ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday rejected the petition to stop proceedings in the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) against the Geo TV initiated on the ISI application. Justice Riaz Ahmed Khan of the IHC took up the application filed by Independent Media Corporation and Mir Ibrahim-ur-Rahman on Thursday. Senior lawyer Akram […]
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday admitted a petition filed by political analyst Zaid Hamid seeking a treason trial against well-known journalists and the South Asia Free Media Association (SAFMA) for allegedly undermining the Two Nation Theory and glory of Islam. The petition has also nominated director general of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), minister for […]
Lahore: The Lahore Bar Association (LBA) unanimously passed a requisition moved by advocate Sardar Aftav Virk to curb transmission of Geo and to register a treason case against Mir Shakill-ur-Rehman, the news editors, Amir Mir, and all analysts for ‘damaging the repute of the respectable institution ISI’. The requisition contained more than 100 signatures of […]
ISLAMABAD: The first hearing of a petition filed by Chaudhry Rasheed against his removal from the post of chairman of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) is scheduled to be held in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday. Mr Rasheed’s counsel Arfat Ahmed told Dawn that the petitioner would request the court to […]
Jang/Geo, Pakistan’s largest media group has in a letter written to the top civil and military leaders, including the army chief and interior and information ministers, alleged that incidents of intimidation of its staff had increased to an alarming level since the April 19 attack on the group’s television anchor Hamid Mir. The media house […]
ISLAMABAD: A sessions court in Islamabad on Saturday ordered registration of a case against Geo/Jang Group and Amir Mir for levelling allegations against a secret agency. Additional Sessions Judge Islamabad Muhammad Jehangir Awan ordered registration of FIR against the owner of Geo News channel Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman and Amir Mir under section 6-B and C of […]
KARACHI: Senior journalist and Geo Television anchorperson Hamid Mir, who was critically injured in an armed attack on April 19 in Karachi, has refused to record his statement to a Joint Investigation Team (JIT) owing to the presence of an Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) representative in the team. The JIT, comprising representatives of seven major law-enforcement […]
Journalists in Pakistan live under the constant threat of killings, harassment and other violence from all sides, including intelligence services, political parties and armed groups like the Taliban, Amnesty International said in a new report today. ‘A bullet has been chosen for you’: Attacks on journalists in Pakistan, describes how the Pakistani authorities have almost […]
In an evolving democracy such as Pakistan, where the option for defining the boundaries of the freedom of expression is still open, rivalry between its prime intelligence agency and its prime media group comes as no surprise to anyone. There was already an atmosphere of antagonism and mistrust existing in the ISI against Mir. Even […]
ISLAMABAD: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rahman Tuesday said an environment of imbalance had been created in the wake of attack on Geo News anchor Hamid Mir, tensing the army, the media, the political parties and the nation at large. In a statement issued by the party spokesperson Jan Achakzai, Fazl said the fist […]
DUBAI: Some people, somewhere, at a level where decisions about the country and the nation are taken, must step out of the arena and sit down quietly and discuss recent and very disturbing issues dispassionately. Away from the din, they must figure out where things are heading, and if in a wrong direction, why. Who […]
RAWALPINDI: Lieutenant General (Retd) Hameed Gul, former chief of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), has said that state institutions and media should not cross their limits. Talking to media persons here on Tuesday, he said reforms were need of the hour and every institution should work within its domain. Talking about attack on Hamid Mir, he said, […]
“We will not surrender. We will win this battle too. We are ready to hear your verdict. Do what your masters must have told you to do,” said one of the four journalists before a Military Court officer sentenced them to nine months imprisonment and 10 lashes each on May 13, 1978. These brave journalists […]
MARDAN: JI chief Sirajul Haq Monday asked Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif and Army Chief General Raheel Sharif to play their role in resolving the tussle between the Geo News and Inter Services Intelligence (ISI). Talking to journalists here, he said the ongoing row between the two institutions had caused concern among the people and […]
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