigation by the Kenya government authorities maintains that Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif’s killing was a case of “mistaken identity” and there was no murder planning involved, according to the embargoed official Kenyan government investigation report. The Kenyan govt report says that Arshad Sharif was killed by four members of the para-military General Service Unit […]
The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) on Monday banned live and recorded coverage of rallies, and public gatherings in Islamabad ahead of former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s court appearance in the federal capital. According to details, PEMRA has issued a notification, stating that the ban has been extended to cover public meetings and rallies […]
PESHAWAR: The family of a slain journalist from Swat, who was recently awarded Tamgha-e-Imtiaz posthumously, on Monday asked the prime minister to give his heirs the plot of land which the then government had promised. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Ghulam Ali conferred posthumously the presidential award on the slain journalist Musa Khankhel on behalf of the […]
Pakistan is one of the world’s deadliest countries for journalists. Intelligence agents and members of banned militant organizations are behind “serious threats” to reporters, says Reporters Without Borders. The government uses legal and constitutional powers to curb press freedom and the law on blasphemy has been used against journalists. The broadcasting regulator can halt the […]
ISLAMABAD: The government is mulling forming a special task force to check social media campaigns against the army, an official source told Dawn on Thursday. He explained that a summary to set up the task force has been moved but was still awaiting approval. “For now it is just a proposal.” The proposed task force […]
KOHAT: The Counter-Terrorism Department Police on Thursday registered a case in the attack by unidentified terrorists on the house of journalist Syed Yasir Shah, the district correspondent for The News International and Geo. The case was registered against unknown terrorists under Anti-Terrorism Act and the CTD police and the intelligence agencies launched an operation to […]
Khyber – Prof Dr Faizullah Jan, Chairman of the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication (JMC) at the University of Peshawar, has stated that the tribal journalist community is obligated to be impartial when reporting on the peace, education, and development of the merged districts. As the chief guest at the closing session of the […]
Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon has announced the establishment of an information call centre at the provincial information department and directed the information secretary to prepare PC1 for the project. He announced this while presiding over a meeting to review the performance of the department at his office. The minister said the call centre […]
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 […]
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