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Daily Archives: May 19, 2023

‘Radio, APP employees to be compensated for losses’

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PESHAWAR: Provincial Minister for Information Mian Feroze Jamal Shah Kakakhel has termed the attack on the offices of Radio Pakistan and Associated Press of Pakistan an attempt to silence voice of the state. According to a statement issued here, Mr Kakakhel met Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurganzeb at her office and said […]


Journalists robbed in capital

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ISLAMABAD: Robbers looted cash and mobile phones from two journalists in the capital, police said on Thursday. Over the incident, a case was registered at Kohsar police station on charges of robbery in response to a complaint lodged by Syed Azaz Hussain Shah. According to the first information report (FIR), three riders of a motorcycle […]


Journalist held under MPO not freed yet

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HYDERABAD: A local journalist and social medial activist, who was detained by police in Mirpur Mathelo, Ghotki district, on Tuesday under the Maintenance of Public Order Ordinance (MPO), was not released despite intervention by the Commission for the Protection of Journalists and Media Practitioners (CPJMP) on Thursday. Sindh home department had issued an order on […]


Court seeks PEMRA’s reply on contempt plea

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LAHORE:Lahore High Court’s Justice Shams Mehmood Mirza on Thursday sought reply from PEMRA by June 13 on a plea filed by PTI Chairman Imran Khan seeking contempt proceedings against the regulatory body for not broadcasting his speeches despite suspension of its earlier notification. The petitioner had earlier challenged PEMRA’s prohibition in the LHC, upon which […]


Lahore High Court dissatisfied with police efforts to recover journalist

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LAHORE: Lahore High Court Chief Justice Muhammad Ameer Bhatti on Thursday expressed dissatisfaction with the police efforts to recover alleged missing anchorperson Imran Riaz and gave another day to the Punjab Police to ensure production of the media person. Hearing a habeas corpus petition of Riaz’s father, the chief justice regretted that the police did […]