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Daily Archives: December 10, 2023

ETPB Official Accused of Harassing Journalist Exercising RTI Act

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Islamabad: Saddia Mazhar, a prominent Senior Journalist and Editor at The Reporters Dot Pk, has raised serious concerns regarding alleged harassment by an official from the Evacuee Trust Property Board while seeking information under the Right to Information Act. Mazhar took to social media platforms, specifically Facebook and X (formerly Twitter), to narrate her distressing […]


Sindh govt considering demand for head money on journalist’s murderer, says Ahmed Shah

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Hyderabad: The journalist fraternity has been angry at the murder of Jan Mohammad Mahar and the Sindh government is considering the journalists’ demand to fix head money on the murderer. Sindh Caretaker Information and Minorities Affair Minister Ahmed Shah said this on Saturday as he addressed media persons at the Hyderabad Press Club. He said […]


Silencing expression

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The state of freedom of expression in Pakistan has progressively worsened in the recent years. The year 2023 may have been one of the worst in the country’s history with regard to freedom of expression in Pakistan. Blanket bans on speeches by public representatives and restrictions on citizens making ‘anti-state’ comments on social media are […]


Sindh minister visits HPC; vows to racesolve problems of journalists

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HYDERABAD: Caretaker provincial Minister of Information, minority Affairs, and social protection, while addressing Meet the Press at the press club Hyderabad, said that he has been giving priority to journalists and press clubs, which is why he visited the press club first. Minister said that journalists’ fraternity is in anger and woe at the murder […]