ISLAMABAD, March 3: Columnist and anchorperson of a news channel, Javed Chaudhry, has contacted Kohsar police, after being threatened by an unidentified person. According to police officials, Mr Chaudhry filed an application in which he alleged that a person had been threatening him through two different phone numbers. A police officer said that First Information […]
Saleem Shahid QUETTA, March 1: Terrorists shot dead Mehmood Afridi, a senior journalist and President of the Kalat Press Club, on Friday evening. Mr Afridi was sitting in a private Public Call Office in Kalat Bazaar when gunmen on a motorcycle came there and opened fire. “Mr Afridi suffered multiple bullet wounds and died on […]
Pakistan continues to live up to its reputation for being the most dangerous country in the world for journalists. Malik Mumtaz Khan, a tribal journalist and president of the Miranshah Press Club was ambushed and killed by unknown gunmen in North Waziristan (NW) on Wednesday. He is the latest in a long list of journalists […]
By: Editorial We already know that Pakistan has now been declared one of the most dangerous places in the world for media professionals by international watchdog bodies. In 2012, seven journalists were killed across the country, five of them in targeted attacks. As we enter 2013, more blood has been shed. Malik Mumtaz, who worked […]
KARACHI: South Asian Free Media Association, South Asia Media Commission and Media Commission-Pakistan have jointly condemned the killings of two journalists in a week. The joint statement was released by Safma Secretary General Imtiaz Alam, SAMC Secretary General M Ziauddin, and Media Commission-Pakistan’s president Arif Nizami and General Secretary Babar Ayaz. The joint statement said […]
PESHAWAR: Journalists in the provincial metropolis and elsewhere in the province and tribal areas Thursday staged protest to condemn the killing of Malik Mumtaz Khan, correspondent for The News in North Waziristan and demanded the government to ensure safety of mediapersons. In the provincial metropolis, the main protest rally was held under the aegis of […]
By: Mushtaq Yusufzai PESHAWAR: Senior journalist Malik Mumtaz Khan, who was gunned down by unidentified assailant in Miranshah in North Waziristan on Wednesday, was laid to rest in his ancestral graveyard on Thursday. A large number of tribal people had thronged his village in Miranshah from all over North Waziristan to attend his funeral prayers. […]
PESHAWAR: Like other parts of the country, working journalists from FATA and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Thursday held a protest demonstration against the brutal killing of tribal journalist Malik Mumtaz in Waziristan Agency, and asked the government to arrest the killers and ensure safety of all working journalists. The journalists’ community led by KhUJ President, Arshad […]
KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain has strongly condemned the killing of a correspondent of a private television channel, journalist Malik Mumtaz in Miran Shah, North Waziristan. In a statement issued by MQM, Altaf said that the brutal killing of Malik Mumtaz was an attack on the freedom of the press in the […]
KARACHI: The government has constituted a three-member committee to probe into the death of senior journalist Khushnood A. Shaikh. He was killed after being hit by a car near his home in Gulistan-i-Jauhar on Monday night. The government formed the committee after information minister Sharjeel Memon gave a statement in the Sindh Assembly on the […]
MIRAMSHAH: Malak Mumtaz Khan, a renowned journalist of the tribal areas and president of the Miramshah Press Club, was shot dead in North Waziristan on Wednesday. According to sources, Malak Mumtaz, 45, was going home from Miramshah bazaar in his car when men in another car opened fire on him near his Miramshah Kalley village […]
THE PTA and the Supreme Court have banned YouTube in Pakistan. This ban is serving no purpose. As a student, we are also facing some odds. There is a big contradiction in what the SC ordered and what is actually happening in the cyber world. There are a number of Internet proxy servers through which […]
ISLAMABAD: Standing Committee on Information Technology on Tuesday decided to form a three member committee to negotiate with the management of YouTube, in order to restore the website, after addressing the concerns of the nation. Senator Mohammad Idrees Khan Safi chaired the meeting of the committee, which was held at the Parliament Lodges. Director-General (DG) […]
MINGORA: Three journalists survived attempt on their lives as they were fired at outside the Swat Press Club here on Tuesday. Senior journalists Fayyaz Zafar, Shahzad Alam and Murad Ali said that they were on way to the press club after dinner when armed men traveling in a white car opened fire on them. The […]
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