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Anchorperson Imran Riaz Khan ‘arrested’ from Lahore airport

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Anchorperson Imran Riaz Khan ‘arrested’ from Lahore airport

Anchorperson Imran Riaz Khan has been arrested by the Federal investigation Agency (FIA) for his controversial statements, sources told Geo News. FIA officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said that the anchorperson was arrested from Lahore’s Allama Iqbal International Airport as he was leaving for the United Arab Emirates. The sources said that Riaz will be […]

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Live screening of Pakistan’s UPR session

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Live screening of Pakistan’s UPR session

Islamabad: Member states of United Nations Human Rights Council recommended Pakistan to strengthen human rights intuitions, protect the rights of vulnerable groups, abolish capital punishment, sign the international convention on enforced disappearance and investigates all reports of intimidation and violence against journalists and human rights defenders. The recommendations were made in the Pakistan’s Universal Periodic […]

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Pakistan warns of blocking Wikipedia over non-removal of ‘sacrilegious content’

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Pakistan warns of blocking Wikipedia over non-removal of ‘sacrilegious content’

Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on Wednesday “degraded” the services of the expansive online encyclopedia, Wikipedia, in the country claiming that the censorship was on “account of not blocking/removing sacrilegious contents”, and warned of blocking the site if it fails to comply with the directions. In a statement, the telecommunication authority said that it had approached […]

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PEMRA to grant FM-Radio licences for KP’s merged districts

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PEMRA to grant FM-Radio licences for KP’s merged districts

Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) on Friday decided to grant FM-Radio licences for merged districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, erstwhile Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), aimed at providing the latest transmission services there. The decision was taken in a meeting, presided over by PEMRA Chairman Muhammad Saleem Baig, which reviewed the annual performance of the […]

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Islamabad High Court (IHC) issues notices in journalists’ legislation case

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Islamabad High Court (IHC) issues notices in journalists’ legislation case

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday issued notices to respondents in a case regarding legislation for the protection of journalists’ rights. Chief Justice Aamer Farooq heard the cases filed by the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), and Islamabad High Court Journalists Association (IHCJA). At the outset of […]

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No Legal Proceedings In Most Cases Of Journalist’ Harassment In Pakistan

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No Legal Proceedings In Most Cases Of Journalist’ Harassment In Pakistan

“I was threatened on August 25, 2021 after publishing the story of harassment of female students by a professor at the University of Azad Jammu & Kashmir.”, said Faiza Gilani, reporter of Country News from Muzaffarabad. Gillani added that she reported the incident to a nearby police station, but due to family pressure she stepped […]

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Marriyum condemns Sheikh Rashid’s misbehavior with journalist

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Marriyum condemns Sheikh Rashid’s misbehavior with journalist

Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb on Wednesday condemned Sheikh Rashid Ahmed s misbehaviour with a reporter of a private news channel during his media talk earlier in the day. Marriyum Aurangzeb, in a news statement, said the persons like Sheikh Rashid restored to attack journalists when they had no answer to a question […]

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Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) plans sit-in near parliament on 30th

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Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) plans sit-in near parliament on 30th

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has chal­k­­ed out a plan to hold nat­i­o­n­­wide demonstrations, as well as a sit-in opposite Parliament House in Isla­mabad, in protest against the federal government’s anti-media measures. Afzal Butt, the PFUJ president, and secretary General Arshad Ansari said in a statement on Tuesday the campaign would begin […]

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Four Pakistani journalists killed in 2022: CPNE report

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Four Pakistani journalists killed in 2022: CPNE report

KARACHI – January 22, 2023: The Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) has issued the “Pakistan Press Freedom Report 2022”. According to the report, freedom of media in Pakistan faced exacerbating scenarios of jeopardy in 2022 whereas freedom of speech was continuously suppressed and sabotaged. According to CPNE’s “Pakistan Media Freedom Report 2022”, four media […]

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