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Journalists vow not to give in to threats

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LAHORE: Journalist bodies, trade unions and civil society organisations on Monday took out a procession against “threats to the press club and some individual journalists” by outlawed Lashker-i-Jhangvi. Carrying placards, they condemned life threats to senior photographer Azhar Jafri and his family as well as to the Lahore Press Club (LPC). The pointed that alleged […]


Media men rally against life threats

Pakistan Press Foundation

LAHORE, March 9: Hundreds of media persons took out a procession on Saturday and condemned life threats to senior photographer Azhar Jafri and his family by the banned Lashkar-i-Jhangvi. Pamphlets inscribed with threats to Jafri and his family were dropped at his under-construction house in the Journalists Colony. Similar warnings had also been spray-painted on […]


Firing near journalists’ protest camp

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LAHORE, March 8: Three men riding a motorcycle resorted to aerial firing near a protest camp set up by some journalists seeking plots in the Lahore Press Club Housing Scheme. The incident took place at 11pm. Civil Lines SHO Abid Rashid said police had gathered information about the incident. He said the police had yet […]


Ansar Abbasi takes TV channel, two journalists to court

ISLAMABAD: Senior Journalist and Editor Investigations of The News, Ansar Abbasi has filed a case of defamation against a private news channel and two media persons for leveling baseless but serious allegations and failing to reply to the legal notice served on them. The private channel had aired a programme on January 1, 2013 hosted […]