CPJ demands Pakistani government immediately lift restrictions on Geo TV
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on the Pakistani authorities to immediately lift restrictions placed on Geo TV and allow it to broadcast freely across the country. In a statement issued on Saturday afternoon,
PESHAWAR: The journalists on Friday staged rallies across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to condemn arrest of Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman, the Editor-in-Chief of Jang, Geo and The News. Speaking at a protest meeting, Peshawar Press Club President Syed Bukhar Shah termed the arrest a
ISLAMABAD/ LONDON: The US Department of State said it was concerned over the arrest of Jang/Geo Media Group Editor-in-Chief Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman, who was detained by the NAB in relation to a property he had purchased from a private party 34
LAHORE/KARACHI/ISLAMABAD: An accountability court on Friday granted 12-day physical remand of Jang/Geo Group Editor-in-Chief Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in a 34-year-old property case. The second
Former PFUJ’s president late Nisar Osmani once said, “Criticising and exposing the policies and performance of the government is always allowed rather encouraged by a democratic society because that way alone can an alternate leadership be organised. In a society, where reporters faced pressure in
ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and other parliamentarians from both sides of the National Assembly Friday raised the issue of the arrest of Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman, terming it an attack on freedom of the media and a violation