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Daily Archives: April 4, 2023

Sanjrani Congratulates National Press Club’s Newly Elected Officials

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ISLAMABAD, (APP – UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 4th Apr, 2023 ) :Senate Chairman Muhammad Sadiq Sanjrani and Deputy Chairman Senate Mirza Mohammad Afridi have congratulated the newly elected officials of the National Press Club Islamabad. In a statement, Chairman congratulated new officials of the National Press Club, including President Anwar Raza, vice president […]


Sahiwal Club: RTI Requests a Punishable Offense, Challenges PIC Jurisdiction

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SAHIWAL: The administration of elite clubs in Pakistan is facing criticism for refusing to provide basic information to the public under the Right to Information laws. The Sahiwal Club, in particular, has sparked controversy by claiming that filing information requests is a punishable offense and has also challenged the jurisdiction of the Punjab Information Commission. […]


Nearly 80% of Punjab Govt. Departments’ Websites Have RTI Category

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Sahiwal, Punjab: As part of compliance with the Punjab Transparency and Right to Information Act, 2013, nearly 80% of provincial departments in Punjab have included a dedicated category of Right to Information on their websites. Out of 43 provincial public bodies in Punjab, 33 have included the RTI category on their websites, which provides basic […]


Imran Khan seeks contempt of court proceedings against Pemra

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LHC suspended watchdog’s notification banning broadcast of Khan’s speeches on television channels LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has filed a contempt of court petition against Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) in the Lahore High Court (LHC) after the electronic media watchdog “failed” to adhere to its judgment suspending the ban on his […]


‘It was a curse’: Journalists, activists hail annulment of sedition law as victory for free speech

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The Lahore High Court’s striking down of Section 124-A of the Pakistan Penal Code, which constituted the sedition law, was received with a chorus of praise from activists, journalists, and legal luminaries who commended it as an emphatic triumph for the protection of fundamental liberties and a monumental stride towards enacting legal reforms in the […]


Social media platforms to be asked to ‘register’ in Pakistan

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The absence of ministers from the Senate sessions has become so consistent that the treasury senators, along with those belonging to the opposition, on Friday demanded that the chairman should take notice of this matter. Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani, who was presiding over the proceedings of the upper house of parliament, assured the lawmakers that […]


Notice to Pemra on Imran’s plea

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LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Monday issued a notice to the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on a contempt petition of PTI Chairman Imran Khan questioning violation of a stay order against ban on coverage of his speeches. A counsel submitted before the court that it had suspended the ban imposed by the […]


Irregularities in F-9 rape investigation ‘impediment to justice’, Senate panel told.

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ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Human Rights on Monday took notice of the lapses and loopholes in the investigation of the F-9 Park rape case wherein a woman was raped by two men at gunpoint. Reviewing the rape at F9 Park, which happens to be third in the line of two similar incidents that […]


PTI protests disappearance of social media activists

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Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf lawmakers and supporters staged a protest near the PIDC Intersection against enforced disappearances and illegal detention of the party’s social media activists. The protestors blocked roads leading to Karachi Port, Cantt Railways Station, City Railways Station, The CM House and the Governor House. PTI Parliamentary Leader in Sindh Assembly Khurram Sher Zaman, PTI […]


APNS offers condolences

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KARACHI: The APNS expresses its profound grief over the sad and sudden demise of its senior colleague veteran publisher, Mumtaz A Tahir, chief editor Daily Aftab Multan and Lahore. Nazafreen Saigol Lakhani President and Sarmad Ali, Secretary General of the All Pakistan Newspapers Society have stated that Tahir was a consistent upholder of the rights […]