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Harvard University award for Mir Ibrahim Rahman of Jang/Geo Group

WASHINGTON: Mir Ibrahim Rahman has joined the distinguished ranks of alumni awarded the Robert F Kennedy Public Service Award from Harvard University, one of the top centres of learning in the world. Mir is the first Muslim and only the second individual from South Asia to have received this Award. The Award is considered the […]


Jang Group, Geo offices under attack

KARACHI: The Sindh National Party (SNP) leaders and workers marched towards the main building of the Jang Group from the Karachi Press Club on Sunday evening and staged a sit-in outside the building. Some of the activists attacked the offices of the Jang Group and Geo Television and snatched weapons from security guards and resorted […]


Geo reporter wins major defamation case against solicitor, law firm and murderer’s son

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LONDON: Geo TV and The News International’s London reporter Murtaza Ali Shah and his journalist brother have won a major defamation case at the UK High Court over false and malicious allegations made about them on social media sites, including WhatsApp. In one of the first few cases in Britain relating to defamation and slander […]


Islamabad High Court (IHC) rejects Bol TV pleas against fines for maligning Jang Group

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has dismissed the appeals of Bol TV channel against fines imposed on it for levelling allegation of treachery and sacrilege against Jang/Geo Group Editor-in-Chief Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman. IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah pronounced a brief judgment on Wednesday. The Pakistan Electronic Media Authority (Pemra) had imposed fines of Rs500, 000 […]


Islamabad High Court (IHC) summons media group owner

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ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday summoned the Jang/Geo media group owner, Mir Shakilur Rehman, to appear before the court over anti-judiciary advertisements published in The News International over the past two days. A single bench of Chief Justice Athar Minallah issued the directions. Source: Business Recorder


Editor-in-Chief of Jang/Geo wins defamation suit

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ISLAMABAD: In a landmark judgement in the country’s history, a district court of the federal capital has vindicated the position of Jang/Geo Group and it’s Editor-in-Chief Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman in their defamation case against a journalist who vilified them by publishing a series of concocted, malicious and pernicious allegations in foreign websites. In his six-page verdict, […]


36-year-old land allotment case: Jang-Geo Editor-in-Chief Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman honourably acquitted

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LAHORE: An Accountability Court on Monday acquitted Jang-Geo Group Editor-in-Chief Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman and others in a 36-year-old private property case as the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) failed to prove any of the charges of violation of laws, corrupt practices and loss to national exchequer. The Accountability Court judge, Asad Ali, while announcing the 20-page judgment […]


Jang Group and Mir Khalil-ur-Rahman Foundation launch polio awareness campaign

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KARACHI: A nationwide campaign has been launched to eradicate polio across the country. Mir Khalil-ur-Rahman Foundation (MKR), Jang, The News and all channels and newspapers of Geo TV Network (Jang Group) have also launched a public awareness campaign. The campaign is aimed at informing the public that polio vaccines are essential for the health of […]


Jang Group’s polio campaign begins today

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KARACHI: Polio is an incurable disease and children are our future. The only way to have a healthy future for our children is through the polio vaccine. The public protect children from polio, as the number of polio cases is rising sharply during the Corona virus outbreak. With the launch of the nationwide anti-polio campaign, […]


Martyred Jang Group reporter Malik Mumtaz awarded Sitara-e-Shujaat

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KARACHI/ISLAMABAD: Jang Group reporter Malik Mumtaz, a journalist from North Waziristan who was martyred in a targeted attack back in 2013, has been awarded the Sitara-e-Shujaat — Star of Bravery — at the Pakistan Day awards ceremony held at the President House. Malik Mumtaz, who was associated with Geo/Jang Group, always highlighted and wrote about […]


IFJ concerned over attack on Geo-Jang offices

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The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) on Thursday expressed concern over last week’s attack on the office of Geo and Jang media group in Karachi. “The IFJ expresses its concern over the actions of protesters who attacked the Geo-Jang media group and the lack of police presence as this publicized protest turned violent,” it said. […]


Attack on Jang-Geo offices in Karachi, reception ransacked, workers besieged

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KARACHI: The central office of the Geo and Jang Media Group was attacked on Sunday by protesters in Karachi. A mob broke a walkthrough gate installed at the entrance of the building as well as the main entrance door to the building. The staff inside the building were also attacked and violently pushed around. According […]


APNS, PBA ask govt to look into prolonged detention of Jang owner

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KARACHI: The All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) and the Pakistan Broadcasters Association (PBA) in their separate statements have asked the government and various state institutions to look into the prolonged imprisonment of editor-in-chief of Jang Group Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman and dispel the impression that the objective behind his arrest and prosecution is not accountability but to […]


APNS appreciates release of Geo reporter

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KARACHI: The APNS has expressed its appreciation over the release of the abducted Geo News and Jang Group senior reporter Ali Imran Syed after 22 hours on the strong protest of media and human rights organizations. Hameed Haroon, President, and Sarmad Ali, Secretary General of All Pakistan Newspapers Society, have stated that the disappearance of […]