LAHORE – An emergency meeting of the Council of Newspaper Editors (CPNE) was held in Lahore to review overall prevailing situation in different spheres of life especially in the media. The participants of the meeting, representing major newspaper organisations, expressed
LAHORE: More than 50 journalists, including editors and columnists, media persons and media freedom organisation representatives in Pakistan and abroad have signed a petition against curbs on media in the country in recent days. Initiated by journalist Beena Sarwar, the petition states
SIALKOT: Police on Thursday apprehended two accused nominated in the murder of a local journalist in Sialkot. The two men namely Shahid and Usman, who were involved in the murder of a journalist, were arrested from Gujranwala and
(MENAFN – Tribal News Network) ZHOB: Provincial Minister of Balochistan is reportedly held accused of allegedly assaulting a local journalist. The initial reports as per the local journalist of Zhob Balochistan Asad Khan Bhittani, a few days earlier, he had filed an investigative report for his organization ‘The Friday Times’ against the department of Livestock about […]
LONDON: Hundreds of people, including journalists, members of the civil society, activists, and political workers staged a protest here on the weekend to demand Pakistani authorities to restore Geo News and its associated channels. The demonstration was held in front of the High Commission of Pakistan, in London, with journalists of Pakistan Press Club UK, International […]
QUETTA: A journalist who was beaten up on Saturday night in Zhob was admitted to the civil hospital here on Sunday for treatment. Asad Khan Betini alleged that he was beaten up by a group of people at the behest of provincial Agriculture Minister Jaffar Khan Mandokhail because the latter wanted him to stop writing […]
Asad Khan Betini, a journalist based in the town of Zhob in Baluchistan province was beaten up on 7 April in his office by a dozen men, allegedly at the behest
Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) on Saturday directed inspector general of police Punjab to ensure arrest of culprits involved in the murder of a local journalist of Sambrial within four days. Earlier when IGP Arif Nawaz to a court’s query, confirmed that suspects belong to ruling PML-N, Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar, observed that the […]
“I DISAPPROVE of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it,” goes the phrase often attributed, erroneously, to Voltaire. In that is contained the crux of a mature approach towards differences of opinion and protecting the people’s right to expression and information. In Pakistan, however, we are drifting […]
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