By: Mohammad Zafar QUETTA: A journalist was gunned down on Sunday in the Washbood area of Panjgur district in the violence-stricken province of Balochistan. Panjgur Police Station Officer Jahangir Baloch told The Express Tribune that the slain journalist, identified as Rehmatullah Abid, was at a saloon in Washbood area of Panjgur, some 600 km away from the provincial capital, when
KARACHI: Pakistan Broadcasters Association (PBA) has complained to Pemra that six of its member channels have been off-aired by cable operators licensed by Pemra since Wednesday evening throughout Pakistan and specifically in Karachi. A press release issued by the PBA says that Pakistan’s most popular entertainment channels, including ARY Digital, GEO Entertainment, HUM TV, Express Entertainment, TV ONE and KTN
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) resolved on Monday that freedom of expression should not be allowed to harm state institutions. The authority decided that ensuring freedom of expression is the foremost obligation of a regulator but nowhere is it allowed to harm state institutions and its functionaries in the garb of freedom of expression and speech, according
LAHORE: A news channel employee was shot dead allegedly by her father near Lohaywali Pulli in Badami Bagh on Tuesday. Preliminary police investigation showed that Nasira had been living with her divorced mother Bushra Pervaiz. Her father Amanat used to warn her to discontinue work in the news channel. On Tuesday, Amanat shot dead Nasira when she was going along
LAHORE: Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has expressed its concern over the threats received by senior journalist and Punjab Union of Journalists President Rana Mohammad Azeem from the Taliban. Mr Azeem had received threats from the Taliban in response to a news item he wrote in Daily Dunya a couple of days ago. In a statement, PFUJ has called
KARACHI: Zille Hyder, a Geo TV reporter was injured in an armed clash between two groups at Sohrab Goth Sunday, according to a brief post on the channel’s website www.geo.tv. Hyder, shot in the arm, was rushed to a local hospital where he was reported to be out of danger. Violence continued to rage in Karachi with another 10 people
LAHORE: Unidentified miscreants attacked senior journalist Muhammad Malick on late Saturday night. Malik remained unhurt but his car was damaged by firing. Following the incident, Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif took immediate notice of the mishap and ordered probe. Pakistan Press Foundation
KARACHI: Two journalists of a local weekly were killed Saturday in a targeted attack, newspaper reports said. The Nation said men on a motorbike sprayed bullets on Syed Tariq Hussain and Aslam Raja near Saifi College and fled. Police arrived at the scene and rushed the journalists to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital where they were pronounced dead on arrival. The paper
ISLAMABAD: To devise a national strategy to protect journalists and formulate policies for freedom of expression in the country, a declaration on “safety of journalists” was signed at a hotel on Monday by different stakeholders, including members of the United Nations bodies. The declaration was adopted after a meeting organised to provide Pakistan-specific inputs for a UN strategy to implement
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