• November 8, 2022
• Freedom of Expression

Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) strongly condemned former prime minister Imran Khan has implicated three journalists — Hamid Mir, Waqar Satti and Murtaza Solangi — to being linked to the attempted assassination attempt on him in Wazirabad in the Punjab province. Such irresponsible claims are not only defamatory but dangerous. On November 3, a gun attack […]

• November 8, 2022
• General News

RAWALPINDI: The Rawalpindi-Islamabad Union of Journalists has expressed grave concern over an attempt by PTI Chairman Imran Khan to implicate three journalists in an assassination bid on him. In a statement, the union said Imran Khan had named three senior journalists, Hamid Mir, Murtaza Solangi and Waqar Satti, in the incident, which put their lives […]

• November 8, 2022
• General News

ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday sought reply from the authorities concerned on a petition of mother of Arshad Sharif, seeking post-mortem report of her slain son. IHC Justice Aamer Farooq took up the petition. Sharif’s mother Riffat Ara Alvi in the petition cited President, Secretary Interior and Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) […]

• November 8, 2022
• Information Technology

KARACHI: Land for Pakistan’s largest Information Technology Park project in Karachi to make the city a gateway for innovative future has been provided by Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (PCAA). The foundation stone of the technology park was laid by Federal Minister for IT Syed Amin-Ul-Haque in a ceremony held at the site near Karachi Airport […]

• November 7, 2022
• Social Media

HOUSTON-Elon Musk wasted no time Saturday in rolling out his new Twitter Blue subscription plan at $7.99 per month. The fee he promised to implement was launched so users can verify accounts with the coveted blue checkmark. “Get Twitter Blue for $7.99/month if you sign up now,” Twitter announced in an update on Apple iOS […]

• November 7, 2022
• General News

NAIROBI: Pakistan has called on the Kenyan authorities to share information about the telephone calls and the history of Waqar Ahmed, his wife Morin Waqar, and Khurram Ahmad to assist in the murder inquiry of slain journalist Arshad Sharif. Republic of Kenya’s National Police Service has confirmed to Geo News that it received a letter […]

• November 6, 2022
• Social Media

ISLAMABAD: A scholar of Allama Iqbal Open University has conducted a PhD research to find out the reasons behind social media users creating fake identities. Talking to APP, Chairman Department of Mass Communication AIOU, Prof Dr Saqib Riaz said that PhD scholar Sohail Taj studied the phenomenon of fake identity creation on social media and […]

• November 6, 2022
• Views and Opinion

Last month, the horrific death of two broadcast journalists shone a spotlight on the dangerous working conditions faced by news media professionals in Pakistan. Television news anchor Arshad Sharif, unceremoniously fired by his channel in September, was shot dead in Kenya a month later in mysterious circumstances. TV reporter Sadaf Naeem fell from a truck […]

• November 6, 2022
• Broadcasting

KARACHI/LAHORE/ISLAMABAD: The supporters and workers of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) staged demonstrations in Karachi, Lahore, Multan, Rawalpindi, Peshawar and other cities on third day on Saturday to protest against attack on PTI Chairman Imran Khan. Meanwhile, the federal government directed the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) to immediately revoke its ban on broadcasting PTI Chairman […]

• November 6, 2022
• Right to Information

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Information Commission has ordered the Establishment Division to make the top five bureaucrats in each service group’s asset declarations public. In response to an appeal submitted by a citizen Adeel Akram, the PIC issued an order and directed the Establishment Division to provide copies of the assets’ declarations of the previous three […]

• November 5, 2022
• General News

A KENYAN medical report shows that journalist Arshad Sharif was killed due to multiple injuries caused by the firing of a high-velocity firearm from two different directions. The Geo News in its broadcast mentions a Chiromo Mortuary pathologist who wrote the post-mortem report for the Kenya Police that the senior Pakistani journalist died due to […]

• November 5, 2022
• General News

ISLAMABAD: The mother of Arshad Sharif approached the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday, seeking a copy of the slain journalist’s post-mortem report. Riffat Ara Alvi cited the president, secretary of interior ministry, and Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) as respondents. In her petition, she contended that the body of her son arrived from […]

• November 5, 2022
• Broadcasting

The Pakistan Electronic and Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has prohibited news channels from airing PTI leader Asad Umar’s video wherein he has named “three suspects” former premier Imran Khan believed were behind the attack on PTI’s convoy in Wazirabad Thursday. In a notification, the watchdog said: “Broadcasting of such content is likely to create hatred […]

• November 4, 2022
• General News

The Islamabad Police on Thursday formed a committee under DIG Operations to investigate the alleged kidnapping and release of senior journalist Irfan Raza. The police said in a statement said the committee immediately started the investigation under SSP Investigation and other senior officials. It said that the committee would investigate the incident from all angles, […]