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Police arrest three suspects in journalist Iftikhar Ahmed’s murder

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PESHAWAR—Local police have claimed to arrest three suspects allegedly involved in the murder of journalist Iftikhar Ahmed. Reportedly, no one has claimed responsibility for the killing. However, the police suspect that personal enmity may have been the reason. Police have registered a case under Section 302 and have formed an investigation team on the orders […]


Court delays accepting challan

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Judicial Magistrate Malir’s court has postponed its decision on whether to accept the challan in the murder case of Nazim Jokhio. The murder case of Nazim Jokhio was heard before the JM. The court postponed the verdict on the challan submitted by the police. It remarked that the decision on whether to accept the challan […]


Ayaz Amir’s attack case registered

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LAHORE: Police on Saturday registered a case against five to six unidentified persons for attacking senior journalist Ayaz Amir a day earlier. The case was registered with Qila Gujjar Singh Police Station under sections 147, 149, 506 and 382 of the Pakistan Penal Code on the complaint of the driver of Ayaz Amir. The journalist […]


Assaulting journalists

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ANOTHER day, another citizen roughed up for speaking his mind. The assault on veteran journalist Ayaz Amir by unidentified men in Lahore late Friday night is just the latest reminder that speaking the bitter truth never goes unpunished by those who have been allowed to run amok in this land of the pure. What was […]


Express correspondent Iftikhar Ahmed shot dead in K-P

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Journalist Iftikhar Ahmed was shot dead in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s Charsadda district on Saturday. Iftikhar, hailing from Shabqadar area of Charsadda, was associated with Express News channel and Urdu newspaper — daily express. A first information report (FIR) of the incident has been registered against the unidentified accused on the complaint of his brother Hazrat Bilal, police […]


Prime Minister chairs meeting on hitting $15b target for Information Technology exports

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Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday chaired a meeting on increasing the potential of Information Technology (IT) related exports from the $2.5 billion to $15 billion. The meeting also attended by Junaid Qureshi, President of Silicone Valley, California an organization of Pakistani businessmen, the prime minister expressed satisfaction over the volume of IT exports and […]


Body formed to finalize Journalist Protection (Amend) Bill: Marriyum

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Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb said on Friday that a special committee, comprising representatives from the ministries and media organizations concerned, had been formed to finalize the Journalist and Media Professionals Protection (Amendment) Bill 2022. She informed the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalist’s (Dastoor) delegation, which was called on her, about the committee […]


Pakistan issues demarche to India over blocking Twitter accounts

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Pakistan has issued a strong demarche to the Indian government for blocking access to content of 80 accounts on Twitter, including those of diplomatic missions in Iran, Turkey, Egypt, UN-New York and national broadcaster Radio Pakistan by activating geo-blocking and censorship laws. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the Indian charge d’affaires in Islamabad and […]


Senior journalist Ayaz Amir ‘attacked’ in Lahore

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Senior journalist and columnist Ayaz Amir was allegedly attacked by unidentified assailants in Lahore on Friday night. Ayaz, associated with a local TV channel, came under attack when he was returning home from his office in the provincial capital. The attackers manhandled the senior columnist and also took away his belongings including mobile phone. Unidentified […]


PPF strongly condemns violent attack on senior journalist Ayaz Amir; urge arrest of perpetrators

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Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) strongly condemns the violent attack on senior journalist Ayaz Amir. Such brazen acts of violence against journalists are unacceptable and continue to take place with impunity in Pakistan. The assault against Amir is telling of the shrinking space for free expression in the country and the consequences that journalists suffer for […]


Journalist gunned down in Khairpur

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A policeman and his accomplices allegedly murdered a journalist affiliated with a Sindhi newspaper, the daily Chinag and a member of Ranipur Press Club, Ishtiaq Sodhoro, within the limits of Kumbh police station district Khairpur on Friday morning. According to the FIR and Sodhoro’s wife Razia, the culprits attacked her husband outside their home when […]


Social media video unmasks rifts in PTI

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SWABI: A video about the verbal clash of former speaker of the National Assembly, Asad Qaiser, with a local leader of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) at the recently held gathering in Zaida went viral on social media. Source: The News


Government urged to regulate social media

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LAHORE: Participants in a discussion said on Friday the state should implement social media laws as it is involved in spreading disinformation campaigns on China. The discussion was arranged by ‘Understanding China Forum (UCF)’ on social media trends at a local hotel on Friday. CPEC former special envoy Zafaruddin Mah-mood, columnist Mansoor Afaq, comedian Khalid […]


Court seeks record of cases against TV anchor Imran Riaz Khan

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LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Friday directed the Punjab Police to submit record of the cases registered against anchorperson Imran Riaz Khan. Earlier, a provincial law officer told the court that reports in this regard had been sought from all district police officers (DPOs) in the province. He said the record of the cases […]