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Court seeks access to conviction documents

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Tuesday ordered the standing counsel to submit all the relevant documents, including an appeal filed in a high court in Afghanistan, against the conviction of Pakistani journalist Faizullah Khan. Sania Faizullah, wife of the Karachi-based journalist, had filed an application with the court about her husband, who had gone missing from the tribal

Govt urged to get reporter freed

KARACHI: Journalists urged the government on Tuesday to use diplomatic channels to secure release of television reporter Faizullah Khan who has been jailed for four years by the Afghan authorities for having illegally crossed the border. During a protest held outside the Karachi Press Club, leaders of the Karachi Union of Journalists (KUJ-Dastoor) and office-bearers of the press club warned

Pakistani reporter sentenced to 4-year prison term in Afghanistan

New York: A Pakistani television journalist was convicted on charges of travelling to Afghanistan without travel documents and sentenced to four years in prison, Pakistani officials said on Sunday. He had initially been accused of spying by Afghan authorities, according to news reports. An Afghan court in eastern Nangarhar province convicted Faizullah Khan, a reporter for the Karachi-based privately owned

Afghan court jails Pakistani journalist

ISLAMABAD: A court in Afghanistan has sentenced a Pakistani TV journalist to four years in prison on charges of travelling to the neighbouring country without documents, Pakistani diplomatic sources said on Sunday. Faizullah Khan, a reporter for Karachi-based ARY News, was detained by Afghan authorities in eastern Nangarhar province in April this year. Some reports had earlier suggested Faizullah was

ARY News closure: PFUJ protests outside Pemra office

ISLAMABAD: Journalists under the aegis of Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) today staged a protest demonstration outside Pemra office against closure of ARY News in some cities, ARY News reported Thursday. The protest demonstration was held against unfair practice of Pakistan Electronic Media and Regulatory Authority (Pemra) of blocking ARY news transmission. Protesting journalists attempted to enter the Pemra

No compromise on judiciary’s prestige: IHC

ISLAMABAD: Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) here Wednesday directed Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) to forward ‘code of conduct’ to all media channels and the channels which violated the same, their licences might be cancelled. Justice Siddiqui was hearing the writ petition of Shuhada Foundation of Pakistan Trust (SFPT) that it had filed against

PFUJ announces to present 500 journalists for arrest over ARY closure

LAHORE: Journalist fraternity staged a protest demonstration outside PEMRA office here on Wednesday, against the closure of ARY News and police torture on media men in Islamabad – ARY News reports. According to details, media men staged a demonstration outside PEMRA office here and strongly protested against state oppression on journalist fraternity. On this occasion, President of Pakistan Federal Union

Interim order: SHC overturns move to suspend ARY News

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Tuesday overturned a move by Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) to suspend the licence of ARY News, with the instruction that the channel “shall not telecast any derogatory, defamatory or incriminating remarks against the superior judiciary and its former members.” Justice Saeeduddin Nasir, who headed the single bench, passed this interim order

Pakistan suspends license of second TV channel

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) strongly condemn the decision of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PERMA) to suspend the license of ARY TV and impose a fine of Rs. 10 million (approximately USD 100,000). ARY TV is second channel to be suspended in recent months – Geo TV was suspended