LAHORE: A news channel employee was shot dead allegedly by her father near Lohaywali Pulli in Badami Bagh on Tuesday. Preliminary police investigation showed that Nasira had been living with her divorced mother Bushra Pervaiz. Her father Amanat used to warn her to discontinue work in the news channel. On Tuesday, Amanat shot dead Nasira […]
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) resolved on Monday that freedom of expression should not be allowed to harm state institutions. The authority decided that ensuring freedom of expression is the foremost obligation of a regulator but nowhere is it allowed to harm state institutions and its functionaries in the garb of freedom […]
By: Saba Imtiaz KARACHI: The last eyewitness of Geo Television reporter Wali Babar’s assassination, Haider Ali, who was shot dead on Sunday, was to testify in the trial court today. Babar’s murder case has been delayed due to security concerns for witnesses and targeted killings of those who come close to testify against the suspects. […]
LAHORE: Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has expressed its concern over the threats received by senior journalist and Punjab Union of Journalists President Rana Mohammad Azeem from the Taliban. Mr Azeem had received threats from the Taliban in response to a news item he wrote in Daily Dunya a couple of days ago. In […]
LAHORE: Pakistan Sunni Tehrik staged a protest against the blasphemous movie here on Sunday. A large number of workers participated in the protest outside the Lahore Press Club on Sunday. The participants were carrying banners and placards inscribed with slogans against the movie makers. Addressing on the occasion, the party office-bearers paid rich tributes to […]
On October 31, the Tribal Union of Journalists (TUJ) Pakistan was awarded a human rights award by a German organisation in a ceremony held in Berlin. The union president, Safdar Dawar, a native of Miramshah, North Waziristan, accepted the award on behalf of the union, his fellow journalists in Fata and all his colleagues who […]
LAHORE: Unidentified miscreants attacked senior journalist Muhammad Malick on late Saturday night. Malik remained unhurt but his car was damaged by firing. Following the incident, Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif took immediate notice of the mishap and ordered probe. The News
PESHAWAR: A CD shop was bombed on Saturday in Charsadda District near Mohmand Agency. “A total of three shops were damaged in the blast,” said a district administration official. However, no casualties were reported. “It happened in Purana Bazaar where a number of shopkeepers sell music and film CDs,” said the official. He, however, gave […]
KARACHI: Two journalists of a local weekly were killed Saturday in a targeted attack, newspaper reports said. The Nation said men on a motorbike sprayed bullets on Syed Tariq Hussain and Aslam Raja near Saifi College and fled. Police arrived at the scene and rushed the journalists to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital where they were pronounced […]
KARACHI: Zille Hyder, a Geo TV reporter was injured in an armed clash between two groups at Sohrab Goth Sunday, according to a brief post on the channel’s website www.geo.tv. Hyder, shot in the arm, was rushed to a local hospital where he was reported to be out of danger. Violence continued to rage in […]
KARACHI: Marine Destrez Press Attaché Embassy of France in Islamabad has appreciated the vibrancy of the journalist’s community here while visiting Karachi Press Club (KPC) on the invitation of GM Jamali President Karachi Union of Journalists (KUJ). Marine Destrez exchanged views with local journalists regarding various aspects like press freedom etc. Press & Political Attaché […]
By: Sarah Munir / Umer Nangiana ISLAMABAD / KARACHI: Interior Minister Rehman Malik announced on Thursday that he has formed a committee to review the ban on video-streaming site YouTube. The review is Malik’s personal initiative since the issue does not fall under the purview of his ministry. The review committee will attempt to develop […]
KALAYA: The political administration has imposed a ban on the entry of journalists into the Orakzai Agency, sources said on Thursday.The sources said that every vehicle at the Boya and Ziara checkposts was being checked and journalists were refused entry into the Orakzai Agency. When contacted, the in-charge Ziara checkpost, Subedar Sarfaraz said that he […]
To block access to one blasphemous video, the government has ended up depriving us of millions of other videos. One of many problems with allowing the government to block websites is that pretty soon, censorship becomes the new norm. The ban on video-sharing site YouTube is well into its third month and we seem to […]
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