• October 28, 2022
• General News

ISLAMABAD/KARACHI: Chairman ARY Digital Network Haji Muhammad Iqbal on Wednesday announced lifelong support for Arshad Sharif Shaheed’s family and the late news anchor’s children till they become self-reliant adults. Arshad Sharif, a senior journalist and former ARY News anchor, was killed in Kenya where he was living in self-exile. Kenyan police first said that Arshad […]

• October 28, 2022
• General News

Anchorperson Chaudhry Ghulam Hussain was taken into custody from a coffee shop in Lahore by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Thursday, ARY NEWS reported. “My father was sitting in a coffee shop with friends when an FIA team comprising 30 to 40 officers came and took him into custody, probably in an old case,” […]

• October 28, 2022
• Obituaries

ISLAMABAD—senior journalist and Director of News of Public TV Fawad Khurshid passed away after a prolonged illness. “The most shocking, unbelievable and distressing news is that @fawadkhurshid Sb is no longer with us. He was a very sophisticated and beautiful person. I met him for the first time in Islamabad Public News office,” Ruhma Irfan […]

• October 28, 2022
• General News

ISLAMABAD: Senior journalist Arshad Sharif was laid to rest on Thursday at Islamabad’s H11 graveyard with hundreds of people in attendance. Sharif’s funeral prayers were held at the Faisal Mosque at 2 PM amid tight security. Prior to the prayers, security around the area was put on high alert with a heavy contingent of Islamabad […]

• October 28, 2022
• General News

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) Chief Justice Athar Minallah on Thursday expressed displeasure over federal government’s failure to identify the perpetrators of torture on journalists. He was taking up a petition against human rights violations. Earlier on May 21, Justice Minallah has highlighted grave violations of human rights, such as in the cases of […]

• October 28, 2022
• Information Technology

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is diverting away from its earlier commitments for ‘digital Pakistan’ and there is an urgent need to connect more people for a resilient digital society, GSMA Asia Pacific head Julian Gorman said on Thursday. GSMA, an association of global mobile network operators, had been expressing concern over policy shifts by the government regarding […]

• October 28, 2022
• General News

ISLAMABAD: There have been no convictions in 96pc of murder cases of journalists in Pakistan between 2012 and 2022, according to Freedom Network’s Annual Impunity 2022 report released on Thursday. The report “The killing fields: no justice for Pakistan’s murdered journalists” was launched ahead of the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, […]

• October 28, 2022
• General News

Punjab Assembly unanimously passed a resolution condemning the murder of senior journalist Arshad Sharif in Kenya and demanding transparent judicial inquiry into the incident to bring the culprits to the book. Speaker Sibtain Khan who chaired the proceedings refused to lift ban on 18 PML-N members and allowing them to sit in the house, on […]

• October 28, 2022
• Freedom of Expression, Front Page

Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) mourns the loss of senior journalist Arshad Sharif who was shot dead while traveling in a car in Kenya on October 24. We join calls for an investigation into his death and for a thorough investigation into the causes behind Sharif’s initial decision to leave Pakistan in August. There were initially […]

• October 27, 2022
• General News

The Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) has expressed deep sorrow and grief over the martyrdom of renowned journalist and anchorperson Arshad Sharif. CPNE President Kazim Khan, in his condolence statement termed the killing of the presidential award winning journalist in Kenya a “very sad and unbelievable” incident. Khan said Sharif was a bold and […]

• October 27, 2022
• Social Media

The government of Pakistan has decided to empower the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) by legislation to stop individuals from doing propaganda on different social media platforms. According to local media reports, the Federal government is keen to take action against those who promote and create propaganda on social media. The federal government has decided to […]

• October 27, 2022
• General News

ISLAMABAD—Director General of ISI, Lt. Gen. Nadeem Ahmed Anjum, on Thursday called for bringing ARY CEO Salman Iqbal (pictured) back to Pakistan and made part of the probe into journalist Arshad Sharif’s murder. He addressed a press conference in Islamabad with DG ISPR Lt. Gen. Babar Iftikhar. The DG ISI said that after the journalist’s […]

• October 27, 2022
• Right to Information

As the Covid-19 pandemic badly affected lives and businesses across the world. The pandemic has accelerated the process of digital adaptation. The pandemic forced people around the world to shift their focus toward digital technology for availing services and employment opportunities. Digital technologies have revolutionized the media landscape. Like the rest of the world, Asian […]

• October 27, 2022
• Right to Information

KARACHI: Sindh Information Commission and Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology’s (FUUAST) Mass Communication Department Tuesday agreed to make concerted efforts to further promote and create awareness among the masses regarding the right to information. This was agreed by speakers in a seminar on Right to Information (RTI) at Mass Communication Department Abdul […]