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Daily Archives: October 19, 2023

Court clears news director of sedition charges

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ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed an FIR against ARY News Director Ammad Yousaf, asserting that sedition charges against the media person not only threatened the broadcaster but also had a chilling effect on media. Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail, who auth­ored the judgement, highlighted the government’s practice of indulging its citizens in malicious and […]


Democracy, free media are inseparable

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City Mayor Mardan Himayatullah Mayar has said that democracy and free media are inseparable. Journalists can identify public problems through their pen and pave the way for its solution. He was addressing the swearing-in ceremony of Mardan Press Club Office Barriers as the chief guest. Former Chairman of Public Safety Commission Abdul Aziz Khan and […]


Govt can suspend channels’ ads over non-payment of salaries: Pemra chairman

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KARACHI: Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) Chairman Mirza Saleem Baig has said the government has the power to suspend advertisements of TV channels that do not pay salaries to their employees under the new Pemra rules. Talking to The News, the chairman Pemra said that media workers could file complaints with the authority, if […]


Widow of prominent Pakistani journalist sues Kenyan police over his killing a year ago

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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The widow of a prominent Pakistani journalist who was killed a year ago in Kenya filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against an elite Kenyan police unit she accuses of the wrongful death of her husband. Javeria Siddique said she filed the lawsuit in Nairobi to get justice for her husband Arshad […]