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Slain journalist Aziz Memon’s DNA report released

Slain journalist Aziz Memon’s DNA report releasedNAUSHAHRO FEROZE: The DNA report of journalist Aziz Memon, who was allegedly murdered, issued on Friday found traces of some other human DNA. A team of doctors and forensic experts, including Prof Dr Mohammed Akbar Kazi, Dr Ali Mohammed Warayah, Rizwana Khanzada

IHC upholds suspension of Waqar Zaka’s show

IHC upholds suspension of Waqar Zaka’s showBack in January, the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority had banned the show under section 27 of Pemra’s 2002 ordinance and imposed a fine of one million rupees. According to the media regulatory authority, the show was airing vulgar and indecent content

Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman’s prolonged detention lamentable

Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman’s prolonged detention lamentableOne finds it inexplicable that given the obvious holes and weaknesses in the NAB prosecutors’ arguments ably exposed by Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan and Advocate Amjad Parvez in hearings held separately by the Lahore High Court and the Accountability Court on 7th April, 2020, both levels of

SHC acquits journalist Nasrullah Chaudhry

Sindh High Court (SHC) on Wednesday acquitted journalist NasrullahChaudhry in a case of possessing banned literature and overturned his sentence by ordering his release from jail. His lawyer Muhammad Farooq appeared in the court on Wednesday to argue in the appeal against his five-year sentence when a division bench of the SHC took up the […]

To bring down Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman

To bring down Mir Shakil-ur-RahmanNo accountability drive is credible without nabbing the powerful. So, it does seem impressive that Pakistan’s top anti-graft body arrested the longtime editor of the country’s largest media house. But regardless of how strong the case against him is, and the evidence so far is

Court extends Jang chief editor remand for 11 days

Court extends Jang chief editor remand for 11 daysLAHORE: An accountability court on Tuesday extended physical remand of Jang group editor-in-chief Mir Shakilur Rehman for another 11 days in a 34-year-old land allotment case, while the Lahore High Court dismissed two identical petitions for his