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Lawyers being denied to watch Geo: SCBA

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KARACHI: Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President Kamran Murtaza, while offering full legal support in the Supreme Court, has said that the SCBA’s meeting on the closure of Geo News has been convened immediately after Eid.Talking to Daily Jang, Kamran Murtaza said that on the one hand Article 9 and 9-A of Constitution were being […]


Freedom of expression abused

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Freedom of expression is one of the most abused freedoms in Pakistan. Commentariat in general and some media persons in particular have been flouting the provisions of the Constitution with impunity. The nation watched some anchorpersons in the TV talk shows unleashing avalanche of blistering censure against military and intelligence agencies. Indeed, there was criticism […]


You want Geo on its knees, once, twice, three times: Asma

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LAHORE: Human rights activist and former president of the Supreme Court Bar Association Asma Jahangir has said she supports freedom of expression and the independence of the media, and punishing any TV channel is not an act of any pillar of the state but of dictators. Addressing a lawyers gathering at the Aiwan-e-Iqbal here on […]


Journalists protest selective coverage

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ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry was given a send-off on Wednesday with fireworks though the fiery farewell was different from the one expected. On the CJ’s last day, the environs of the Supreme Court witnessed another protest against the judiciary. However, the protesters were not lawyers or unhappy petitioners but angry reporters who were […]