PESHAWAR: The provincial government on Friday appointed a former civil servant of BS-22, Mrs Farah Hamid Khan, as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Information Commission’s chief information commissioner for a period of three years. A notification issued by the provincial information secretary stated that the provincial cabinet had approved the recommendation made by the chief minister for the […]
Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb Saturday said that Imran Khan’s era was the darkest period for media. Addressing a news conference, the minister alleged Imran Khan is a habitual liar and a failed person, he only knows how to lie. She pointed out that Imran Khan is saying that the media was […]
PTI Chairman Imran Khan on Saturday distanced himself from restraints put on media freedom during his government, saying that any journalists picked up by the authorities were not on his directives. Addressing a seminar on media freedom in Islamabad, he said: “[When I was the prime minister] it was discussed in the cabinet three to […]
Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb on Saturday said Nusrat Javeed was also among the other journalists who were victimised during the fascist rule of Imran Khan. “During my press conference today, I stated the names of journalists who were victimised by Imran Khan’s government. That list was incomplete because I forgot to mention […]
KARACHI: In the aftermath of the riots which erupted as a result of the murder of a youth in Hyderabad, police have requested the FIA to monitor certain activity on social media to stop the spred of false information. On Saturday, Sindh Inspector General Police Ghulam Nabi Memon wrote a letter to the FIA DG, […]
Tension persisted in the Sohrab Goth area on Friday, the second consecutive day of violence that had erupted a day earlier amid protests over the killing of a youth at a hotel in Hyderabad earlier this week. In Sohrab Goth, enraged people gathered on the Super Highway near Al-Asif Square and staged a protest, bringing […]
ISLAMABAD – Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication Syed Amin-Ul-Haque Friday called for solving problems of the IT and telecom industry and giving maximum relief for the enhancement of the country’s Digital Economy. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif also has a special interest in promoting the IT industry, the minister said this while attending the […]
ISLAMABAD: In a last-ditch effort to gag social media – which is an erosion of people’s constitutional rights – the federal government on Friday decided to launch a crackdown on those who “harass” and “degrade” citizens on social media. A meeting chaired by Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah which was also attended by the interior secretary, […]
Senior journalist Imran Riaz was offloaded from a flight from Lahore to Dubai on Friday according to immigration sources, Express News reported. The journalist’s name was added to the black list by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on the request of the police. According to FIA border control sources, the journalist was leaving for Dubai […]
The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday issued notice to anchorperson Imran Riaz Khan for July 19 on a petition filed by the Punjab government against his discharge in a case registered at Civil Lines police station. Justice Ali Baqar Najafi heard the petition filed by the Punjab Prosecution Department. Additional Prosecutor General Punjab Khurram […]
Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunications has approved budget of Rs. 32.13 billion for the Universal Service Fund for the financial year 2022-23 to provide broadband services to unserved and under-served areas. “In 13 years from 2006 to 2019, the number of USF projects was limited to 59, after which directives were issued to speed-up […]
After a video of journalist Maira Hashmi went viral on social media in which she could be seen slapping a boy during live coverage, netizens wondered what had caused her to react in such an aggressive fashion. Soon afterwards, speculation regarding the incident ran rife across social media platforms, with netizens showing a mixed reaction. […]
RAWALPINDI: A woman, sister of the journalists, was gunned down, while four other family members injured in a firing at their house at Adiala Road. The incident took place due to personal enmity between the deceased and the alleged murderer. The police have shifted the deceased and the inured to Benazir Bhutto Hospital, while two […]
Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) is concerned at the arrest of Dunya News correspondent Pir Muhammad Kakar on July 7 in the Loralai district of the Balochistan province. PPF urges authorities to provide more clarity about the reasons for the journalist’s arrest and ensure that legal due diligence is observed. To arrest a journalist for their […]
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