Naseer Qureshi, senior journalist and founding member and Chief News Editor of national news agency “INP”, has passed away. His Namaz-e-Janaza was offered in DI Khan and later he was laid to rest at his ancestral graveyard in DI Khan city. Well-known socio-political figures, including editor of “INP” Aftab Chaudhry participated in the funeral prayers. […]
LAHORE: A Lahore district and sessions court on Saturday granted post-arrest bail to senior journalist and anchorperson Chaudhry Ghulam Hussain in a case pertaining to a bank fraud. Ghulam was arrested on Thursday from a coffee shop in Lahore by the Federal Investigation Agency. The FIA spokesperson had said that the senior journalist was arrested […]
ISLAMABAD: To prevent the possibility of anti-state commentary from going on-air during the live coverage of PTI’s long march, the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has issued guidelines for television channels. The Pemra, in its notification, has directed channels to implement the delay mechanism while airing speeches of PTI’s leaders, as they address the […]
It’s extremely painful to pen this piece, as I got the news of the untimely demise of a senior colleague, and a top Pakistani investigative journalist, Arshad Sharif, who was shot dead on Sunday night in Kenya, while the actual details of the assassination are yet to be investigated as the case unfolds in next […]
Balochistan replaced its ineffective Balochistan Freedom of Information Act, 2005 with a more promising Balochistan Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2021, in February 2021. There can be no doubt that this was a move in the right direction, aimed at improving service delivery, transparency and accountability in governance. Under the new law, all public bodies […]
Irrespective of whether some people liked or did not appreciate his pursuits as a journalist, particularly his irresistible propensity to hurl incessant flak at the establishment and the PDM leadership in the wake of removal of Imran Khan from the Premiership as a result of the no-confidence motion against him, the fact is that Arshad […]
ISLAMABAD—senior journalist and anchor Moeed Pirzada has left Pakistan and gone to the UK, Daily Times reported. “I am no longer in Pakistan, I have returned to YouTube Vlog after four days. I am constantly traveling”, he said in his message on social media. “My location is constantly changing, believe me I am not in […]
PESHAWAR: A training session was organized for the young sports reporters here on Friday. It was organized by Pakistan Sports Writers Association in collaboration with Sports Writers Association, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Speaking on the occasion, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Secretary Information Arshad Khan said journalists were playing an important role in country’s development, and that was the reason […]
ISLAMABAD: Those close to the investigations in the brutal killing of senior TV anchorperson Arshad Sharif in Kenya and the members of the medical board that conducted the autopsy of the slain journalist at a Islamabad hospital were surprised to find a “piece of metal”, later declared as a bullet, from the body that had […]
The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) has prohibited all news media channels from live coverage of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) long march, ARY News reported. Any channel that violates the PEMRA directions would face legal action, the PEMRA notice said. According to detiasl, PEMRA has directed all channels to not broadcast live speeches of any […]
ISLAMABAD: Disheartened by the assassination of senior anchorperson Arshad Sharif in Kenya, Prime Minister’s Focal Person for Digital Media Ahmed Jawad on Friday tendered his resignation from his post “on the voice of his conscience”. His resignation comes on the day the PTI launched its long march towards the federal capital, demanding early elections amid […]
ARY News Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Salman Iqbal has declined to return to Pakistan to cooperate in the investigation into the murder of renowned investigative journalist Arshad Sharif for a lack of trust in the incumbent coalition government. In a statement issued on social media, Salman Iqbal said he doesn’t trust any “independent” commission investigating […]
A Lahore district and sessions court on Friday sent ARY anchorperson Chaudhry Ghulam Hussain to jail on judicial remand for 14 days in a case pertaining to bank fraud. Hussain was arrested from Lahore’s Gulberg by the Federal Investigation Agency on Friday. According to a press release issued by the agency, Hussain took a Rs57 […]
ISLAMABAD—Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) head made an unexpected appearance in the media for the first time in national history. He held a joint press conference in Rawalpindi with the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) spokesperson, Lt. Gen. Babar Iftikhar. Director General ISI, Lt. Gen. Nadeem Anjum (pictured), responded to allegations and criticism of his agency over […]
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