LAHORE: Journalists performing their duties outside the Jinnah House in Lahore on May 9 are also facing the brunt of a crackdown as raids are being conducted to arrest them after their names came into the lists prepared through geo-fencing. Geo-fencing is a technique in which all the mobile phone numbers active in a certain […]
The National Assembly has passed a resolution stating that relevant authorities will be empowered to tackle social media propaganda against Pakistan’s institutions, both within and outside the country. Moved by Defence Minister Khawaja Asif, the resolution said: “Those involved in such propaganda campaigns should strictly be dealt with as per the law.” The resolution, according […]
ISLAMABAD: Robbers looted a former additional attorney general and journalist on Orchid Road on Saturday, police said. Three people came on a motorcycle and intercepted a car in which former additional attorney general Tariq Khokhar, journalist Hasnat Malik and Tahir Malik, brother of the Nadra chairman were travelling. They held them at gunpoint and asked […]
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Saturday ordered the Inspector General of Punjab (IGP) to produce anchorperson Imran Riaz Khan by May 22, ARY News reported. According to the details, Chief Justice heard the case for the recovery of anchorperson Imran Riaz Khan and asked the Inspector General of Punjab (IGP) directed to produce […]
PESHAWAR: Police have arrested the main accused involved in attacking the gate of state-run radio and selling it out for Rs9,000. It was learnt that investigators have arrested Umar, a local youth, for involvement in the attack on the main gate of the state-run radio. The accused was said to have sold the gate for […]
ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi on Friday upheld a major penalty against a senior official of Pakistan Television (PTV) for sexual harassment of a makeup artist. The official was dismissed from service besides a fine of Rs1 million was also imposed. According to the Presidency, the penalty was first imposed by the Federal Ombudsman for […]
I read with interest the recent letter to the editor discussing the issue of ‘TikTok addiction’ published on May 3 in your newspaper. While I understand the concerns raised, I believe it is important to note that it is not the platform itself that is the issue, but rather how users choose to use it. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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: 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 […]
KARACHI: The Sindh government has detained a local journalist, of district Ghotki, Nasrullah Gadani, under the MPO for 30 days allegedly for provoking people to violence and passing slanderous remarks against the state agencies during recent political turmoil. Nasrullah Gadani is associated with the daily Awami Awaz and also happens to be the vice president […]
The Lahore High Court has reserved its decision on the maintainability of a plea to order the broadcast of speeches of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on TV channels. The PTI chairman filed an application with the Lahore High Court against the order to ban the broadcast of his speeches and statements on electronic […]
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