PESHAWAR: International press freedom organisation, Reporters Without Borders, on Thursday joined worldwide condemnation of the Taliban attack on 14-year-old campaigner Malala Yousufzai in Mingora. “Reporters Without Borders is outraged at this cowardly attack on such a young activist. The cruelty of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in targeting this young girl is absolutely disgusting,” the organisation […]
By: Syed Hassam Ahmed Karachi: The journalists, media persons, news anchors and the likes always enjoy legal privileges and certain immunities across the world as compared to the ordinary citizens of the State. The journalists all over the world are protected under media shield laws that allow journalists not to identify their sources. However, when […]
Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists, representative body of the rights of journalists all over the country has taken a serious view of the verdict of Islamabad High Court that made it believe that it would pave the way of curtailing the sovereignty of journalism and independence of freedom of expression. PFUJ President Parvaiz Shoakat and […]
By: RAFAY BIN ALI THIS refers to the ban on YouTube by the PTA on the advice of the government. Even though violence after the release of the blasphemous video on YouTube is condemnable, it must be realised that the ban on YouTube has adverse effects on students. I use YouTube for my MBA studies. […]
LAHORE: Journalists led by Lahore Press Club office-bearers held a symbolic protest at the airport by wearing black armbands on chief minister’s arrival. They were protesting government’s failure to solve the problems being faced with regard to Journalists’ Colony. Shahbaz got angry at the journalists’ protest and refused to answer any question regarding the housing […]
LAHORE: Lahore High Court Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial on Monday sustained the objections raised by the registrar office on a petition seeking in person appearance of US Ambassador and extradition of producers, writer, actor and others involved in making a blasphemous movie. The profane movie namely “Innocence of Muslims” had attracted worldwide protests by […]
ISLAMBAD: The Senate Monday passed a unanimous resolution condemning the airing of the blasphemous video on the internet and described it a campaign to malign Islam, stating that the airing of blasphemous movie which seems to be a vilification campaign being maliciously touted by some western elements, lobbies and countries to malign Islam, the Holy […]
The growing convergence between crime and politics in Sindh is creating greater unrest and uncertainty in the province. It is not always easy to tell what motivates specific acts of violence and whether politics are involved in any way – but the results are almost always the same: death and devastation. This was certainly the […]
KHAIRPUR: A day of mourning over the deaths of five political activists and a journalist was observed in most areas of Khairpur district on Monday with most business and commercial activities remaining suspended. The political activists, all belonging to the Pakistan People’s Party and members of the Janwari clan, and the journalist, associated with the […]
QUETTA: The Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M) on Saturday staged a protest demonstration outside the Quetta Press Club against target killing of journalists and dumping of mutilated bodies of missing persons. The protesters were holding banners and placards inscribed with anti-government slogans. Addressing the protesters, BNP-M General Secretary Akhtar Hussain Langov alleged that the state institutions […]
By: MUDDASSAR ALAM TAHIRKHELI Here, in Pakistan, we have the Freedom of Information Act under which all public departments are supposed to publish information relevant to their departments. Article 19-A of the 18th constitutional amendment gives every citizen of Pakistan the right to access information from public departments. However, I do not think even a […]
Karachi: The Karachi Union of Journalists (D) held a protest at the press club against the killing of Mushtaq Khand, a journalist killed in firing on a rally in Khairpur on Sunday. The journalists were carrying banners and placards inscribed with slogans in favour of the freedom of press and against the government’s apathy over […]
KARACHI: The participants in a rally taken out against an anti-Islam film made in the United States have demanded that the government take steps at diplomatic level for legislation of an international law against blasphemy. The participants in the rally organised by the Jamaat-i-Islami Karachi chapter on Sunday, condemned the US for the sacrilegious film […]
A cameraman for a television channel was killed and three journalists were injured on October 7, 2012 in an attack on a political party gathering in Khairpur district of Pakistan’s southern Sindh province. Mushtaque Khand, cameraman for “Dharti TV” news channel was killed while Mukhtiyar Phulpoto, correspondent for Daily “Awami Awaaz”, Faheem Mangi, correspondent for […]
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