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Karachi court issues warrants for private TV channel’s reporter

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KARACHI: A local court has issued warrants for the arrest of a reporter associated with the Samaa TV channel in a defamation case filed by Pakistan Peoples Party leader and Sindh Information Minister Saeed Ghani against Leader of the Opposition in the Sindh Assembly Haleem Adil Sheikh. When the matter came up before Additional District […]


Jang-Geo reporter in Sanghar passes away

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SUKKUR: The senior reporter of Jang/Geo Sanghar, Akhtar Qureshi, has passed away after cardiac arrest on Friday. Journalists, civil society, and politicians of Sanghar have paid rich tributes to his services and said the deceased would be remembered for long. Newspaper: The News


PFUJ to protest against reporter’s murder today

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ISLAMABAD: Condemning the murder of Sohail Khan, a journalist from Haripur in Hazara of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists’ (PFUJ) Afzal Butt group has announced to observe protest today (Thursday) across the country. “We strongly condemn the killing of Sohail Khan and call upon the KP government to immediately arrest the culprits,” […]


Reporter of leading daily newspaper prohibited for leaving country for his story

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Karachi (Oct 11):  Cyril Almeida, reporter and columnist of “Dawn”, Pakistan’s leading English daily newspaper, was placed on “Exit Control List (ECL)” to prevent him from leaving the country, after publication of his story of a meeting between the top civil and military leadership of the country on international pressures on Pakistan to curb militant […]


Senior Jang reporter attacked in Pindi

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RAWALPINDI: Senior reporter of Jang, Ayub Nasir, has been injured in an attack on him by unidentified car riders. He was going to his home in the Media Town from his office in Blue Area on Friday night when a car intercepted him near the PWD Colony. Three unidentified men came out of the car, […]


Journalist manhandled

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PESHAWAR: The police allegedly manhandled a local journalist in the limits of Sharqi Police Station here on Thursday.Talking to reporters at the Peshawar Press Club, the victim Ameer Muavia, reporter for a news agency, said he was passing through a checkpoint near Suri Pul when the cops stopped him and started interrogation. “I showed them […]