A journalist associated with the Urdu daily, Aaj, Hassan Zaib, was shot dead on July 14 by unknown assailants in the Akbarpura area of the Nowshera district of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. As investigations continue, the Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) stresses that the investigation should conclusively determine the motives behind the incident. Zaib, 40, was […]
A restriction on access to the social media platform Facebook was reported across multiple service providers starting on July 16 and 17. The restrictions coincided with the annual observance of Yaum-e-Ashura. Downdetector, which tracks outages by collating status reports from several sources, including users, showed numerous reports of problems accessing Facebook and Instagram, both owned by Meta. […]
On July 10, prominent anchor Ayesha Jahanzeb was allegedly subjected to torture by her husband, Haris Ali. Jahanzeb sustained bruises and other injuries and filed a police report against Ali, who was subsequently arrested and remanded for two days. Jahanzeb stated that her husband had been abusive for a few months after their marriage in 2015. She […]
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has summoned the Attorney General for Pakistan (AGP), the head of the Joint Investigation Team (JIT), and the Inspector General of Police (IGP) in the ongoing investigation into the murder of journalist Arshad Sharif. The summons were issued during a hearing on July 11. The summons were issued by Chief Justice Aamer […]
The Press Council of Pakistan (PCP) Chairman, Arshad Khan Jadoon, reaffirmed the Council’s commitment to uphold freedom of expression and media ethics in a meeting with prominent journalist leaders on July 11. During the meeting, the delegation included President of the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) Afzal Butt, President of the Islamabad High Court Journalists Association […]
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