• November 15, 2022
• General News

RAWALPINDI: A two-member investigation team of Pakistani officials on Monday reached the United Arab Emirates to determine the facts surrounding the killing of senior journalist Arshad Sharif. Sources told The Express Tribune that the team will investigate Sharif’s arrival in Dubai and the time spent there. They said that the two-member team comprising Federal Investigation […]

• November 15, 2022
• General News

ISLAMABAD:  Yet another lamenting mother joins ‘the group’. Rahat Mehmood, mother of missing journalist Mudassar Nauru, says she has no option but to hold a sit-in with the mothers of the other missing persons after state authorities told the Islamabad High Court on Monday that a cabinet panel investigating her son’s disappearance became dysfunctional following […]

• November 15, 2022
• General News

Syed Afzaal Haider CEO Media Professionals visited Baig Tower to congratulate Dr. Mirza Ikhtiar Baig on his re-election on the board of Directors of World Federation of Consuls (FICAC) for the 5th consecutive term. Mr. Afzaal appreciated Dr. Baig’s contribution for the country as a diplomat, economist, businessperson and a role model for the youth […]

• November 15, 2022
• General News

The post-mortem report of slain senior journalist Arshad Sharif was handed over to the family on Monday, Express News reported. Taking to Twitter, the late journalist’s wife Javeria Siddique said that after receiving the report from the hospital she was now waiting for the Supreme Court to form a judicial commission to probe her husband’s […]

• November 14, 2022
• General News

REFUTING news reports carried by the sections of Pakistani media in recent days claiming that journalist Arshad Sharif was tortured for two to three hours and then killed, a Kenyan newspaper cited an expert who analyzed post-mortem examination findings and discredited this account of Mr. Sharif’s death. “The reporting by sections of Pakistan media sought […]

• November 14, 2022
• Social Media

The rollout of Twitter’s subscription service has prompted a string of accounts impersonating public figures, sparking concerns about the potential for scams and disinformation. Multiple accounts posing as politicians, celebrities and corporate brands have been suspended after being identified as inauthentic. The impostors had paid the $7.99 required to display a verified blue tick — […]

• November 13, 2022
• General News

ISLAMABAD: PPF organized a workshop on Monitoring and Reporting Attacks on Journalists to reduce the rate of impunity for crimes against journalists in the capital territory, Islamabad. Implementation of the “Protection of Journalists and Media Professionals Act, 2021” and the formation of commission required under the Act was stressed during the two-day workshop organized by […]

• November 13, 2022
• General News

LONDON/NAIROBI: A post-mortem report, handed over to the family of journalist Arshad Sharif and to the Kenyan authorities, mentions that there were torture signs on journalist Arshad Sharif’s body at the time of post-mortem in Pakistan, it has been reliably learnt. It can be confirmed that Arshad Sharif’s post-mortem report has now been handed over […]

• November 13, 2022
• General News

karachi: A sessions court in Malir was informed on Saturday that the share of slain Nazim Jokhio’s children in Diyat (blood money) has been deposited by PPP lawmaker Jam Awais and five other accused with its nazir (court treasurer). Additional District and Sessions Judge Faraz Ahmed Chandio resumed the hearing of the murder case as […]

• November 13, 2022
• General News

ISLAMABAD: A local court of Islamabad on Saturday distributed the copies of challan among Shahbaz Gill and Ammad Yousaf — Director News of private TV channel — and decided to indict them on Nov 22 in a case related to inciting mutiny among the armed forces. Additional District and Sessions Judge (ADSJ) Tahir Abbas Sipra […]

• November 13, 2022
• General News

ISLAMABAD: At least a dozen officials of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) have been summoned by the inquiry committee formed to probe the leak of the autopsy pictures of slain journalist Arshad Sharif which were featured in a TV show on a private media outlet. The Pims management has also decided to approach […]

• November 12, 2022
• General News

Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah on Friday accused the two brothers who hosted Arshad Sharif in Kenya of being in cahoots with Kenyan police over the journalist’s murder. Speaking on the Geo Pakistan show, the minister termed Mr Sharif’s murder a “target killing” and said that this was not a case of “mistaken identity”. He alleged […]

• November 12, 2022
• General News

Those handling the probe said they are not aware of claims Sharif was brutally tortured for hours before being shot dead. He was shot and killed on October 23, 2022 at a police roadblock in an incident that has sparked speculations and blame game. Kenyan authorities say the probe into the killing of Pakistani journalist […]

• November 12, 2022
• General News

ISLAMABAD, (APP – Urdu Point / Pakistan Point News – 12th Nov, 2022): Pakistan Muslim League-N, Senator Afnan ullah on Friday said that the government is making all-out efforts to provide justice to Arshad’s family who was killed by unknown outlaws in Kenyan territory. Talking to a private television channel, he said the two officers […]